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Re: Muscle car philosophy 101

To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Muscle car philosophy 101
From: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:57:00 -0500
Ah, the old Muscle Car debate...
A muscle car, by the strictest definition, is an American made, intermediate 
size sedan, but a performance oriented model, powered by a large V8 engine, 
and at an affordable price. It would have been built between 1964 and 1973. 
The 1964 GTO being the first and probably most 1971 - 73 cars would be 
knocked off the list since their power was fading fast.

A number of smaller vehicles called Pony Cars appeared around the same time 
(Mustang, Camaro, Barracudas, etc...) and compact cars are generally 
considered muscle cars only if they have the top of the line performance 
engines and options. A 428 or 429 Mustang would be a Muscle Car not a Pony 
Car.

A Tiger would fall under the category of 2-seater Sportscar or maybe since 
it was a limited quality could be considered an Exotic Car for it's day?

Paul





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