What's Your Favorite New/Retro Pony Car?

[ssampier]

Of classic vehicles, no doubt the Ford Mustang. I love the classic look. The Pontiac Firebird was pretty awesome, too. *

With the current models, in my town, it seems like Ford Mustang is pretty ubiquitous, driven by 30-40 somethings alongside large SUVs and large trucks.

This ubiquitous drops its points quite a bit.

If I had the money, I would probably pick the Chevy Camaro. I have ridden in one from a few years ago and it definitely has power. The Dodge has the nicest look, but reliability of Dodge hasn't not been good, imho.

* I should point out these cars were made long before I was born.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Upon further reflection, Detroit will not make a comeback until they realize the world needs a full-sized version of one of these:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Scootaloo-RC/dp/B00196Z05Y]Amazon.com: My Little Pony Scootaloo RC On The Go: Toys & Games[/ame]

 

[nerfherder]

I saw an Aston Martin DBS driving past me today. OK, it's not a muscle car, but it looks and sounds drop-dead gorgeous!

 

[Pbartender]

There was one fully electric car- a roadster type- that was featured in some tech show I caught on late-night cable a month or so ago. Due to the way they had it geared, it actually out-accelerated a Formula race car! And as I recall, the show was a rerun from a couple of years ago.

Go to YouTube, and do a search for "electric car drag race", and you'll get oodles of video of homemade electric car conversions out-accelerating sports cars and muscle cars of all sorts.

It has less to do with the gearing, and more to do with the fact that electric motors can provide full torque almost instantly.

 

[nerfherder]

Go to YouTube, and do a search for "electric car drag race", and you'll get oodles of video of homemade electric car conversions out-accelerating sports cars and muscle cars of all sorts.

It has less to do with the gearing, and more to do with the fact that electric motors can provide full torque almost instantly.

Yeah, that's caused some problems with transmissions - see the problems they had trying to get a two-speed gearbox to cope in the Tesla.

It will be interesting to see how the technology and engineering develop. Currently you can get nearly as quick acceleration from a Lotus Elise SC, for a fraction of the price. But, in the future, electric prices should come down.

Of course, their main problem is that they don't sound like a V12

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Go to YouTube, and do a search for "electric car drag race", and you'll get oodles of video of homemade electric car conversions out-accelerating sports cars and muscle cars of all sorts.

It has less to do with the gearing, and more to do with the fact that electric motors can provide full torque almost instantly.

It wasn't a mere sports or muscle car it outperformed- this was something you'd see in a Formula One/IRL/CART race.

At any rate, you're probably right about that last part- I'm not a car guy, but what you said rings a bell. (And while I love the aesthetics of cars, I'm not a real car guy...I know where the gas goes and how to aim the things...)

 

[El Mahdi]

Upon further reflection, Detroit will not make a comeback until they realize the world needs a full-sized version of one of these:

Amazon.com: My Little Pony Scootaloo RC On The Go: Toys & Games

Yaahhhhh! My Eyes!

That picture just caused me to go blind! (Hysterical_Blindness)

(I'm typing this by feel!)

 

[Wycen]

Of those pictured, I went with the Mustang because I like the body design. I would have chosen the Camaro had the body design been more like the 1995-2000 design. That new body is...not nice? It looks like something else that I can't put my finger on.

 

[Graybeard]

Out of the three, I vote the Challenger. I just like the looks of it better than the Camaro or the Mustang.

 

[nerfherder]

I saw a RHD Ford Mustang yesterday. I thought they were only available LHD?