Top 100 Muscle Cars
Muscle cars refer to a variety of high performance automobiles. They are generally for drag racing competition with two-door rear wheel drive with a large, powerful V8 engine and special trim, intended for maximum torque and are classified as mid-size cars. While sport cars on the other hand are for road racing that are two-seat cars, or GTs, two-seat or 2+2 cars intended for high-speed touring and generally considered smaller.
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Holding the top 10 slots of the top 100 muscle cars in the modern muscle car category are the following:
1. Cadillac CTS-V
2. Chrysler 300 Hemi
3. Pontiac GTO
4. Acura TL
5. Infiniti G35
6. Jaguar S-Type R
7. Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG
8. Volvo S60 R
9. BMW M3, and
10. Bentley Continental GT.
Muscle cars gained popularity way back in 1960. The top 10 pioneers of the top 100 muscle cars in terms of the year they are released in the market are:
1. Dodge Dart 413/426 Max Wedge/426 Hemi/Plymouth Fury 413/426 Max Wedge/426 Hemi
2. Ford Thunderbird 427
3. Pontiac Tempest Le Mans/GTO
4. Buick Skylark Gran Sport
5. Dodge Coronet/Plymouth Belvedere 426-S
6. Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS
7. Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
8. Buick Riviera Gran Sport
9. Plymouth/Dodge intermediates with 426 Hemi, and
10. Chevy II SS327.
When it comes to speed, holding the 10 top notches of the top 100 muscle cars are:
1. 1966 427 Cobra
2. 1966 Corvette 427
3. 1969 Road Runner
4. 1970 Hemi Cuda
5. 1970 Chevelle SS454
6. 1969 Camaro
7. 1968 Corvette
8. 1970 Road Runner
9. 1970 Buick GS Stage I, and
10. 1968 Corvette 427.
The first placer runs 12.20@118 (ET/MPH) and the tenth placer runs 13.41@109.5 (ET/MPH).
The Top 100 muscle cars list for various categories is a running list except for the pioneer category. The list undergoes accelerating revisions because the manufacturing of muscle cars is in constant development, most especially now that these cars gain noticeable popularity. They are featured in full-length films and even in animated movies. Most of these flicks, if not all, were in the blockbuster list. The existence of muscle cars nowadays is phenomenal in the youth market, too.
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