Awesome Muscle Cars

Now in its seventh generation, the Ford Mustang stands as the final V8-powered American muscle car. We drove this 2024 Mustang GT Fastback in the ideal configuration: a 6-speed manual, Rapid Red paint, and the GT Performance Package. The pony car is as good as ever – with fast launches, a satisfying exhaust note, great handling, and an excellent modern cabin.

Dodge doubles down on its commitment to muscle cars with an all-new Charger Daytona. In 2024, we’ll get pure-electric R/T, Scat Pack, and Scat Pack w/Track Pack models, while a gas-powered Hurricane turbo-6 model is coming in 2025. The sleek, wide ride will come in 2-door and 4-door versions, each with hatchback instead of a trunk.

Dodge is sending off its V8 muscle cars with its most powerful Challenger ever. The “Last Call” Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 makes 1025 hp and 945 lb-ft. of torque on E85 ethanol blend fuel. Honed on the drag strip, the Demon 170 can run a 1/4-mile in 8.91 seconds at 151.17 mph and does 0-to-60 in a rocket-like 1.66 seconds.

The 7th-gen Ford Mustang has sleek new front and rear designs and is powered by a 4th-gen Coyote 5.0L V8 or a new 2.3L EcoBoost 4-cylinder. A redesigned interior features dual digital displays, while an Electronic Drift Brake handle makes drifting easy. And you can even rev its engine from the key fob.

Dodge previews its electric future, and they’re not backing down from making muscle cars. The 2-door Charger Daytona SRT has an 800-volt Banshee propulsion system, all-wheel drive, a multi-speed transmission, and a growly, emissions-free exhaust note made by pushing air through chamber and amplifying it.

Hennessey Performance amped up the Mustang GT’s V8 with a 3.0L supercharger and Borla exhaust, giving this monster 808 hp. It also has a CarbonAero splitter, sills, and spoiler, Brembo brakes, and 20″ alloy rims, and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 tires. It’ll do 0-to-60 in 3.3 sec, 1/4-mile in 10.7 sec, and has a 200+ mph top speed.

If you’re going to drive a high horsepower muscle car like a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, you usually want to have some nice fat tires to maximize grip. So the very idea of a Hellcat riding on horse-and-buggy wheels seems ludicrous. But this is the internet – and where there’s a will, there’s a way, as WhistlinDiesel demonstrates.

Not a Hyundai, it’s a horse of a different color. This luxury muscle car, clearly borrows from classic Mustangs and Chargers. Has a 6.2L supercharged V8 w/640hp, 605lb-ft. of torque and a 200mph top speed. Price? ~$250k. Ouch.

It may be a production car selling for less than $50k, but the 2012 Camaro ZL1 still pulls off a rather impressive 7 minute, 41.27 second run of the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife course.

The original Dodge Charger is one of the great classics of the American muscle car movement. Now, you can own this 1970 Charger RT driven by Vin Diesel in the 2009 Fast & Furious movie.

The retro-awesome Dodge Challenger gets a massive 8.4-liter Viper V10 power plant with Mopar’s Challenger V10 Drag Pak. Only 70 kits will be built, so get out your checkbooks now.

Inspired by the 1970s Plymouth Barracuda stock cars driven by Ronnie Sox and Buddie Martin, Mr. Norm’s Garage applied the classic red, white and blue styling to a 625hp 2010 Dodge Challenger.