muscle car

American  

noun

1. a flashy sports car with a large, powerful engine; a hot rod.

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• muscle car vs. sports car

Example Sentences

Cooper visualizes Springsteen’s emotional and creative churn through black-and-white childhood flashbacks and scenes of him driving around his old haunts in a muscle car, as well as tender montages of Bruce and Faye playing with her daughter at the Boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times

The show juxtaposes the prancing duo with Hank Willis Thomas’ 2019 “A Suspension of Hostilities,” which rams into the ground an upended muscle car — dubbed the Gen. Lee — a replica from the 1980s “Dukes of Hazzard” TV show, decorated on the roof with a Confederate battle flag.

From Los Angeles Times

He was in a black muscle car — a Dodge Charger.

From Los Angeles Times

In a tribute, Mr. Flores eventually restored a Chevelle in electric blue — the same muscle car his father had owned — with the help of his children.

From New York Times

But in March Kuniskis led the unveiling of two battery-powered versions of the Charger muscle car, while keeping one gas-powered version of the Charger without a big Hemi V8.

From Seattle Times