Muscle cars are generally associated with large engines and high performance. The term ‘muscle car’ is derived from American and Australian origin which relates to usually a rear wheel V8 engine powered car.

Normally a muscle car would have 2 doors and be relatively small compared to saloon cars of similar era. America has developed the name ‘Muscle car’ by basically making a small car and putting a large engine into it.

It is recognized that muscle cars could be seen as early as the 50’s. It was not long before large car manufacturers such as Chrysler started developing these sorts of cars in the late fifties, early sixties. These cars could reach 60 MPH in under 10 seconds and have a top speed of around 130 MPH. For that time period this was extremely fast!

The sixties and seventies was a popular time for muscle cars and it saw many being produced. Production of these high performance vehicles are still here today with the likes of the Chrysler Dodge Viper. Although many keen enthusiasts only consider classic muscle cars as the real deal, due to the original styling and simplicity. As apposed to complicated technology driven modern sports cars today.

Many car enthusiasts have argued between which high performance car performs better: The European small, highly tuned engined sports car, or the raw powerful straight line muscle car of the USA. Whichever you prefer though, there are still masses of fans of both classic muscle and high performance sports cars around the world. The demand for these classics is great and many car experts believe that this trend will carry on into the future for years to come.

Classic Muscle Cars