There are many different kinds of vehicles on the road, but the ones that stand out the most are muscle cars and sports cars. Their unique design and body styles will catch people’s attention wherever they go. The Ford Mustang, a high performing muscle car introduced in 1964, is the most notable muscle car on the streets. It is most known for its unique body design with a long hood and short, rear decks. Their high performing V8 engines make their exhausts have a really deep, loud growl. When you think of sports cars, the first that comes to mind is the Chevrolet Corvette. Its sleek body style paired with its ability to stick to the ground around corners, makes it a very notable sports car in America. The two most iconic versions of these …show more content…
cars are the 2014 Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray z51. Many people believe muscle cars and sports cars are the same, but there are numerous factors that make them completely different cars. The 2014 Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang is part of the 5th generation of mustangs with a 0-60 time of 4.0 seconds. Roush is the most known company for upgrading Mustangs. They have numerous different options you can add onto your mustang to increase the performance. There are three different stages that Roush builds a Mustang around. Stage 1 adds a custom Roush body kit to the Mustang, new decals, Roush badges, and a signature from Jack Roush, who is the founder of the company. The Stage 2 adds a lower suspension, Roush wheels, and a new rear badge that says “Stage 2”. The Stage 3 adds a Roush supercharger and a cold air intake, which makes the car produce 575 horsepower and 505 pounds-feet of torque, and a rear badge that says “Stage 3”. One of the most notable characteristic of the Stage 3 Roush Mustang is the loud, deep exhaust. The Roush exhaust causes the car to have a unique sound that is very different to the stock sound of the exhaust. The performance of the Ford Mustang is a lot different compared to the Chevrolet Corvette because of a lot of reasons. The engine in the Mustang is designed to make the Mustang able to have a good time on a drag strip and use that V8 to its highest ability. While the Mustang still does good on the roads, it’s not even close to comparing with the performance of the Chevrolet Corvette. The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 was the highest performing sports car on the road that year with a 0-60 time of 4.9 seconds. Its 6.2L V8 engine produces 460 horsepower and was able to cut corners without slipping. The low suspension made the car to be able to maintain high speeds while cutting corners so it was a very good car for racing. The seven speed manual transmission makes the shifts short, so you can increase your speed very fast. The performance of the Corvette is designed to make the car be fast, but also, to be able to cut corners at high speeds. This is important since the Corvette does more racing on tracks rather than just drag strips. There are many differences in the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Corvette, but there are also some similarities.
They both have several option packages you can choose from for performance or just looks. For example, some packages of Ford Mustangs are Roush, Shelby, and GT. Packages for Chevrolet are Z51, Z06, and multiple base models. This makes it to where you don't have to just settle for the simple, boring models. There are multiple performance upgrades that you can do with both cars that will make a difference in the performance. Each car allows you to make modifications to the engines to either make it faster or just add a boost when you need …show more content…
some. The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette are two cars that perform at very high levels and are well respected by car enthusiasts.
Their unique body styles will catch anyone’s attention on the roads. Their engines are similar in some ways but muscle cars tend to have bigger engines so they can produce more torque. Sports cars, however, still have large engines, but the light weight of the car causes it to be able to cut corners very easily compared to muscle cars. The Ford Mustang is the most known muscle car to this day. It is still being collected by car enthusiasts and will keep being collected until the end of it’s production. The Chevrolet Corvette is known for having the ability to cut corners at high speeds due to its low clearance from the ground. Muscle cars and sports cars have always been rival vehicle classes. Though there are some similarities, the differences are where you can see just how much different they
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There was always a demand for trucks with the comfort of a passenger car, or a passenger car with the load capacity of a truck. In response to this demand Ford released the Ranchero in 1957. To compete with Ford’s Ranchero, Chevrolet created the El Camino whose first release occurred in 1959. Over the years, Chevy has made several modifications to the El Camino to improve performance and style. Since Chevy stopped producing the El Camino in 1987, it has become a collectible classic. This essay will focus on several of the engine and body modifications that were made between 1957 and 1987.
In conclusion, from the early 1950's and 1960's there has been two cars that have taken the American people by storm, the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang. Both rivals have tried from day one to out do and out perform each other to bet the first to develop an affordable sports car that handles and performs like a $90,000 dollar muscle car. Each in its own right have established itself on the car market place with such creations by Ford for its 590-HP Super Stallion and Chevrolet for its 600-HP Big Block Camaro. The Camaro and Mustang have been looked at as the "First true American sports cars." They are arguably the two most rivaled sports cars of yesteryear and today. "The Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang are quintessential American pony cars and as such, continue to fight the good fight over which is best" (
The upside of owning a Chevy is that they are built on a solid structure, they have brisk acceleration, and they have great suspension. The Chevy in 2009 has a GMT 900 chassis, with its hydroformed frame rails, this setup is still a solid foundation, and it gives the Chevy an edge in pavement handling. The seats that they put in Chevys weren't comfortable in 2009. In the back seat in the Chevy you could fit 3 people but not comfortably because the seats in the Chevy aren't as big as the ones in Dodge or Fords. The Chevy truck would start to idle rough after about 75,000 miles, and the transmission shifted rough through the gears. Chevy wasn't the best selling truck in 2009 because of all its issues. In the Chevy their is not as much leg room. The Chevy did not have many accessories but it did come with a GPS. Chevy had many problems including the throttle body that failed often, the window motors would go out, the truck would not function properly all the time.Fords are better than Chevys for many different reasons and here are some of the reasons.
The hatchback became a successful model produced. Also they introduced a new line of pick-ups, the Chevy Silverado in 1988. Chevy sold more trucks than cars in this decade for the first time in the US. Also introducing the Tahoe, Chevy had more SUV success. Redesigning to the Camaro, Impala, and the new Chevy S-10 pickup, Chevy's continued to symbolize American vehicles. Chevy brought out restyled models of previous cars in the early part of the new century. After a brief period of not being produced the Impala came back in 2000 along with the highly anticipated return of the Camaro in 2010. Also, due to the Recession in 2007, Chevrolet built the Hybrid Tahoe, to increase fuel efficiency in SUVs. After more than 100 years Chevrolet and Durant could not have dreamed of 214 million cars by their company. Chevrolet has experienced much change over the past century. It has achieved multiple accolades that commonly go unrecognized. Some of these include winning the most NHRA pro stock manufacturers cups. Also in racing, it has the most victories in NASCAR along with the most championships. In NASCAR it has 738 victories and has won 38 of the 57 championships. Outside of racing, it was the first car company to include 4G LTE Wi-Fi in their vehicles, a long overdue technological advance in automobiles. In sales Chevrolet is the fourth automaker in the world. Chevy cars are in 130 countries and are on the road in
...est levels of sports car performance. As the first decade of the 21st century progressed, Chevrolet joined every other automaker in squeezing race track horsepower out of street-legal engines. The ZR1 Corvettes made during this generation were capable of speeds over 200 MPH, and cost over $100,000, so they were a bit of a change from the “cheap” car Corvettes were previously known for being. C7: The Return of the Stingray. Modern Corvettes are now achieving Ferrari racing status and power.Corvettes Are the Longest Running production Car Brand Ever. They are about $65,000 and usually look pretty nice. A really nice touch is that for an extra $800 you can drive your Corvette out of the Corvette museum with the staff clapping while you drive out.
It was used in races and as an everyday car for parents and teens and everyone else. Almost every person in America loved these cars. They were reliable fast, cool , and Ford was very surprised at how many were sold. The Ford Mustang had a significant impact on the 1960s because it was a stylish, fast, and overall the best muscle car in its time.
Some say that automotive racing began when the second car was built. For over a hundred years, competition has driven innovation in the car industry, thus the industry maxim “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” NASCAR and drag racing contributed greatly to muscle cars’ success. Muscle cars were born from these competitions as factory made race cars. Because of this, the muscle car quickly moved from a low quantity specialty item to the image of the American automotive scene. Each brand had to have one and each one needed better performance and personality than the next. The Golden Age began in the 1960s with the introduction of more performance models such as the Chevy SS Impala and the Ford Galaxy Starliner (Auto Editors).
Take a look at your car, it probably can only hit eighty on a good day. Then watch the top fuel and funny car dragsters of the National Hot Rod Association who get three hundred miles per hour on a bad day. You would be blown away at the diffrence in power. The pure power and the amount of noise that these cars produce will blow you away. I'm going to inform you on a lot of the amazing facts about the nitro powered dragsters of the NHRA. First, i'm going to inform you on how drag racing started and on how drag racing works, then how the dragsters work. Following that i'm going to explain how the equipment keeps the drivers and workers safe, finally I will explain how the sport is evolving,
My favorite class, Pro Stock cars, on the other hand, looks like their showroom counterparts, but that's where the similarity ends. This class is reserved for 1990 or later two-door coupes and sedans that are limited to 500 cubic inches. These cars must have a milder powerhouse though. They must be carbureted, gas- burning cars. Other than that, there really aren't many more limitations.
The most significant difference that stands out is the shape and design of the race cars. The formula one is design to reach top speed at 205 mph, they have reached this accomplishment by making the formula car more aerodynamic. They have took many years to master the idea of aerodynamic. They have tested by making a toy
The world of technology is ever changing and advancing. With the automotive industry in play technology is constantly surpassing what is available today with what can be done for tomorrow. Technology and the automotive industry go hand in hand with constant improvement to components of cars. Due to technology advancement there is competition within the car industry, especially between American car companies and European car companies. European car companies provide their buyers with innovative variety and revolutionary luxuries. European car technology is superior to American car technology due to their safety, entertainment, and luxury features.
In order to have a fast and efficient car all these things I have discussed need to be taken into consideration. A fast car should be designed with aerodynamic surfaces for a balance of maximum production of downforce and minimum drag creating surfaces. It should have as small an engine as possible to reduce mass and reduce the necessary size of the frontal area, but a large enough engine to be able to produce enough horsepower to be able to create more force than the resistance the car faces to accelerate and enough to balance with those forces at high speeds. The tires should be wide enough for fast acceleration and good cornering but not so wide it creates large amounts of rolling resistance. Your overall best example of such a car would be formula one races or Indy cars because they have to have good handling, fast acceleration and reach and maintain high speeds.
One of the major differences between the two is the type of engines they have. Most muscle cars have a V-8 or even a V-10 with a large displacement. These engines produce a large amount of horse power and create a lot of torque at the higher RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) range, but to fit these large engines, they need large cars to put them in. On the other hand, imports have a much smaller, inline 4 engine, and because it has a smaller engine, it can fit into a smaller car.
I think that the target audience for these cars is the same. these cars are family cars. Both of the cars are designed to be comfortable and safe, they are not advertised to be fast sports cars. or stylish city cars; they are advertised as normal cars. In both of the adverts there is no real reference towards the performance of the car apart from in the Chrysler where there is a reference to the fuel.
First of all, Toyota has been very successful in differentiating on the basis of superior design and quality. This has led to Toyota being able to create a brand image that is very strong and one that brings to mind quality, long lasting cars when a potential customer sees it. The strength of Toyota’s brand image has been seen in recent years with the recalls and problems Toyota faced in dealing with these recalls. Toyota was able to survive these problems because they had such a long and proven track record of quality and superior. Another, area that Toyota differentiates is in technology. Toyota was the first successful mass produce the hybrid car on the market when it released the Prius in 2003. Being the first to get their hybrid on the market allowed Toyota to gain a large portion of the market share in the area of hybrid