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Muscle Cars

Muscle car is a description according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary that came to use in 1966 for "a group of American-made two-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving." The Britannica Dictionary describes these as "an American-made two-door sports car with a powerful engine."Although the term was unknown for another fifteen-plus years, General Motors introduced the 303-cubic-inch (5 L) Rocket V8 used in the Oldsmobile 98 models into the smaller and lighter 88 models, a formula that later evolved into the "muscle car" category. The competition between American manufacturers started when Chrysler installed the 331 cu in (5.4 L) Chrysler Hemi engine in the mid-range Chrysler Saratoga in 1951 that was normally installed in t… more »