Ford Mustang - My personal fav - I had a purple painted Pony with white bucket seats - SWEET!!!
Pontiac GTO: The Great One - The one that started it all!
Buick Wildcat, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet El Camino, Chevrolet Impala (giddyap, my 409), Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger (General Lee), Dodge Daytona (200 MPH!), Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, Oldsmobile 442, Oldsmobile Toronado, Plymouth "Cuda, Plymouth GTX, Plymouth Road Runner, Plymouth Superbird, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix...
The strict definition only includes intermediate size vehicles. In reality, performance oriented intermediate size vehicles didn't appear until 1964. Before then, manufacturers took existing fullsize vehicles and added extra performance to them. Because of this, the early fullsize performance vehicles are generally considered muscle cars.
2006-09-29 09:53:48 · 6 answers · asked by midnightlydy 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Well my favorite description of a Muscle Car is a fast car that a young person can afford! That's why they made all of those cars, Mustangs, Chevelles,Cudas, etc. Back in the day a young person in the early 20's could not afford a Corvette. Same thing today. The Mustang would be a modern muscle car. Id say under 30 grand. Some other cars with some potential would be a WRX, Evo (are they under 30?) SRT4 stopped ma-ken them though Fbody stopped them. Though I guess for under 30 grand you couldn't get a modern GTO! Which is faster handles better, with even better mileage then the original. Its somthing to think about at least.
2006-09-29 10:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by William S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There aren't really any muscle cars produced today in the true sense of the word, although the current Mustang Cobra and the Dodge Charger are decently close enough to pretend.
And the Dodge Challenger is supposed to come out next year. That'll qualify.
2006-09-29 10:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by Brian L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Almost all cars today are front wheel drive. Can't make a proper muscle car with that.
I think the closest thing you can get today is in the light truck class, Muscle Pickup. :)
Most have way more HP then the user really needs, very few ever seem to be hauling a load any ware near there capacity. A four place snowmobile trailer is not much of a load.
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2006-09-29 10:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Andre' B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muscle cars are generally heavy vehicles that took alot of ponies to push them along. Gas guzzlers. Today cars are made to conserve gas so people build smaller engines to add more ponies. i would'nt consider any of todays cars to be muscle cars. But, i know what you mean. My friends and I were in a mopar club. I had a 68 roadrunner with a 383 in it. Oh, memories. It was great but then again, thats when gas only cost 30 or 40 cents a gallon.
2006-09-29 10:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Shelby Mustang is awesome..wish I could afford one
2006-09-29 10:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think there is anything that could be classed as a muscle car....pity isn't it....just small cars with power...no class
2006-09-29 09:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by darmax 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋