They weren't that bad, especially when you consider the power ratings were net not gross, but you illustrate how silly things have become when it comes to what is percieved as "fast". I grew up in the 80's and a 14 second car was generally considered a fast car, 13 second cars were seriously quick, and anything faster was considered... well **** fast...

Now people snicker at 13 second cars considering them barely more than mundane transportation.

Its great in the sense that there is some awesome hardware out there (witness the MY11 GT Mustang, a bonafied 12 second car), but where do manufacturers go to from here? Do they make the MY12, MY13, or MY14 Mustangs seriously low 12 second or high 11 second street cars???

One wonders where the plateau is and when is the backlash going to hit?

 

As much as we like to compare the "muscle cars" from the 60's and 70's to what we can buy new today and make light of their relatively poor performance it is hard to deny what some of those cars are worth today. While the prices have come down the past couple of years due to the poor economy many of those old cars still sell for several times the price of a new Mustang. A friend of mine restored a 68 GT500 KR a few years ago and then sold it for $179K. That is an extreme example but many of the old big-block cars still sell in the $50-100K range, especially those that have been nicely restored.

 

My wife and I looked into maybe getting a poor to moderate condition old muscle car to fix up, but we were shocked at the prices. I was expecting to pick something up for just a few thousand. No way we were going to pay over 10K over what the car should be worth just for nostalgia. People are crazy. So we nixed that idea and are buying new.

 

Exactly! interesting ad, look at the weight... and the Mustang was a smaller lighter vision

 

Heh pandering bulbous muscle cars going 0-1/4 fairly quick but 60-0 in like 200 or more feet technology is great.