America’s Muscle Cars

Posted by admin on Feb 5th, 2010 in Car, Finance, Insurance | 0 comments

Generally produced between 1965 and 1973, the American muscle car is mid-size with a V8 engine. Many muscle cars were current models being produced and they added special trim, better handling and suspension, braking and the larger engine.
One example is the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. Originally it was designed as a family car and had a 4 cylinder engine but there was an option to get it with the muscle engine of it’s time, being the 454. Although this ear was short lived, it gave us the most collectible cars in history today. Chrome, muscular looks and wide profiles, these cars actually looked mean. A few names in this category are the Pontiac GTO, Dodge Charger and the Buick GS.
The ever popular Mustang was introduced in 1965 and sold almost 1.5 million units with the first two years. The Mustang is considered a pony car which means it is a small car with a big engine. Over the years the muscle cars got heavier and bigger because of the added options and this lead to stripped down muscle cars known as the Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee.