Modern Muscle Cars - Right for You?

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The modern muscle cars are not part of our personal search (at least not right now!) but we can’t overlook all the excitement they generate and wanted to provide you with some general information. In fact, modern muscle might be the perfect fit for you, especially if you love the look and the power of a muscle car but don’t want the maintenance or labor of love a 35 year old original might require.

Auto manufacturers introduced the retro look a few years back when Plymouth released the open-wheeled Prowler and Ford produced the new Thunderbird, the first in their line of modern muscle cars. The Prowler and the new T-Bird both had the great look but didn’t have much cabin space for big guys and didn’t have the raw muscle sound or performance.

Other cars followed, like the PT Cruiser and the Chevy SSR, that continued to renew the public’s interest in muscle car style.

Then Hollywood encouraged the demand for the power to match the style with movies, like The Fast and The Furious and the Gone in 60 Seconds remake, that featured today’s cars as well as traditional muscle cars.

As a result, there are now true, modern muscle cars available for purchase at your local auto dealership once again.

The Ford Mustang, the Dodge Charger and Challenger, and Chevrolet Camaro; any of these may be the perfect fit for so many reasons.

Why Consider Modern Muscle Cars?

• Contemporary braking and handling…apparently you can take a corner at speed in a new Challenger and keep the rubber firmly affixed to the road without rear wheel hop
• Fuel efficient power…yes, this is possible with the available 6-cylinders or the 8-cylinders with modern active fuel management systems that use only 4-cylinder of the engine when cruising at highway speeds
• Luxury amenities…leather, GPS, wifi, power everything
• Full warranty…enough said
• Price…if your dream car is one of the highly-valued, rare muscle cars, the new cars (even with dealer gouging) might end up being less expensive and come with all these other benefits
• Parts availability…again, enough said

We recently saw the Challengers racing at our annual trek to try to buy Mopar muscle cars at the Mopar Nationals. These cars still had dealer tags and turned pretty good quarter-mile times (13.4 at 106mph) proving that the look and the muscle are part of the package. The cars were slated to go to an engine shop for an engine upgrade the next week. Check out the video if you want to see it yourself. Sorry it's not the best quality; our little digital camera works great for most photos, just not video obviously.