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Article: Muscle cars. (includes related articles) (Evaluation)
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- Popular Science
- Article date:
- March 1, 1994
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Darwin was right In a competitive world, the strong survive.
Where is the Dodge Challenger, the Chevelle SS454, the Pontiac GTO? What happened to the Olds 4-4-2, the Buick GS455, the Plymouth Barracuda?
The words of the American poet Edgar Lee Masters say it best: All, all are gone, buried beneath the hill.
And the huge seven-liter engines that powered them? The 427 side-oiler, the Hemi, the Boss 429, the AMC 401, the 440 Magnum?
They're gone, too.
Of the pack of American muscle cars that burned the streets two decades ago, only three remain in production today. All three have weathered waning sales, fickle fashions, and gas ...