1968 '340' Barracuda vs 1968 '383' Road Runner

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mikedevore said

In my opinion, the Road Runner was a great marketing car.
A low cost Muscle car with good potential.
It worked well for Plymouth from a profit standpoint.
I would think the profit margin was better on the RR than the Barracuda.
Maybe someone could chime in about that.
This could be the reason for low sales of the Barracuda, all the marketing seemed geared toward the RR.
That being said, I wouldn't be ashamed to own a Road Runner at all.

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Can't believe this tread is still going lol.. Coming of age in the late 70 and early 80s I can say nobody then "wanted" a barracuda, if you were a mopar guy then everyone wanted a road runner, charger, or challenger/ cuda then the 70/71 demon/ dusters. The pre 70 a body's were not on the radar for us young guys back then and even if the 340 a body was a tenth quicker than a 383 RR, we all would want the RR in our driveway. I know this has nothing to do with the topic of this 340 barracuda faster than the 383 RR but still today when young kids are at shows they love the RR it's mopars true purposely built muscle car with no /6 sb or two bbl BB pre 71 of couse.