When you’re buying a car, what kind you choose is going to depend on your priorities. If you’re choosing a family car, then its size, seating, and practicality are going to take precedence. However, if you’re choosing a car for the simple joy of driving it, then your reasons can be a lot more personal. Here, we’re going to look at one style of car that is particularly enduring, amongst collectors and driving enthusiasts, and why, exactly, the American muscle car is so loved.
Plenty of power to play with
First of all, the ‘muscle’ in the name is there for a good reason. These cars are primarily built for power, first and foremost. They’re designed to maximise horsepower for quick acceleration and high top speeds. As such, they can be great for finding a race track like Silverstone that allows you to drive on it freely, to see what the machine really has to offer.
Nothing looks or sounds like them
The romance of muscle cars is a driving factor in their enduring success. With their big, boxy shapes, oversized hoods, and other iconic features of their design, they are immediately recognisable and stand out on the road. Those engines can sound terrific as well. The sound of a classic muscle car tends to be a bit more of a showstopper than the average modern car, but they all sound fantastic.
Modern and classic both bring their own benefits
The points above apply to both classic and modern muscle cars. While the more traditional and early styles are known for being a little harder to handle, which can make them more exciting to some, modern muscle cars like the current American Dodge car series harness all of that power with a host of adaptive technologies that offer a smoother driving experience. You can pick the kind of experience that you want.
They’re strong and sturdy
Muscle cars are big, broad, and bold, which not only speaks to that aesthetic appeal as mentioned above, but they’re also a safer drive. This is especially true of modern muscle cars, not just because of how they are built, but because of modern safety technologies such as pre-collision systems, lane assists, reverse cameras, and more. While they’re not exactly accident-proof, they do a lot to help you prevent getting into scrapes.
A huge customisation community
Muscle cars are one of those few kinds of cars that attract their own community of people are passionate about them and, as a result, have found all manner of ways to customise them. Muscle cars are a lot more open to alterations and modifications, whether it’s with spoilers, engine changes, paint jobs, and much more. If you want to know how you can modify your car, there are plenty of forums for owners of the different muscle brands you can find on the net.
If you have the opportunity to drive an American muscle car, and you’re a fan of driving, then it is definitely worth taking that opportunity. There are no cars that feel like them, simply put.