American Muscle Cars In The 1970's

There has been a long-standing rivalry with these 3 types of cars specifically the rivalry between American and European cars started in the 1950’s. Right after WWII when European imports became more known in America. Many of the European imports back then a regular driver in America could not Afford the cars due to them being very expensive. But this was not a big deal for Americans because they were too busy making their V8 muscle cars hot rods. The 32 Ford coupe was the favourite for people making rat rods back then due to how fast they were at the time. Also the amount of different and varying types of modification that could make to the body and the engine. The VW beetle would make its appearance around the same time this is one of the

They were light and fast with their predominantly 4 cylinder engines and with emission restriction and rising oil prices the Japanese had a market hold on the Americans. The era of muscle cars ended in the 1980’s. People realised how expensive big 8 cylinder engines were to keep running and decided to get cheap 4 cylinders that got a lot more MPG than American muscle. But the following of muscle cars was not completely gone and would try to make a come back in later years.

In the 80’s the American muscle cars may have fallen a bit out of popularity but they also had a few great gems in that time too. Due to the emissions laws and regulations set by the environmental protection agency Or EPA for short muscles were limited to what they could do to the engines and exhaust. This was a problem for most muscle cars due to them using big engines that use a lot of gas fast and the emissions of carbon dioxide which is poisonous to humans and harmful to the

Mustang would keep the muscle car trend running with the fox bodies that people use for drag racing or the sn-95’s. Chevy would bring back the Camaro in 2009 and brought them back with a fury. Today the Camaros are some of the fastest muscle cars around. Dodge would continue production with the charger and challenger The charger was their 4 door option and as for the 2 door, they had the Challenger. They both had many variations of the car the V6 SE version or the RT and SRT which are A true V8 muscle car. In 2015 Dodge would release the SRT Hellcat With 707 horsepower and 650 LB.-FT.Torque stock it is the most powerful muscle car off the production line. But with the Sti WRX Subarus with their, all wheel drive and twin turbocharged 4 cylinder engines they are a force to be reckoned with. Another JDM car that has come out is the new Nissan GTR It is one of the best handling cars on the road with one of the fastest accelerations in recent