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Originally Posted by bkdamon
Looks like he quoted Merriam- Webster, not wiki..
Regardless, his question still stands unanswered. What makes those cars you mentioned muscle cars? Horsepower? Chassis size? Cubic inches?
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It looks that way. But the link to his quote is from wiki.. and that same page pretty much answered his question. The sentence after the one he quoted actually starts of with "a large v8 is fitted...." And to top it off the same page he quoted has a list a couple paragraphs down of manufacturers and their pony cars next to their muscle cars. Same cars I had mentioned. These aren't large v8s. A large v8 fitted into a midsize frame intended to go fast and straight is a muscle car. Descended from the hot rods. I don't count the Shelby or zl1 as a blower will make even a v4 fast. Like I said before the 392 challenger and the 7 litter z28 might arguably fall into muscle car category. But not a v6 camaro. Regulations did away with the large v8s. Just like they're about to do away with these v8s. True muscle cars are long gone.