Muscle cars are high performance cars made from 1964 to 1974. The car manufacturers put large displacement V8 engines in mid-sized production models at a price that the average American could afford and gave them new model names. The huge V8 engines used in muscle cars were modified to produce large amounts of horsepower and torque.
Themuscle car caused intense competition between manufacturers to produce the most powerful and extreme machine. The 1973 OPEC oil embargo along with stricter EPA air pollution laws and the increase in insurance premiums put an end to most muscle cars. Some of the models lived on in name only.Muscle cars are actively collected and restored today and supported by a very active community of car enthusiasts.