Now is the golden age of the American muscle car - Reading Eagle
The Detroit Three's performance cars are better today than ever before. Despite strict emissions limits, concerns about climate change and unpredictable gasoline prices that would make a '60s hot rodder pull over and weep, the D3's modern performance cars could run rings around the classics. And they're surprisingly affordable when compared with price tags of some exotic cars with similarly high-performing engines. "Never in my lifetime did I think I'd see the day when I could drive a 700-horsepower street car. Even the least powerful of today's sporty cars - say a base V-6 Chevy Camaro, Mustang or Charger - could probably out-corner most 1960s muscle cars, which were renowned for their ability to accelerate, but not to turn or stop. "We are living in the golden age of the performance car," said Matt Anderson, curator of transportation at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in suburban Detroit. "The cars from the 1960s and '70s were good cars, but basic. The 2016 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 produces 650 horsepower and accelerates to 60 mph in 2. 95 seconds. Watching one launch has more in common with the Millennium Falcon shifting into warp drive than the Corvettes Chevrolet sold when muscle cars and "Star Wars" were new. Source: readingeagle.com
