BigStrok3
Mopar!
I bought a 22 challenger scat pack back in February. Still have my old cars but the challenger is more fun to drive. Just have to watch out with them because they are easy to steal.
I have a 2009 Challenger R/T, 6 speed manual. It is a great car, and gets 28 mpg cruising at 75mph on the highway. My wife has had a Charger R/T since 2012, given to Daughter in 2018 when we got a new Charger R/T to replace it, they both have got 30+ mpg cruising at 75 mph on trips. They are great road cars and have acceptable handling and acceleration even with a 5.7 and an automatic. All that said, the car I will keep to the very end is the 1966 Formula S Barracuda, with a 273, and with a 4 speed and a Hurst shifter.I'm considering modern muscle...but keeping my classic mopar. Anybody else driving modern muscle and
what is your new ride?
SO..... everyone is telling me a 72 Duster is NOT modern muscle!??
OK so I am old....very old.![]()
Just my opinion, but I think modern muscle starts about 1986.
It's pretty subjective, but my definition of "Modern Muscle" means decent power (or better), EFI, OD, AC, Cruise, Power Windows, bigger brakes and handling, etc. Certainly there are gray areas, much like the definition of a "Muscle Car" is '72 and older even though the low compression motors started in '72 and single exhaust and cat's didn't start until '75.
So when the '86 Mustang GT came out with modern EFI and had a decent amount of power, it fits in my mind as the start of the "Modern Muscle" era. Note that to me "Modern Muscle" covers what the factory offered, not what someone could build. So a '73 Duster with a 5.7/T56/AC doesn't make it modern muscle even though it carries a modern motor. But an '82 Mustang with a Coyote swap might, but only because the chassis is the same as an '86. Lot's of gray.
i think of those 80's-90's cars more a mid muscle.. they are what reignited it all though for sure..
I've said this before, the old muscle cars seem to have a soul that the new stuff just doesn't. Maybe in 20 years that will change. Today anyone with a decent credit score can walk into a dealership and drive away with a 500 to 700+ horsepower ride, but it's not always that simple to get behind the wheel of any 60s or 70s high performance car. You either have to build your own or have a boat load of cash to buy one someone else built.It is not always the speed of the ride but the thrill of the ride. Not everyone understands this. Maybe some of us are just backwards sometimes??