We’ve all heard the term ‘muscle car’ for a variety of rear-driven, V8-powered cars from ‘Murica. But is ‘pony car’ a more appropriate term in some cases?
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ford mustangs should always be considered pony cars even if they are edging into muscle and super car categories
It’s not a sports car if it has a backseat
1967 impala anyone ?
Everyone with cars fall under pony are pissed lol
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JDM is better
I consider the Camaro,Challenger,charger and mustang all new era muscle cars
0:46 Name of the car pls 🙂
how about this a muscle car is an american coupe v8 power cruiser a pony car is an american sports car
Dodge is the only try muscle left
I thought they where synonyms and I don't care. I like all around performance more than just straight line. My first car was a '12 wrx. It cornered and braked well too 🙂
Cringiest video I’ve ever seen
I'd argue how much muscle the actual owner has is what matters most
Booo! Yankee accent, Boooo!
I think the Challenger just sucks ass so the only argument dodge fans have is that it's the only muscle car still made because it sucks at everything but a straight line.
A new class has been born
The super-pony
i like them all i have 06 mustang an 2017 dodge challenger rt an fixing to buy a 1968 mustang for 500 bucks runs an drives friends just selling for the money i dont care what they are called as long as there fast as fuck
The Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger are more than their horsepower and top speed. All three are an iconic symbol of American culture and automotive expertise. All three hold their own, and as technology improves the closer they get to the cars of Europe. As an owner if a mustang it handles beautifully. Nothing like the cars of old. Even the v6 variants of all three are sporting impressive horsepower now. These three cars. While they are their premium variants such as the GT350, Demon, and ZL1. They are competing with supercars. Maybe the muscle car era is long passed but what we have is something much more. That we should be proud of.
You'd have to sit inside of a challenger to actually see why it is the only muscle car on the market that would resemble the muscle car of the 60/70 era. You can't sit in a maro or mustang, and get the feeling of a gto, aero coup, torino, chevelle, duster, etc. They are and always have been designed for early 20ish in mind. A hardtop coupe sedan best describes a muscle car. The other two don't carry the volume of footage to fit the mold. The manufacturers have not decided whether they are after the muscle car enthusiasts or they want to chase the m5 and the amg e class. They are confrused.
So what are the differences???
They really aren't either. Too small to be a muscle car too big to be pony cars.
Dodge Challenger is the only true, pure muscle American muscle. The chevy Camaro is a copy muscle car. Or a sports car. Maybe a pony car. The mustang will always be a pony car. But that's not bad. It's a badass car that goes fast. The Dodge Challenger is the only true one.
Never been a big fan of muscle cars anyway. Most are driven by douchebags with an attitude and the need to overcompensate.
The cars themselves are cool, especially the Challenger IMO, its just the fanbase it attracts is the worst.
If it's American and has a v8 and makes power that is what you call American muscle
donkey cars
The challenger/cudas are pony cars
Well at least the pony cars look good
The Holden Commodore is a certainly muscle car. Why didn’t you mention that?
Muscle all the way
To answer your final question, I stand on the throttle
Sounds like a challenger fan ..
I honestly don't care how they're called
But one thing everyone has to admit no matter how much they hate American cars is that they've come a long way since the 60s especially the Mustang and the Camaro
Everyone is saying how good they've become to drive and they're also faster than most of European cars which cost double the money let alone 60 000$
The Challenger too but it's still too heavy and it's got too much power to be a pure driver's car
This has no idea about cars. His a retard.
Where is Alex?
The differences between v8/v6 conservatives and liberalists
The non-normal models of these cars are in no way pony cars. Challenger is a pony car, until you get an svt model like the hellcat or rt. Mustang is the same until you get one of the gt models, ESPECIALLY the gt500 and gt350. Camaros are pony cars until you get the zl1, z28, 1le etc models. The base models of these cars are for people in mid-life their crisis, where as the more powerful models are for people who want muscle. American muscle.
the best muscle cars ever are the 2018 dodge challenger SRT demon and the 1970 dodge charger
The camaro is the best muscle car. That’s where I stand.
The challenger is the only muscle car left
This video did not answer any question. Pony segment when created included the Mustang. And that is it for about 2 years. In the 2 year frame, the pony cars had 6 cylinder and V8 powerplants. Though the V8's were small and not until the big Boss had that segment seen a 400+ cubic inch engine. At that point- it was a muscle car.
The pony segment wasn't much of a segment since compact 2-door sedans aka coupes were made before the introduction of the pony car… So there you have it- They are about as muscle cars as they can get.
What abt the 2014 z28 thats a muscle car :p
Dodge has been muscle and will always be muscle
Muscle is better but yeah the new generation of cars makes it hard for there to be muscle or pony cars
I think that was ethan
-Muscle car: Easy car to daily, Just so happens it hauls ass. Basically a one trick pony but not a pony.
-Pony car: Just as much power but can do multiple things well.
-Sports cars: can do every thing perfect but might be a bit harder to live with on a daily basis.
my mustang with the performance package is a pony car. it can do multiple things well. a challenger can go in a straight line and thats about it so its a muscle car. the gt350 and zl1 are full on sports cars