Muscle car is a phrase used to indicate a wide range of high-performance automobiles. It is an American-made two-door sports automobile with strong engines having wide range of performance driving. A huge V8 engines is fixed in a 2-door, engine and wheel drives, and family-style medium-size or full-size car developed for four or more travelers. It is sold at a low cost and is used mainly on the street usage and in racing.
Many say that first muscle car is Oldsmobile Rocket 88 which was introduced on 1949 for the people interest in power and speed. It gives prominence to America's primary high-compression valve V8 in the slighter, lighter Oldsmobile 76/Chevy body for engine with 6 cylinders.
According to Peter Henshaw the author of the book “Muscle cars”, a "muscle car" is "exactly what the name implies. It is a product of the American car industry adhering to the hot rodder's philosophy of taking a small car and putting a large-displacement engine in it. The Muscle Car is Charles Atlas kicking sand in the face of the 98 horsepower weakling." Henshaw additionally says that the muscle car was introduced for straight-line speed, and did not have the "sophisticated chassis", "engineering integrity", or "lithe appearance" of European high-performance cars.
Some of the Muscle cars and its manufacturers are listed below
Manufacturer |
Muscle Car |
| Pontiac | GTO |
| Dodge | Charger RT |
| Mercury | Cyclone CJ |
| Chevrolet | Chevelle SS |
| AMC | Machine |
| Plymouth | Road Runner |
| Buick | Gran Sport |
| Ford | Torino GT |
| Oldsmobile | 442 |
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