J-SMITH69

they're muscle cars, BUT NOT ALL V8 CARS ARE MUSCLE CARS LMAOOOOOOOO

anything with a 305 is a dog.

the new caddy STS have 32v northstar engiens, are they muscle cars!! lol

tekno9998

Corvettes are actually considered sports cars

Carnesd

My friend had an old 80's van with a v8 in it, muscle car?

MikeJ-2009

Yes. All V-8's are muscle cars.

88crxSi

holy crap, a f150 is a muscle car! lol

I dunno.. muscle cars go fast.. in a straight line. vettes do it everywhere

nonvtec

I said they were muscle cars (stingrays) but my friend says they are sports cars and not muscle. His idea is that muscle cars are huge beasts that can basically only go in a straight line. Since corvettes can handle too, and are smaller, they are sports cars. I haven't decided whether he is right or not though.

airtonics

Teckno is actually right...although most consider it a muscle car it was actually labeled a sports car.

projekteg

i would have to disagree with everyone and say it's a gay car

airtonics

Corvettes have almost always been and will be for some time the best bang for your dollar. Very few cars can handle as well as one (comparable by year). I usually see them as mid life crisis cars but you still have to repect them its a great platform to build upon.

So I'm changing my opinion to "mid-life crisis" car

stackz

the muscle car era technically ended in november 1971 when the gas crunch laws were passed and emissions started. 1972 was the first year of production of emissions regulated cars and all "muscle cars" had their teeth stripped. Horsepower dropped off as much as 60% across the board for all of the sports car types. Open chamber heads, lowered compression ratios, weaker cams, and egr all aided in this demise.

I would consider any car named from the earlier pre-72 versions to only be a sports car after this time.