Again, going back to the point I was making.

 

Which was you prefer a slower, poor-handling car because it can do a wheelstand? No one has a logical or rational explanation for this.

 

Make that from 74-04.

 

Maybe you people arent understanding the point.

The GTO, GNX and ALL other muscle cars were NOT meant to handle, but go in a straight line.
The Muscle car Era is dead, never to return. Whatever Spics point is, is his. My point is that the Muscle Car era is dead, let the names RIP. Are these "new GTO" or "new GNX" nice cars? Hell yes. But they are not a definition of the Muscle Car, which with those names, need to be.

 

Looks and performance are 2 differnt things. '03 '04 Cobras will wipe the floor with damn near any production car out there, stock for stock. '93 Cobras are mid-high 13 second cars off the show room.


See, this is why I try and stay out of arguements with you. Because no matter how many people bring up good, valid points, you have tunnel vision. The shit is senseless.

 

So what you're saying is that the Corvette is not a muscle car and even if it had been, they should change the name because it handles well?

What about the GT350 and GT500 mustangs? They handled like a dream (for an 60's car). Do they not count?

 

Funny, because the GNX is supposed to be a 12 second car off the lot. But somehow, it doesn't rate to have a good name. Besides, in your post just before this one, you said performance doesn't matter. Now it does?

It is my understanding that the 06 Cobra is supposed to the the fasest one to date.

What good an valid point have you brought up? You don't like what this car is named. What is your "point" to defend this? You don't have logic or reason, you just have an emotional attachment to this name. Please tell me how that is a valid point.

 

Older Corvettes did not handle that well and you named 2 cars, which were limited production, not production cars, out of the what, 20-25 cars that are considered Muscle Cars?

 

So the newer, better handling Corvettes should be renamed because they handle well? Does this mean the Viper can't be considered a muscle car, either?

I named two Mustangs (which were as much production cars as the Cobra was and is) from the "Era of Muscle Cars". By your argument, they shouldn't be considered muscle cars because they handle well. If that is not your contention, then your whole argument is debunked.

 

When in did I ever say performance never mattered? Muscle cars did not HANDLE, but performed in a straight line.


Muscle Cars are not meant to handle, they are meant to pull the front wheels up from stop light to stop light. The GNX did this, the GTO did this. These "newer" version are nice, but need a new name. Its a simple mater of RESPECT. You of alll people arguing in this thread should have at least an understanding of that the way you talk about your "Mistress".

My point, these cars are not Muscle Cars, in term's, they dont deserve the same name.

The Mustang and Corvette have evolved with the times, they did disappear and then 25 years later come back as a "new" Muscle Car.