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Old 09-01-2008, 07:21 PM   #45 (permalink)
Stéphane Dumas
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Re: Motortrend - First Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro V-6

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Originally Posted by Uzzy View Post
Yup. John Z. Delorean created the muscle car when he broke GM's rules of engine size in relation to car size and put a full-size car's engine in a mid-size car...the LeMans's GTO package. The best $296 anyone could have spent in 1964.

The Pony cars were supposed to be small personal coupes, but when you use the GTO formula on them, they got the Muscle car moniker as well.
Some will probably replied then the Impala with the 409 was the 1st muscle-car and I didn't mentionned the genesis of the muscle-car with the Chrysler C-300 1955, 1950 Olds 88 and these Hudson Hornet Super-Six

And some countries developed their own adaptation of the muscle-car like Down Under in Australia with the Charger Hemi-6-pack, Ford Falcon GHTI backed with the 351 Cleveland and the Holden Monaro/Torana
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