A '''muscle car''' is a type of high-performance, mid or full-size [[automobile]] popular in the [[United States]] between 1964 and 1976, typically large with a powerful engine that made some noise. Muscle cars were an important motivator for young men to succeed, afford to purchase and maintain one of these cars, and then take women out on dates in it. | A '''muscle car''' is a type of high-performance, mid or full-size [[automobile]] popular in the [[United States]] between 1964 and 1976, typically large with a powerful engine that made some noise. Muscle cars were an important motivator for young men to succeed, afford to purchase and maintain one of these cars, and then take women out on dates in it. |