Whats the deffirence between "a pony car" and "a muscle car "?

Answer 1

Muscle cars are the ones that had monster HP ratings ..GTO, challenger,road runner,camaro chevelle. etc.. car that had more motor than brakes....pony cars were on a smaller bodied vehicle with a smaller price tag and engine..mustang..dart, valiant ect..muscle cars died with the gas crisis of the early 70s but started in the early 60s..But even though you you could buy a hemi road runner for about 5-6k bucks was alot of money at that time and then the insurance CO. found out about them high HP low weight.just killed Muscle cars

Answer 2

Size. Back in the 1960s, pony cars were V8 powered two door compact cars (although a compact car then was just a little larger than a Honda Accord now) like the Mustang or Barracuda. Muscle cars were the next size up: the Chevelle, GTO, Charger, Torrino, and the like.

Not much that fits that formula today: the Mustang is the only thing carrying the pony car label now. The now-discontinued GTO would have qualified as a muscle car. If you stretch the definition of a muscle car to include four doors, the new Dodge Charger and Cadillac CTS-V would be good examples.

Answer 3

many folks refer to ford mustangs as pony cars (see little horse on the grill) muscle cars are most generally v-8 powered 2 door american cars from the lat 60's to early 70's

Answer 4

a pony car is just related to mustangs and a muscle car can be any brand of fast 70's car ie. chrysler,dodge,plymouth,chevy,ford,amc