Where is Muscle in a Muscle Car?!!!?

Question

:) If you guessed you are not messed!

Answer 1

Muscle is only in straight line performance, drag races and monstrous looks as these cars were more or less pepped up versions on regular sedan chassis with very large engines. They may not have enough cornering stability or breaking performance. this is because all of them were made cheap ( approx. 40% cost of a similarly powered sports car) and lacked high tech suspension , manoeuvring components and safety devices of state of art sports coupes- only criteria being straight line acceleration and speed.

Answer 2

engine, transmission and rear end make a muscle car a muscle car.

just because its a Chevelle does not mean its a muscle car
or a Camero or Torino or Cuda
what made them Muscle cars was the power plants that were factory installed in them

Answer 3

A muscle car is a high-performance automobile. The term principally refers to American or Australian models with large-capacity engines produced between 1964 and 1973.

Answer 4

muscle car generally can be a mid-size car with a large, powerful engine which delivers tons of power popularly found in US in the 70's . it became unpopular as the fuel prices went up in the 80's & people diverted their attention towards cars with good performance.

Answer 5

A muscle car is generally defined by it's powerplant.
More horsepower = more 'muscle'

Answer 6

I know a muscle car has to have a back seat. Other wise it is a sports car, (Porche, Corvette....)

Answer 7

1972 Cuda with 440 CID with a Six Pack.

Answer 8

The horse power of the engine.

Answer 9

In the engine

Answer 10

look in the car door