: any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving
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Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa pines, classic muscle cars, a crypt of collector horror comics, and two loyal English Setters.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Hardin is a parody of a rebel, with his leather jacket and muscle car, but there’s a freshness to the beginning of their love that’s lost in the later movies, and a sense of possibility that is repeatedly dashed by the mostly shoddier sequels.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Based on an architecture developed in Auburn Hills, the Chargers are Dodge’s bid for continued relevance, moving muscle cars into the electric age, and replacing the legendary Hemi V8 with high output versions of its Hurricane six-cylinder gasoline engine.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
Oakland native and Northeastern University professor Mario Hernandez said that sideshows were based in a masculine, muscle car culture around classics like Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros and Dodge Chargers.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Hardin is a parody of a rebel, with his leather jacket and muscle car, but there’s a freshness to the beginning of their love that’s lost in the later movies, and a sense of possibility that is repeatedly dashed by the mostly shoddier sequels.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Based on an architecture developed in Auburn Hills, the Chargers are Dodge’s bid for continued relevance, moving muscle cars into the electric age, and replacing the legendary Hemi V8 with high output versions of its Hurricane six-cylinder gasoline engine.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
Oakland native and Northeastern University professor Mario Hernandez said that sideshows were based in a masculine, muscle car culture around classics like Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros and Dodge Chargers.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Muscle car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscle%20car. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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