Why do they call them “muscle” cars?
cause they cold go a straight line fast.
Because they had big, powerful engines.
They were called muscle cars because they had huge engines and a lot of power at the time.
I can no longer afford new cars and have not kept up with the newer models for at least 20 years. Maybe a year ago I got free subscriptions to “Motor Trend” and “Road and Track”.
I started reading the specs and they are getting incredible amounts of horsepower out of small and medium sized engines. Actually more than the old 427, 426s.
A true muscle car has a big block engine.