What was the Last Muscle Car?

jfg455 · Jan 26, 2011

You fellas are missing the point a little. A muscle car is a mid sized 2 door family car with a big engine, RWD and kinda skinny wheels and tires. so if you look at it that way then the 06 pontiac GTO was the last muscle car made. 2 door sedan, 6 spd or auto, kinda skinny wheels and tires, and a 6.0L v8 w/400hp. Look at the first GTO's and compare. 2 door mid sized sedan, 389 ci (06 GTO's are 364ci), 4 spd or auto, RWD, and right around 360hp with kinda skinny wheels and tires.

Vettes and vipers were/are sports cars. mustangs and camaros/firebirds were/are pony cars or 2+2's. the impalla SS, mercury miraders, pontiac G8's, furys, catalinas etc were all large sedans and not considered muscle cars.

So like it or leave it, I think be definition, the 06 GTO is the last "muscle car" built. on with the debate...........[cl[P

sgtpontiac · Jan 26, 2011

Who Said???

And who said that you "can't beat a dead horse?"!!!!! (sorry mustang owners, no disrespect meant)

jfg455 · Jan 27, 2011

sgtpontiac said:
who said that you "can't beat a dead horse?"!!!!!

at least you get some cardio in whilist assaulting said deceased equine.........

CR55 · Jan 27, 2011

I think the answer is in the early 70's. If you remember when power and torque died and was replaced by anemic V8's that were still called" muscle". Had a friend who was heavy into Mopars. He purchased a 74 roadrunner new. That wasn't anywhere near a muscle car! Weak 318 that wouldn't even light up a tire in the rain. Having lived in that period I consider 1972 to be the end....CR

rex1927 · Jan 27, 2011

My definition of muscle car is a midsized car with big power,without all the frills and computers of today.Just a big powerful tire burner.Any car with computer can`t be a muscle car,with computers it is a high tech car.
Just my 2 pennies worth.
Hope this post is ok,I just got my hand slapped at the ham bone site.Still trying to figure out what I did wrong.

thanks

sgtpontiac · Jan 27, 2011

Probably nothing!!

Lord only knows what you did, but get on certain topics there and man, the stuff hits the fan..... much more "user friendly" here.... by the way, can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong with the icon thing.. can't get any on the reply to move into the text box..????