[merak]

Then again, if you really need to drive fast, you have modern fast cars like the SRT4, which is basically a Neon with a 2.5 liter turbocharged engine and running gear and what not to match, about 220 horses in a machine which probably doesn't weigh more than about 2600 lbs. Performance should be roughly similar to that of a Maserato Merak in a $20,000 car which is generally more refined than either the Merak or any muscle car, is tall friendly and can seat four adults comfortably.

[Dan Zachary]

A Koenigsegg CC 85 at the Gumball Rally, a Swedish car that cost about $600,000.

4.6 liter supercharged V8, 655 hp, 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds, Top Speed of 240 mph. Chassis-Carbonfiber semi-monocoque, Body-Carbonfiber, Kevlar.

Unbelievable!

[Servant of the Nine]

Then again, if you really need to drive fast, you have modern fast cars like the SRT4, which is basically a Neon with a 2.5 liter turbocharged engine and running gear and what not to match, about 220 horses in a machine which probably doesn't weigh more than about 2600 lbs. Performance should be roughly similar to that of a Maserato Merak in a $20,000 car which is generally more refined than either the Merak or any muscle car, is tall friendly and can seat four adults comfortably.

Anyone who buys a high performance front wheel drive car has a deathwish. They make the notoriously squirrely handling of the rear engined Porche look civilized.

So9

[mhking]

Then again, if you really need to drive fast, you have modern fast cars like the SRT4

You certainly get the speed from the souped up modern front-wheel drive power boxes (Dodge, Ford, Honda, Subaru, Mazda, et. al.), but while they'll go head for head on speed, they won't come close to the sheer power of the muscle cars.

Both types of car are great, and have their place. But they are not in the same class in terms of what they do and how they do it. They're both fast cars -- the comparisons stop there. It's like saying that apples and oranges are both types of fruit.