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Top 10 Classic American Muscle Cars

Perhaps one of the most exciting periods in automotive history was during the production years of the classic American muscle car. Muscle cars were big, loud and ultra-powerful rubber burning machines. During the 1960’s and 70’s the American automakers progressively became more competitive with their muscle car offerings. Each year it seemed Ford, Chevy, Chrysler or even AMC would out-do the competition in terms of brute power and aggressive exterior styling. Since we love muscle cars we thought it would be fun to create a list of the all-time top 10 best muscle cars made on US soil. Obviously this is merely our opinion so we don’t anticipate all readers to agree with the inclusion of all of the muscle cars on this list. Since muscle cars are widely considered to have more than 2 seats; the Chevy Corvette, Shelby Cobra and other very powerful, fast cars from the era were omitted from this best muscle cars list. Make sure to cast your vote on which of these you think is the greatest muscle car.





1964 Pontiac GTO Tri-Power

Quick Stats:

348 Horsepower

428 ft-lb of Torque





1971 Buick GSX with Stage-1 Performance Pack

Quick Stats:

360 Horsepower

510 ft-lb of Torque





1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

Quick Stats:

290 Horsepower

290 ft-lb of Torque





1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454

Quick Stats:

360 Horsepower

500 ft-lb of Torque





1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Quick Stats:

290 Horsepower

290 ft-lb of Torque





1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda

Quick Stats:

425 Horsepower

490 ft-lb of Torque





1969 Dodge Charger R/T-SE

Quick Stats:

425 Horsepower

490 ft-lb of Torque

1968 Shelby Mustang GT500-KR

Quick Stats:

360 Horsepower

440 ft-lb of Torque





1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 Coupe

Quick Stats:

330 Horsepower

430 ft-lb of Torque





1970 Plymouth Road Runner

Quick Stats:

335 Horsepower

425 ft-lb of Torque



View a Complete List of Classic Muscle Cars.



Which classic American muscle car is the best? * 1964 Pontiac GTO 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda 1971 Buick GSX with Stage-1 Performance Pack 1969 Dodge Charger R/T-SE 1969 Pontiac Firebird Coupe 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500-KR

