What is a muscle car

rumblefish360 said
Pony cars were a "Tag" first given to the Mustang for two reasons. Both reasons interlock with each other. The little chrome horse on a small sporty car. This name stuck better than glue. When Chevy came out with the Camaro and Pontiac came out with the Firebird, the name slide over to those cars as well as there answer to the pony car.

Chrysler did not get a pony car until the Challenger and Barracuda E-body cars hit the pavement.

the true definition of 'pony car' is the short decklid/long hood layout. So, yes, the 'stang/cramaro/chally style falls under the ponycar designation.

Nowadays, to the younger people, the term 'musclecar' usually refers to a cool looking car from before they were born lol. Both my '73 318 Scamp and my Duster would be considered musclecars to teenagers (and, when my Duster had the 340 in it, it sure as hell fit in there too:D)
I think what was considered a musclecar has changed since they were actually making musclecars, too- a lot of cars that weren't considered musclecars when they rolled off the line would be so-called now. Even by us older folks lol.

And an SRT-4 could have 1500 horsepower and it still wouldn't be a musclecar.