The Best Of American Muscle Cars

When you think of a car that is born tough, incrediblyCamino, and the Plymouth Road Runner and the Ford
masculine and delivers high-performance, actually youMustang. In addition to these cars the Ford Fairlane
are thinking of a muscle car. All these attributes and500, Ford Torino, the Mercury Montego, Chevrolet
many such others are known to be a part of theCamaro, Corvette, Pontiac GTO, Firebird, and
classic muscle car, and those who own one canTempest, Olds 442, American Javelin, Plymouth 'Cuda,
readily agree with all the above. Since a long time, theand Dodge Challenger and the Charger are some of
muscle cars are thought t be some of the classicthe highly adored American Muscle cars. Presently, the
examples of the era when American automobileonly Mustang and Corvette have retained their designs
production had reached its peak.whereas the Dodge Charger has restructured as a
These classic American cars, with all their sensualfour door muscle car along with its sibling, the hot
aerodynamic design and remarkable suitability forDodge Magnum wagon.
events such as drag racing, have helped them toThe American muscle cars won the record of topping
attain a fame that has earned it a place in the history.the popularity charts just after their brief introduction to
Moreover, these cars are regarded as one of thethe market. The market penetrating factor was the
signature vehicle design movements of modernpopularity the racing trend among the youth, which
automobile history.was the only emerging segment in terms of spending
The design of the classic American muscle car is allpower at that time.
about power and appearance blended together toRiding on the racing euphoria, the muscle car
produce a stunning vehicle. It is contrary to themanufacturing companies began to design tougher
conception that classic muscle car emphasized powercars that appealed to the sense of aesthetics that the
over appearance. A look at the classic muscle car canyouths 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.street racing.
And this is why the American muscle cars developedMeanwhile the implementation of the new designs and
a craze among car enthusiasts. Looking at the designtechnical upgrades resulted in doubling the costs of the
elements of the muscle cars, you will find that thesecar, many companies eventually developed "budget
vehicles have bigger engines than conventional cars,muscle" models that compromised some of the
and are in fact bigger than the average sports car,performance and design aspects in favor of reducing
and are bounded by the toughness of the frame thatcosts. This was the right move as of now, both the
other cars can only envy. A typical Muscle car is theclassic muscle car and budget muscle car designs
one which is made in the years between 1964 to 1973.were accepted into the market and began to drive
Among the most popular models of the Americantheir way into the American youth's mind.
muscle cars are the Dodge Charger, the Chevrolet El