Archive for the ‘Muscle Cars’ Category
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Probably my favorite concept ever, but I’m still not sure, there are so many sweet car concepts out there. It sure is a shame GM never went through with this 1999 Pontiac GTO concept, the car has the sweet angles just like the 2010 Camaro. But, when GM revived the GT0 in 2004 they brought the Holden Monaro’s V platform over from Australia for the GTO. Some where impressed, others very disappointed. I think I was both a little impressed and disappointed when I first saw the 2004 Pontiac GTO in person. I thought it looked sleek and sweet, but thought it didn’t have that American muscle car appeal like the old 1964 Pontiac GTO. That’s probably why the car didn’t last and was discontinued in 2006.
When GM put this concept out on display at the Auto Show, I think a lot of muscle car enthusiasts thought they were going to come out with the actual model just as they did with the Camaro. When I really think about it, if GM would of done this with the GTO concept model as they did with the Camaro concept I think they would of sold a lot more GTOs and the car would of been a hit. GM failed miserably, you see how long it took them to bring back the Camaro. This is one of the reasons why they are borrowing money and claimed Bankruptcy this year. Upper management built cars they wanted to build, not what the American people wanted.
Maybe one day they’ll revive the GTO again, but with more American muscle car appeal like this concept.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
There are more than three weeks until the 2010 Ford Mustang will be exposed at the Auto Show in Los Angeles, but American spies have already got some pictures with the new model during some tests.
Ford offered little clues about their new Mustang model, on the site dedicated to it appearing only some teaser images of the muscle car. These spy pictures we have don’t tell too much, but we can notice that the recipe will not be changed, the same retro theme it is kept, which I personally like. There are speculations that this model will satisfy both ecologists and the ones who are addicted to huge amounts of power, being equipped with a twin-turbo V6 EcoBoost engine of 3.5l and with a V8 of 5l that will produce 350 HP.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Dodge will present at SEMA a very powerul SRT-10 version of the Challenger muscle car.
Dodge Challenger SRT-10 may appear in the dictionary as a descriptive definition for the muscle-car term. With a gigantic v10 engine of 8.4 liters that develops 600 HP and a torque of 760 Nm through the rear wheels, this model illustrates best what the Americans want to transmit with their “muscle car” term.
Regarding its design, you’ll notice the aggressive spoilers, a big air intake on the carbon fiber hood and a carbon fiber aileron placed in the back.
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Chevrolet Camaro SS is the sportive version of the American muscle car. There aren’t any huge design differences between Chevrolet Camaro SS and Chevrolet Camaro, the only noticeable thing being the blotch in the hood finished with an air slit.
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Chevrolet Camaro is the third American cowboy muscle-car, waited with big interes by the public over the ocean. Recently, the first official pictures with this car were shown to the public.
Ed Peper, vice-president of Chevrolet in America, published on a blog the first official pictures with Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and it is said that it will be available on the market by the year of 2009.
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
It looks like the Americans are not the only fans of muscle-cars, a Spanish guy transforming his Corvette in a real “mean-machine”.
To modify a classic car like C3 Corvette which was assembled in 1969-1982 can’t be a gesture that you would be proud of. But, when the result is like this one, we can make an exception.
As we can see, the modifications are well done, the black paint making this muscle-car to be even more aggressive.
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