Muscle Car History

Classic Cars Defined – An American Era Classic Muscle Cars– Birth of an Era Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind muscle cars was to make them inexpensive and fast. Muscle cars were stripped-down versions of the most utilitarian, homely, and basic mass-produced cars to ever roll out of Detroit.
Classic Cars Defined – An American Era America Flexes Its Muscle The American muscle car can trace its roots back to the 1950s when V-8s became the universal powertrain of choice for Detroit’s standard full-size models.
400 Horses – American Muscle Time Machine 400 Horses – American Muscle Time Machine Before anyone realized what was happening, the muscle car was gone, replaced by baroque Monte Carlos, Cordobas swathed in yards of fine Corinthian leather, and other landau roofed personal luxury cars.
400 Horses – American Muscle Time Machine A Need for Speed Tinkering with cars began long before Detroit caught up and the younger generations need for speed did not go unnoticed by major automakers.