Well since there isn't anything made currently that is remotely similar to the Utility Vehicles of old. No wonder people are spending more for older Utility vehicles. Anyone in the market for a work/ off road capable vehicle would take one look at the modern Explorer or Cherokee or land cruiser and say "Fuck that" and…

Didn't say I agreed with that either... As much as I adore the Interceptor its not a muscle car.

It's not about how much it costs now after 40 years it's about how affordable it was when new. And when this was new it was significantly higher than any proper muscle car. Just because the Roadrunner appreciated and the mercedes depreciated doesn't mean anything. It's a luxury sedan with huge balls, not a muscle…

It reminds me of 1/10th scale foam pan car tires which to be honest are half the reason I wanted to race pan car. I love the look of them on pan cars, on this it takes some getting used too.

How about the Ford Probe. They missed the mark by a half step with this car, and what could have been a great sports car come racer was cut short by bean counters and budget mongers

For example, my suggestion the Fairlane Thunderbolt. In 1964 you could walk into a Ford showroom and order one and it would cost you $3750. Adjusted for inflation that's about $30000. The Brabus Merc. Runs between $5-600000. That sounds pretty comparable! Even the modern equivalent for drag pack, the Mustang Cobra Jet…

Australia is basically America -40 years, Before everyone got soft and trendy and the lawyers took over the country.

The FPV ford falcon fits the bill pretty well. big RWD sedan with an overpowered V8 and a shit ton of attitude.

To be honest, I don't agree with the Shelby either. its also too expensive and not factory backed from Ford.

I don't think its as much the American factor as its a luxury/ price factor. Most of the original muscle cars were still semi-affordable to people beyond the proletariat. whereas I can't see joe construction worker tooling around in a Mrabus Merc.

While some of the base models were a bit underwhelming, once you got past the base small block things started to get crazy. Its well known that the Hemi mopars' and big blocks from the Big 4 of the time were way... way underrated to keep insurance costs down. Not to mention that these motors weren't as much Hp kings…

There are so many others that should have been in that #2 spot. It may be powerful but its still way to expensive and way to luxury to be a muscle car.

And Just because an idiot says the sky is green doesn't make the sky green.

No, that's not a muscle car and never has been. Never in my 28 years of life have I ever head of a WRX or an STI or an EVO or anything of the like be refereed to as a muscle car. Do yourself a favor and Google "muscle car", go to images and scroll down, then call me in a month when you finally reach a result that…

The post doesn't stipulate that but the definition of a muscle car does. Just because you want something to be. Muscle car doesn't mean you get to alter the definition of something to suit your desires. Muscle cars were factory mid to large family based coupes with RWD and high power V8's. They started in the 60's…

No, Muscle cars are not just cars injected with some muscle. Muscle cars are affordable, medium to full size, RWD!, family based coupes given factory V8 treatments for the benefits of straight line performance. The Plymouth Roadrunner is a muscle car, a riced out tuner Camry is not, no matter how much HP it has. …

The suggestions being listed only serve to prove that even car guys don't have a clue what a proper muscle car is. I'm nominating one of my favorites, the Ford Fairlane thunderbolt with the High Rise 427 it officially produced 425hp, but like most muscle cars of the era, that number was listed much lower than actual…

Where do you guys think I got my dinner.... I still ave a couple left and an 18 rack of gansett if anyone wants to join...

That's because its not meant to compete with the corvette. The corvette is a sports car, or the athletic equivalent of a soccer player, speedy handles well and has great endurance. The Challenger is muscle car or the athletic equivalent of a rugby player, more specifically the Front row, they may not be the fastest…