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EEk gad....there were only two people on here that had a clue of what they are talking about. Guess you have to be an older person, or have done some research to get it.
The Camaro isn't now, or at any time in it's past a muscle car. Period. It WAS and probably still is a Pony car. The muscle car was a mid-size car with an over-sized engine stuffed into it and usually a coupe. READ - family car with two doors and large engine.
The Camaro was made to go against the Mustang which was a segment buster when it came out since it didn't fit into the muscle car definition at the time. A Pony car wasn't a mid sized family car, it was a 2 + 2 from the start, but made for the masses, unlike sports cars which were lower volume cars.
These days all those older definitions really are toast. The cars that come closest to the original definition of muscle car would be the the Doge Magnum, Challenger/Charger and to a lesser extent the Chevy Impalla SS (although front wheel drive problem). Yet they don't exactly fit either....
Pony Car is still what best describes the Camaro..although the word makes Chevy guys cringe.
Today we have new word...sports coupe to describe the Camaro and it does a pretty good job of it. Today's Camaro is much more the sports car than in the past, but still different from a sports car definition in that it is a 2+2 and never really made to be a limited production car.
Today we are going to be driving a sports couple with Pony car heritage.
Take the muscle car talk over to the Dodge forum or maybe to the G8 board (a 2 door G8 WOULD be the modern muscle car equivalent)
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