modern muscle

The definitions are fun to debate.

Guys, keep in mind that it’s probably time to open the category and allow more cars to be called muscle cars.

All of our cars are slow now. Just about any basic electric car would smoke any stock classic muscle car. The higher end EVs smoke every short of a pro stock and can pamper you with ac and a back massage while doing it. Yet muscle cars don’t seem to be any less exciting despite the unfavorable comparison. Not one damn bit.

So apparently, power and acceleration are no longer the defining characteristics of a muscle car. It’s 100% subjective experience. Of course they still need to give you a thrill when you open the throttle but the way they feel, look, sound, and smell makes all the difference.

So if that LS swapped Miata blasts out V8 noises and makes your spine tingle with each shift, it counts in my book.