Image Credit:Sue Thatcher / Shutterstock. America loves its muscle cars, hotrods, and sports cars, all the ones made in America, of course. From cruising to a car meet to sprints down the drag strip, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Written by Ocasek, the song burst The Cars onto the scene with its catchy start-stop guitar hook and irresistible vocals by Orr.

In 1979, Gary Numan released his first solo album—and his only U.S. Top 10 hit, with the song “Cars.” The new wave classic ...