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To me the term "muscle car" died in the early 70's when the EPA and insurance companies put their thumb on the big three. By 1974 there really wasn't any muscle left in any cars and by the late 70's the ratings were down right pitiful.
I always looked at the 1st generation Camaro as a couple of different types of cars. First you had the straight six cars which were just cars in Camaro clothes, then you have the base V8's (327's and 307's) which were sort of pony cars (term coming from the Mustang) and then you had the true 'muscle car' Camaro's which were the 300 hp 350 and 396's and obviously the 427's. Those SuperSports were named that for a reason, they were the top performance (Super) cars.
So is the V6 Camaro of today a muscle car...not to me, it's too new and isn't the top performer of it's model.
But really who the heck cares? The new V6 Camaro is a great car with great performance even compared to the lower SS models of the past (which were anemic in the tire and traction department). It goes to show you how our technology has advanced from 45 years ago.
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