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Here are 10 compelling reasons why American muscle cars will always be superior to the imports. ... the 1966 427 Cobra is the fastest American muscle car: it can do a quarter mile in 12.20 ...
The fastest muscle car produced by American Motors was the mid-sized 1970 AMC Rebel "The Machine", which was powered by a 390 cu in (6.4 L) engine producing 340 hp (254 kW). [73] The Rebel had a 0–60 mph (97 km/h) time of 6.8 seconds and a quarter-mile run in 14.4 seconds at 99 mph (159 km/h). [74]
No four-speed manual transmission cars were produced. Performance tests from 1977 estimated 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time for the Can Am with the Pontiac engine at about 10 seconds, about the same as the previous year's Le Mans with the 455, and a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) time of approximately 17 seconds. It is estimated that 1133 Can Ams were produced ...
Car and Driver tested a heavily optioned 455 HO, with a four-speed transmission and 3.31 axle, and recorded a quarter-mile time of 15.0 seconds with a trap speed of 96.5 mph (155.3 km/h). Car Life test car had the Turbo-Hydramatic 455 with a 3.55 rear differential, clocked 14.76 seconds quarter-mile time at 95.94 mph (154.40 km/h), with an ...
The AMC AMX is a two-seat GT-style muscle car produced by American Motors Corporation from 1968 through 1970. [2] [6] As one of just two American-built two-seaters, the AMX was in direct competition with the one-inch (2.5 cm) longer wheelbase Chevrolet Corvette, [7] for substantially less money.
When Popular Mechanics magazine tested the car with the Audi four-cylinder engine introduced in 1977, they said its acceleration with a four-speed manual felt "amazingly strong", with 0-60 mph and quarter-mile times one second slower than with the 232 cubic inch straight-six (16 vs. 15, and 21 vs. 20 seconds respectively). [56]
Lexus GS F. Year: 2020 Style: 4dr sedan (5.0L 8cyl 8A) Total cash price: $91,556 True cost to own for five years: $101,937 GOBankingRates, in order to find surprisingly affordable muscle cars ...
The SC/Rambler was a competent performer with quarter-mile times in the low 14-second range." [86] A true muscle car with zero options and a suggested retail price of less than US$3,000 (equivalent to $24,926 in 2023) [11], it would take down some much more vaunted cars. [89]