American Muscle Cars

When you think of a car that is born tough, incrediblyCharger, the Chevrolet El Camino, and the Plymouth
masculine and delivers high-performance, actually youRoad Runner and the Ford Mustang. In addition to
are thinking of a muscle car. All these attributes andthese cars the Ford Fairlane 500, Ford Torino, the
many such others are known to be a part of theMercury Montego, Chevrolet Camaro, Corvette,
classic muscle car, and those who own one canPontiac GTO, Firebird, and Tempest, Olds 442,
readily agree with all the above. Since a long time, theAmerican Javelin, Plymouth 'Cuda, and Dodge
muscle cars are thought t be some of the classicChallenger and the Charger are some of the highly
examples of the era when American automobileadored American Muscle cars. Presently, the only
production had reached its peak. These classicMustang and Corvette have retained their designs
American muscle cars, with all their sensualwhereas the Dodge Charger has restructured as a
aerodynamic design and remarkable suitability forfour door muscle car along with its sibling, the hot
events such as drag racing, have helped them toDodge Magnum wagon.
attain a fame that has earned it a place in the history.The American muscle cars won the record of topping
Moreover, these cars are regarded as one of thethe popularity charts just after their brief introduction to
signature vehicle design movements of modernthe market. The market penetrating factor was the
automobile history.popularity the racing trend among the youth, which
The design of the classic American muscle car is allwas the only emerging segment in terms of spending
about power and appearance blended together topower at that time. Riding on the racing euphoria, the
produce a stunning vehicle. It is contrary to themuscle car manufacturing companies began to design
conception that classic muscle car emphasized powertougher cars that appealed to the sense of aesthetics
over appearance. A look at the classic muscle car canthat the youths had and combined it with technical and
stop you in your tracks and a drive will take you to aperformance features that made them suited for
different world. And this is why the American musclestreet racing. Meanwhile the implementation of the new
cars developed a craze among car enthusiasts.designs and technical upgrades resulted in doubling the
Looking at the design elements of the muscle cars,costs of the car, many companies eventually
you will find that these vehicles have bigger enginesdeveloped "budget muscle" models that compromised
than conventional cars, and are in fact bigger than thesome of the performance and design aspects in favor
average sports car, and are bounded by theof reducing costs. This was the right move as of now,
toughness of the frame that other cars can only envy.both the classic muscle car and budget muscle car
A typical Muscle car is the one which is made in thedesigns were accepted into the market and began to
years between 1964 to 1973. Among the most populardrive their way into the American youth's mind.
models of the American muscle cars are the Dodge