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Originally Posted by megeebee
Well, I'm old as dirt and you're right. Mustang, Camaro, and the like were origninally intended and sold as inexpensive, expressive, sporty cars. The "muscle" thing came later. These cars were part of a movement in the 60's to what was called at the time, "personal cars". The number of people delaying marriage or children was increasing and they liked a smaller, more individual look in a sea of Galaxies, Furys and Impalas. For older folk, what we call "empty nesters" now, there were the luxury-personal cars. The enlarged Thunderbird, Riviera, and later Toronado, Eldorado, the Lincoln MARK series, etc.
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Well, in 64 which is the year most people say is the start of the muscle car era, so the Mustang took that wave foward with making a smaller and more expressive personal coupe. By 67, muscle car momentum was swingin up as well as the Mustang was getting more and more power. Camaro was part of the Pony car market, much smaller then Chevelles, Torinos and Chargers.