English

Noun

muscle car ‎(plural muscle cars)

1. Any of a variety of high-performance automobiles, especially American 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s equipped with large, powerful V8 engines.
   • 2011, Kat Martin, A Song for My Mother, Vanguard Press, ISBN 9781593156565, 200:

     In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day.

Coordinate terms

• pony car
• sportscar
• supercar