Hellcat charger!!
How's it not a muscle car? Sure it's bigger than the mustakes and crapmaro's but they're PONY cars, not muscle cars! In my personal opinion the challenger LOOKS more like and muscle car and now obviously has more muscle under the hood than the pony cars! Therefore I come to the following conclusion.... Challenger = Muscle car
I like this car and I'm not hating on it. I would drive one in a second.
That being said, how IS this a muscle car?
Muscle cars were light, affordable, and had big power. This had the power but it's not by any means small or affordable. I used a calculator once that showed what $60,000 in today's money would be in 1970. Turned out to be around 9,000. My grandfather got a house and five acres of land for 18,000 in 1969. Not only is this car unaffordable by today's standards for the normal hot rodder but could you imagine a 9000 car in 1969.
These companies are trying to recreate the old super muscle cars of the 60's. They offer stupid high prices for stupid high power with stupid low production numbers. Suckers by cars like this and the Shelby gt 1000 and what ever chevys big hp car is. They think one day they will sell for the same numbers as Shelby super snakes or wing cars or super stock cars. Sorry to burst your big fat money bubble but that isn't the case. Those cars are extreamly valuable because their purpose was extreamly original. They were not trying to recreate something that had already been done.
As much as it pains me to say this; ricers are the muscle cars of today. They are DIRT cheap, light, and some are damn fast. Plus it was a completely new movement.
It has nothing to do with brands or name badges. It has everything to do with the price and appeal to the upcoming generation.
