Not slow...just not fast enough. A friend, which was wise enough to keep his muscle car, a 70 Super Bee with a std trans, cowl induction, Hemi and etc. agrees with this. The problem is defining a muscle car. If you include the COPO GM cars there is certainly no contest with anything else ever built. But a 'stock' muscle car is generally defined as a car that ANYONE could order off a normal order sheet at their dealer in any town. The L-88 Corvette does not qualify for two reasons. 1. It is a two seater. 2. It is of such low production [46 cars?] that no one can argue that it was commonly available to the public. Ford did build some 'Boss' things but they were not, in any spirit of the word, 'available to the public'.
This problem still exists in the minds of some. I see posts that say a certain new car is 'faster' than another company's offering. The problem is that one is truly a 'stock' car...the other a machine that there will only be a few built and at horrendous price. In short Corporate Trinkets [like the Viper] are, for all intents and purposes, 'non-cars'.
This problem still exists in the minds of some. I see posts that say a certain new car is 'faster' than another company's offering. The problem is that one is truly a 'stock' car...the other a machine that there will only be a few built and at horrendous price. In short Corporate Trinkets [like the Viper] are, for all intents and purposes, 'non-cars'.
