Muscle Car Definition

[67vertman]

Found this while surfing the web, http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/general/musclecars-definition.shtml, not sure I agree with all of it, but it definitely brings things into prospective. 

They say the 340 cuda is not a Muscle Car, but I am sure a 340 could put some of those so-called muscle cars to shame on the track.

What do you think?

[Andrew]

Wikipedia defines a muscle car as:

The term muscle car generally describes a mid-size car with a large, powerful engine (typically, although not universally, a V8 engine) and special trim, intended for maximum acceleration on the street or in drag racing competition. It is distinguished from sports cars, which were customarily considered smaller, two-seat cars, or GTs, two-seat or 2+2 cars intended for high-speed touring and possibly road racing. High-performance full-size or compact cars are arguably excluded from this category, as are the breed of compact sports coupes inspired by the Ford Mustang and typically known as pony cars, although few would dispute a big-block pony car's credentials as a muscle car.

An alternate definition is based on power-to-weight ratio, defining a muscle car as an automobile with (for example) fewer than 12 pounds per rated horsepower. Such definitions are inexact, thanks to a wide variation in curb weight depending on options and to the questionable nature of the SAE gross horsepower ratings in use before 1972, which were often deliberately overstated or underrated for various reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car

[Oldschool]

I think the definitions are someone's opinion. I agree with some of them, some of them I don't. As for the 340, it will definitely run with some of the muscle cars listed. Just my 0.02.    ................Oldschool

[Carlwalski]

I thought E-Bodies were "Pony Cars". 

[AprilsPink72Cuda]

Hmmmm, a 340 Cuda isn't a muscle car but a 340 Duster is?  Does that make any sense?

[Oldschool]

Hmmmm, a 340 Cuda isn't a muscle car but a 340 Duster is?  Does that make any sense?

Gotta be a cubic inch per pound thing.  "E"'s were 200-400 pounds heavier than "A"'s. Depending on options and accessories.  Just my          ..........Oldschool

[R/T]

  Did Trevor Creed write this article???
Only challenger R/T s were muscle cars no 340 Cudas and no Barracudas
What an idiot!!!!

[inot2old]

A Ferd Galaxie, with a 390 is a muscle car, but NO Barracuda?   

[moparclown]

I feel that some people have more oppinion than common sense.and he has never driven a hot 340.and as far as a muscle car goes its only what YOU make it.this guy would say that the 360 going in my 69 fastback doesnt make it a muscle car. but if he would get in the passenger seat i will prove its got plenty of muscle.