Sports Car or Muscle Car

[C3RVETTE]

Agreed.

Sports cars with muscle.Muscle cars that corner well.

 

[norvalwilhelm]

I consider it a sports car because it has no back seat. Given enough engine and it is a muscle car.
I consider mine as both. Give me an open road and with it's killer brakes and stock car coilover suspension it will run with anything but given the motor it can also run with the muscle car crowd

 

[ernbuild]

muscle car

myself i would call my 78 a muscle car first and sports car second.
sports car to me says good handling, and theres alot of work needs doing to a
stock 78 to get it to handle. which leads me to the point that a muscle car doesnt have to handle it just has to go like the clappers from woo to go.
the other point i make is that the later c4/5s are more sports car than muscle
or maybe its an age thing,both vette age and my age [the over 50 bracket]
rgards all ernie.

 

[RedRagTop]

Actually the C4's and 5's were quite a bit more powerful than the 70's cars with essentially the same type of layout. My brother's 68 427 I would say leans toward muscle while my 88 rag is more sport...

 

[ernbuild]

hi rocket

Actually the C4's and 5's were quite a bit more powerful than the 70's cars with essentially the same type of layout. My brother's 68 427 I would say leans toward muscle while my 88 rag is more sport...

are you agreeing or vice versa with me. my 78 is 340 hp and a contender for a 12 second 1/4 mile. id still call her a muscle car.

 

[RedRagTop]

Yes, but what was a stock 78 for horses? What about a 75? I guess I could drop a 502 in a Vega and have a muscle car. I think this referred to stock vehicles but...

 

[billyvette]

Attention Administrators!!!!

Not to offend anyone,but can this thread be locked or retired?

It is very old and needs to be put to rest. I am just really tired of seeing this
thread.

 

[C3RVETTE]

Not to offend anyone,but can this thread be locked or retired?

It is very old and needs to be put to rest. I am just really tired of seeing this
thread.

:cry Aww! Have you tried unsubsribing yourself? We certainly dont want to make you tired!:BOW

 

[RodsnRides]

Sports Car-no question

I have to agree with Tom 73 (and,well, 22229stingray91, AKRAY14PLAY. 6 Shooter and Norms72). The Corvette is a Sports Car. It was built to compete with Jaguar, MG and Triumph influence in the early '50's. Check out 'Corvette 1953 to the present' by Robert Nichols (ISBN 0-86124 2181). Yes, it's old, but the background is superb. When Zora Arkus-Duntov came on board, he went after Porsche and Ferrari. Then Ford jumped in with the Cobra and GT-40, and Corvette was still in the game. It's a sports car. Musclecars were not concerned about turns or stops-I know-we have them. I like the Corvette, it's more fun to drive, and it's not a re-badged and hot-rodded passenger car. That's my input.

Rick

 

[KRYPTONITE]

Muscle Car

Muscle Car Ls5 454

 

[titan81]

Sharks are Sport Cars w/ Muscle Car engines
A GTO, Chevelle, Camaro, Mustang (pony cars) are Muscle Cars
A vette is a sporty muscle car.
Thats why there the ultimate american beast
They whole shot 11's, 12's, 13's easy
and corner and brake like GT/SS cars.

 

[nocrap]

I agree

Not to offend anyone,but can this thread be locked or retired?

It is very old and needs to be put to rest. I am just really tired of seeing this
thread.

I agree.

 

[C3RVETTE]

I have to agree with Tom 73 (and,well, 22229stingray91, AKRAY14PLAY. 6 Shooter and Norms72). The Corvette is a Sports Car. It was built to compete with Jaguar, MG and Triumph influence in the early '50's. Check out 'Corvette 1953 to the present' by Robert Nichols (ISBN 0-86124 2181). Yes, it's old, but the background is superb. When Zora Arkus-Duntov came on board, he went after Porsche and Ferrari. Then Ford jumped in with the Cobra and GT-40, and Corvette was still in the game. It's a sports car. Musclecars were not concerned about turns or stops-I know-we have them. I like the Corvette, it's more fun to drive, and it's not a re-badged and hot-rodded passenger car. That's my input.

Rick

I think you are right,but only the C1 & C2,after that,its a different animal.

 

[C3RVETTE]

I agree.

:cry Aww! Have you tried unsubsribing yourself? We certainly dont want to make you tired!:BOW

 

[wallyknoch]

I saw this thread a while back and finally entered my vote as a sports car. I am not going through 70 some odd posts for a similar opinion, but a 2 seater is a sports car, muscle cars could be anything but.

 

[John Doe]

If people are getting tired of this thread it must be due to the responses being boring.

I think of the corvette as a combination, sort of a shmuscle car, or perhaps a spumortscar.... sometimes a smortusslecar. The neat thing was that in 68 - 72 and to a lesser extent in later years you had multiple engine and transmission choices that let you build your corvette... (or any car) the way you like it. Was a chevelle a family sedan or a musclecar? 6 cylinder 3 spd or LS-6 ? But sadly, most of the so-called "musclecar challenges" leave the corvette out due to the no back seat.

 

[Stallion]

To me, a backseat doesn't designate it either way. I have this image in my head for "sports car" and "muscle car". And to me, "sports car" leans more towards a Porsche, and "muscle car" tends to go more towards a Chevelle 396. So, on that spectrum, I would say our Corvettes hang over to the Chevelle side. But that's just me.

 

[wallyknoch]

Except most Vettes don`t have any muscles. Likewise for the Chevelles

 

[Ken]

Wally's right, technically the origins of the term "musclecar" designated an intermediate-sized car, with a back seat, but full-sized cars were also included. Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, Barracudas & Challengers... were all "pony cars", in regards the other terminology from the era.

Corvettes have never been termed anything but "sportscar" by the manufacturers, including those outside of GM.

But if your choice is to call your Corvette a musclecar, or anything else for that matter (I call mine "whore" because it costs me so much :L), there's nothing wrong with that either.

I mean, how many true sportscars can be true dragstrip "beasts" at the same time as having road handling capabilities that hang with the best of them?

 

[Stallion]

I guess I see what you mean, Ken. I mean, the first designated muscle car (I think) was a Chrysler 300. Isn't that right? It was a big car with a big engine. I guess the Corvette would really be considered a "big" car. Hmm...