3/4/22 versus thread: 2022 electric muscle car vs 1969 gas powered muscle car
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
I’ll go with the modern car. I like new cutting-edge tech. And I bet the sound system will be way better.
yabba
Weird Pick Butt Person
All the safety improvements over the last 50 years ain't so bad either.
I have zero interest in spending that kind of money on a car, or in muscle cars in general, but I have a friend with a tesla and that thing has huge scary acceleration balls
Chicken Man
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Only old men drive muscle cars.
I guess it depends what you want to do with it. For just about everything but going to old timer car shows, and looking cool, the modern electric car would win. Plus all the added benefits of tech development for safety, handling, comfort, and so on make the electric the logical choice. Still doesn't look as cool as a 69 Shelby GT500.
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DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
I haven't driven a Tesla yet but a couple weeks ago we had a 2014 Jaguar super charged 5.0 in the shop holy fucking balls...easily the fastest car I've ever driven. Lightning scary fast. the thing had instant throttle response because direct injection but also the super charger. I took it on the expressway and from about 50 mph with like half throttle I was at 100mph in like 2 seconds, not kidding. For shits and giggle I made a right turn on a regular street and traffic was clipping along at about 50, well from my dead stop turn I punched it and again I was at like 60 mph in a couple seconds and left everyone way back in the rearview mirror.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
The electric will also loose in repair costs most likely....just long ass labor times.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Who makes an electric muscle car? From what I read they have factory controls that limit performance. You never experience or get to drive it flat out. Even the new mega hp cars are computer controlled so basically the dweebs are just steering wheel holders. The muscle car driving experience is gone and what it is today is basically just look at me and what I bought and check out my farty mufflers.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
The only electric I've driven has been the Prius and I hated it...wasn't impressed at all. However a modern 'muscle" (better term would be performance) car will shit all over an old muscle car. Take the jag I mentioned above...you absolutely get that old "throw you into the seat" feeling when you accelerate but that's where it ends because it's smooth as silk and it feels effortless (I have also been wowed by a run of the mill hyundai 4 banger with DI which would quite frankly smoke the vast majority of muscle cars. Most of the performance sedans of today will be smooth and quiet and faster/quicker than the majority of modern muscle cars (Challengers, Mustangs, Camero, etc) let alone the old muscle cars...Carburation is moist ass comnpared to injection and Direct injection is a whole nother level which gives instant acceleration plus it's all smooth and controlled. Now it's hard to smoke tires on a traction controlled modern car but otherwise There's not a downside to the computer verses non computer controlled. I remember driving a 1970 Corvette with manual trans and 427 years ago and you could be cruising at 50 and punch it and smoke the tire BUT that Jag I mentioned would destroy it.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
I would not call the car I drove, and ordered, a “muscle” car. The Y is more a sporty sport Ute-ish thing. (The ceo of the company acts like a douche a lot, but I ordered anyway, as it is the best one for my needs). and it was the fastest, best handling vehicle I have ever been in. Though there are quite a few faster, and with more sophisticated suspensions. They are calling the Ford car a Mustang, though I am not sure that really makes it a muscle car. I guess the Mustangs reach 60 in around 3.5 or 3.8ish, depending on version. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38331536/2021-ford-mustang-mach-e-gt-performance-tested/
Truth be known, other than Hot Wheels or building plastic models as a kid, I was never a muscle car guy. Euro sport car was more my bag. The Tesla (standard long range AWD, not the Performance) gets up there in under 5, and has nice handling, despite a fairly stiff ride. I am excited for it.
The new Ionic 5 is fast off the line too. Under 4 to 60. And Edmunds likes it a lot. I did some more comparing over the last few days, as Tesla certainly has its problems as a company. I still like the cabin and storage layout of the Y for my aesthetic tastes and needs (easier to camp/sleep in, more gear room and storage, more back seat room), and like the Tesla charging network better for me out in the middle of the mountains, so sticking with my order rather than switching, despite the CEO’s shenanigans.
I sold my last classic ICE sports car. I am of the mind that they will be nice to look at or get a ride in, at an event or something, but really at this point should be museum pieces as far as their suitability as actual vehicles. The pickup still serves a purpose, and there are no e-trucks that will do what I want a truck to do, so it will stay, but be relegated to only truck day stuff.
No room in the stable for an actual muscle car for me.
Truth be known, other than Hot Wheels or building plastic models as a kid, I was never a muscle car guy. Euro sport car was more my bag. The Tesla (standard long range AWD, not the Performance) gets up there in under 5, and has nice handling, despite a fairly stiff ride. I am excited for it.
The new Ionic 5 is fast off the line too. Under 4 to 60. And Edmunds likes it a lot. I did some more comparing over the last few days, as Tesla certainly has its problems as a company. I still like the cabin and storage layout of the Y for my aesthetic tastes and needs (easier to camp/sleep in, more gear room and storage, more back seat room), and like the Tesla charging network better for me out in the middle of the mountains, so sticking with my order rather than switching, despite the CEO’s shenanigans.
I sold my last classic ICE sports car. I am of the mind that they will be nice to look at or get a ride in, at an event or something, but really at this point should be museum pieces as far as their suitability as actual vehicles. The pickup still serves a purpose, and there are no e-trucks that will do what I want a truck to do, so it will stay, but be relegated to only truck day stuff.
No room in the stable for an actual muscle car for me.
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yabba
Weird Pick Butt Person
For instant acceleration you should try out a "performance" electric. It feels less like being in a car that's accelerating and more like being in a box where you can switch the gravity from "down" to "back". I don't see myself ever owning one (or being able to afford one), but I can see the appeal/purpose of electric motors for cars besides the eco/emissions stuff
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
I used to drive a lot of electric Golf cars when I worked on a golf course in fact I was playing chicken with a co worker and we had a head on collision....right in full view of the clubhouse where the manager was. There was a call to the maintanence yard immediatly....she was not pleased. These were not performance cars but they had good power to weight ratio
Knox in Box
Rustbelt refugee.
I'm going with the one that won't impale me on the steering column or launch me out a window.
