Bringing back the Barracuda?

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Originally Posted by ryude

I think it's time designers make an original design instead of recycling 60s and 70s muscle cars.

Perhaps i'm alone on this, but i disagree 100%.

[LSxJunkie]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

WOW Challenger was 3800lbs??? DAMN! I knew it was heavy, but not that heavy.

I know Barracuda isn't suppose to be lightweight car... but it would of been cool to see light weight muscle car

Camaros are around 3800. Mustangs are 3600.

Everything is heavier. Impact standards, mandatory safety tech, plus things that people want, like comfortable heated power seats and sound deadening. Nobody likes wind noise.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

Camaros are around 3800. Mustangs are 3600.

Everything is heavier. Impact standards, mandatory safety tech, plus things that people want, like comfortable heated power seats and sound deadening. Nobody likes wind noise.

Very true... but I think, it'll be cool to see Solstice size & weight muscle car... but hell, that's JDM car section lol

[LSxJunkie]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Very true... but I think, it'll be cool to see Solstice size & weight muscle car... but hell, that's JDM car section lol

People do LS3 Solstice/Skys. However, that is miscomprehending why we have the muscle car. The muscle car is supposed to be a 2+2 coupe with a big engine that handles decently, will cruise comfortably, and goes like stink cruising the wide boulevards and highways of America. They're supposed to be low cost GT cars.

You want something the size of a Solstice with a muscle car power? GM would be happy to sell you a Corvette. Anything smaller than that and GM doesn't want the liability of the hairy handling that would come with. This is why I highly doubt we'll ever see anything like a modern day 427 Cobra.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by ryude

Another thing I have a problem with is manufacturer's recent obsession with led accent lights on the front of cars. It's not hip, trendy, or cool. It's gaudy and makes every vehicle that has it look as if it was an afterthought. Yeah, I know Audi did it and it looked pretty cool. You know why? Because they incorporated it into the design of the car, it wasn't just "Oh, guess what this car has? Accent LEDs, that's what!"

It's not an obsession, it's required by law in most countries.