muscle car

noun

: any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving

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The electrified muscle car was not quickly embraced by buyers. Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025 With the Cobra Jet’s 710 horsepower V8, 6-speed manual transmission, power rack-and-pinion steering, upgraded suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes, the car is ready and willing to thrill its driver in a track setting, in a way no traditional muscle car ever could. Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 The electric muscle car was gaining as much as a mile-per-hour a second, as depicted in the video above. Charles Singh, USA Today, 6 June 2025 Most importantly, for the naysayers that don’t believe an all-electric muscle car can be as enjoyable as the gas-only versions of the past: try one out. Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muscle car

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of muscle car was in 1966

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“Muscle car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscle%20car. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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