{"id":35547,"date":"2026-01-18T13:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35547"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:31:09","slug":"new-auto-metal-circa-2026-the-golden-age-of-muscle-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/new-auto-metal-circa-2026-the-golden-age-of-muscle-revisited","title":{"rendered":"New auto metal, circa 2026: The golden age of muscle revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The new year promises an array of new vehicles, beginning with the 2026 Detroit Auto Show that opens Wednesday at Huntington Place with a roar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Literally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Unshackled by government carbon dioxide regulations, expect the roar of new gas-powered V-8 engines to shake Motown asphalt. Ram\u2019s reborn earth-pawing, 777-horsepower Ram 1500 TRX supertruck debuted on Jan. 1 and is expected at the show, while Ford might take the wraps off a successor to the 700-horsepower Mustang Shelby GT500.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/01\/06\/PDTN\/88042026007-ram-trz-sand.jpg?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX Bloodshot Night Edition\" width=\"549\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX Bloodshot Night Edition<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Stellantis, \u00a9 2025 Stellantis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/01\/11\/new-auto-metal-circa-2026-the-golden-age-of-muscle-revisited\/88040285007\/\"><em>Read the full story here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year promises an array of new vehicles, beginning with the 2026 Detroit Auto Show that opens Wednesday at Huntington Place with a roar. Literally. Unshackled by government carbon dioxide regulations, expect the roar of new gas-powered V-8 engines to shake Motown asphalt. Ram\u2019s reborn earth-pawing, 777-horsepower Ram 1500 TRX supertruck debuted on Jan. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35549,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35547\/revisions\/35549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}