Comments on: Hemi 'Cuda!

By: SP- Surrey

SP- Surrey — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:30:05 +0000

Thats a lame point...the hemi wasn't eligible for top rally events for a start. lol

Put the standard hemi on a track and a standard mexico and tell me which one you think had the better cornering manners. You'll be amazed.

The 79 trans am had pretty much the same performance as the 86 sierra cosworth. Yes, that's 0-60, quarter mile, skidpad, stopping, downforce (aerodynamics are arguably better on the trans am if anything)

Pitch against the sierra on the track and it would be neck and neck. Do other people realise this? No. They simply babbly on about how the yanks never won touring car.....why? Why, you ask? In touring car, the 6 litre engine was banned quicker than the cosworths turbo was....simple.

The american cars of all eras are HUGELY under-rated by those who think they're in the know...but really, got tought by Clarkson on BBC2. lol

By: Bondy73

Bondy73 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:33:12 +0000

escort mexico shudder . you have no taste at all.!!!!!! since when did an hemi win any top rally avents. the escort mexico is a true rally legend a real ford unlike the blad rubbish they make today . this car can go aroud a corner with out loseing control on dirt or road and does not use about 1 gallon avery 10 miles lol

By: Westi51

Westi51 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:57:12 +0000

Hi Fay
I agree that some of the cars were big, very big. But as you know size isn’t everything. A lot of the 60’s muscle cars did put out 400+ horse and tried to stop on drums but the yanks were quick to realise the stopping power of discs and installed them as standard quickly. Along with power steering (tilt/telescopic), power windows, a/c, am/fm sterio radio cassettes, etc and bullet proof auto boxes (never mind the engines!!) these were able to be well spec’d cars. I think in the UK we still offered heaters as an optional extra!

By: Neil Oswin

Neil Oswin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:26:38 +0000

Ultimate American Muscle,along with the Dodge Coronet R/T.

By: Sam Carpenter

Sam Carpenter — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:48:32 +0000

Not sure if I prefer this or its sister car, the Challenger… also, I think it’s unfair to describe ‘most’ of the American muscle cars as one-dimensional. A lot of them have a beautiful flow that make them disarmingly appealing… the Mustang, for instance, or the Camaro of that time (before the 1970 failure). I know those technically count as pony cars, but there are other examples… the Charger, the Superbird, the GTO…

By: fay66

fay66 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:40:02 +0000

I don’t disagree with all your comments on how good Yanks were, & I still like them,but size is against them in the UK, they weren’t designed for our roads, but the wide open spaces of the USA, snd for travelling huge distances in comfort;but even the rose tinted spectacles can’t hide the fact that many of them didn’t handle and had poor brakes, but as they say, there’s no substitute for horses!

By: Wolfman7421

Wolfman7421 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:01:01 +0000

Closest I got to something like this was a Chrysler 2litre… Stunning motor to drive when compared with the Ford euroboxes they were flogging at the time, plus running a Rootes OHC engine couple to a 3sp Torque-flite auto, it could catch pigeons… not to mention embarrass the little oiks in the XR3i.…

Aso the ‘Cuda was the car used in the original comic of The Crow.… something missed off the film, along with lots of other stuff.…

By: Bungiejumper

Bungiejumper — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:53:37 +0000

People here believe the rubbish the media says about American cars and, they don’t know the truth aboout how good they are. I still drive American Muscle [ 35 years old ] and it still holds its own.

By: Adamtutton

Adamtutton — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:34:38 +0000

Exactly right. When our car culture was in the doldrums, the yanks were producing things of brutal beauty!

By: Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:17:57 +0000

absolutely, couldn’t agree more. I drove these cars in the in 70’s when they were available off the American airbases around here and they were fantastic value compared to the pretty lame stuff otherwise available in the UK — an Escort Mexico? Shudder!