Hoovey689

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Motor Trend compares muscle cars, past and present

VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=geq5Oz4aDSQ

All day long, boys. All. Day. Long.

To what are we referring, you ask? Well, that's how long all six muscle cars rounded up by the staff at Motor Trend will eviscerate their tires. Such is the nature of the beast, and, in fact, it's why many automotive enthusiasts just can't get enough horsepower at the rear wheels.

What we have here are Camaros, Challengers and Mustangs, gathered in pairs - one vintage example from the height of the muscle car's reign of terror in 1969 and '70 along with one 2011 model. This begs the question: Which era of American performance resulted in the better car?

Well now, that depends on just what you're looking for...

There's simply no arguing the fact that the 2011 Camaro SS, Challenger SRT8 392 and Shelby Mustang GT500 can accelerate (though the quarter-mile results would be closer if the old bias-ply tires were replaced with something more... modern), turn and stop better than their old-timer predecessors.

But, as the editors of Motor Trend found out, that's not the whole story. Check out the video after the break to find out what we're on about.

One last thing: Words cannot express how badly we want the keys to that 1970 Challenger. It's nothing short of muscle car perfection.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/03/m...t-and-present/

kngkong

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Diggin' the Past...F#@K the present...Enuff said!!!!

FrankReynoldsCPA

The most disappointing part to me is that they didn't bring back the Firebird........
I've been attached to the Firebird since the first time I rode in my dad's 67 Firebird with a 400 v8. I also enjoyed my own 89 Firebird, and look forward to buying a newer one in the future.....

Byprodrive

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+1 on that, my 1st car was a 1971 Firebird Formula, also had a 1967 with 400.

That new Camaro just doesn't do it for me, looks like a brick.

I8ABMR

I read the article and thought, what the hell did they expect to happen?? Obviously the new cars will handle better, accelerate better, and will be much heavier. I dont know why they did this review. It was cool to see the old and new side by side but....