America had some of the greatest looking cars of all time the early 60s to early 70s. Big blocks, gorgeous styling, Fat Torque, and with a reasonable price. The split window Corvette, GTO, 69 Camaro, Eleanor stang, Plymouth Barracuda, Chevelle, IMO and the 72 AMC Javelin among others are Iconic. What's not to love? Late 70s and 80s we're mostly stuff for American cars except the Grand National/GNX and Mustang SVO. Although I'd put them in third place in the 90s, they have some gems like the 98+ Pontiac firebird, f body z28s, 96 Viper gts, c4 ZR1, 93 Cobra.

The 2000s they were a close second to European but in the 2010s the Americans are on top. Hellcats, Zl1, ZR1, GT350r. It doesn't get any better. Japanese cars have dominated the tuning market but american cars are taking over nowadays since f bodies and foxbodies are tuner dreams, the LS engines are super tunable, cheap and easy to find with reliability to boot. Coyotes love boosts and make crazy power. Downfalls are interior quality which is the worst of all three.

In 1977, as car imports were increasing in the United States, the Complete Guide to American Cars described this class of vehicle as American muscle. Car and Driver would call it “uniquely American” in 1985, so use of American muscle emphasizes the car’s American-ness as way of differentiating it from other vehicles