In the auto-world, muscle cars are one of the most famous types of car. The muscle car world is completely different; it is amazing, ordinary, and even glamorous; it is full of races, competitions, crazy nights, and charming American roads. There are classic and modern muscle cars; the classic ones are old but perfectly-made masterpieces, and they are super iconic, and owners are passionate about them. The modern ones are more likely to be sports cars. They are developed with updated designs, interiors, and inner systems.
Since 1950, the popularity of muscle cars grew; consequently, it increased the popularity of drag races. Although this type of car is dominant in the automobile world, there are also some unworthy muscle cars, and now we’re going to talk about the top 10 worst muscle cars of all time. Let’s go.
10 Chevrolet Corvette 305 “California”
Let’s start our list with the Corvette 305 California, which was made in 1980. This muscle car is likely the worst among all worst and that’s because some iconic muscle cars become absolute junk as they are out of the “Millennium”.
Many people considered this car as one of the truest idols and associate it with the real American muscle car, and you cannot claim that they are not true. Corvette was a good car in the fullness of its time due to the power and speed. Unluckily, this model lived a fiasco, as it didn’t match its purposes, it had just 180 horsepower with the weight of 3500 pounds. Anyways, its price is about $20,000. Does this car worth so much?
9 Dodge Charger SE
The second car is Dodge edition made in 2006, in United States. The car was promising and the car was surrounded by many expectations when it arrived. It is evident, as a Dodge model the car has an amazing style, but the end of the story of this car was extremely miserable. In fact, there are many disadvantages in this car, for example a huge level of rudder and gearbox issues, strange looking cruise control, controllable lumbar support. However, despite the forceful engine, the horsepower reaching to 250, and the modern look, for the real car lovers this one was a big disappointment.
8 Dodge Charger Daytona
Here is another but older Dodge model named Daytona, which was created in 1975-77. Many muscle cars are not even worth your money and your expensive time, but they have an attractive appearance and are styled in a way that makes them cool in your eyes, by bringing to you the spirit of old times, by recalling to mind that freedom and the energy of infinite opportunities. Here is why it can be complicated to choose a good and worthy classic car. But Dodge Daytona doesn't have a muscle car’s look. It just looks like a gigantic boat. So it doesn’t give any impression of a fast, comfortable and powerful muscle car, so our advice is to skip this car.
7 Ford Mustang II Stallion
Next our victim is Ford Mustang II Stallion, made in 1976. This Ford is not similar to a muscle car; it looks like a typical sedan in 70s. And even not looking like a muscle car, Ford was considered as one of the greatest cars of those times, also an icon and a strong champion, briefly it was the realest classic muscle car. But all this was in its years of prosperity, like one of our previous cars of this list. After these compliments it is unbelievable that this car could have a sunset in its history, but the truth is inevitable. With 139 horsepower and good engine, all charm of Mustang was lost.
6 Chevrolet Rally Sport Camaro
This Chevrolet muscle car was created in late 70s. Although it is called Sport Camaro, it doesn’t save it from problems and is not worth any of your time and money. One of the most important disadvantages in this kind of car is the real lack of force and productivity, and this all happen because sometimes regulations and instructions force manufacturers to fake their balances.
All this can cause a deficiency of power. Moreover, the realization of safety was also under doubt, or things like big buffer regulations led to an increase in weight. So, no matter how famous the name of the manufacturer is, it couldn’t change the minuses that are evident. And yes, it still costs thousands of dollars, but based only on its name.
5 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM
This muscle car (first seen in 1982) is surely another car that got its popularity due to the legendary name. However, if we forget about the famous name we just can’t ignore the poor and sad ending of this vehicle. With the maximum of 172 horsepower, the Pontiac is honestly dangerous to drive. The danger is because of the car’s propensity to have steerage delays, also there is a big lack of sufficient protection. Concerning the design, look and fuel economy of this muscle car, there are no complaints. The owners say that they have fun by driving this car and it’s an off-racing car, but the safety is in the first place. So we’re skipping Pontiac Firebird.
4 DeLorean DMC-12
DeLorean was produced in Northern Ireland for the American company called DeLorean Motor. The common name is DeLorean, and the DMC-12 was used as "the wing of the seagull". By the way this is the very first model of the company. At first sight the creative look and especially the attractive doors of DeLorean, engage people because of the influence on pop culture, but this muscle car definitely needs to be skipped. DeLorean is considered as one of the super worst muscle cars in the whole automobile world history. By many researches the breaking down of this car is in a matter of several months.
3 Pontiac GTO
Here is another famous car with a breathtaking origin and a name that everyone assimilates with the ideal muscle car. But in some cases the model’s edition year is more important than anything else. If you are interested in buying a muscle car, particularly a Pontiac GTO, be convinced that you buy a 60s model. It will definitely be a stupid mistake, as there is a big difference between the cars made in 60s and 70s (Pontiac GTO was made in 1974). It would not be a well-thought investment. Also the car itself is a poor reflexion of its ancestors. It hardly has 200 horsepower, and the regulations of Pontiac GTO are enough heavy. Even this little but important information is enough to demotivate people from buying this muscle car.
2 Dodge Aspen R/T
This Dodge muscle car model’s “Aspen” name came from a city in USA. In its golden years this car was fairly well known, due to all its regulations. But Dodge Aspen R/T wasn't really that car which could extend its success. Anyways, the company “did its best”. The best that they did was a miserable horsepower (170). Compared to other American muscle cars of those times, with more than 300 horsepower, it was an unlucky achievement for the company. The appearance of the car is good, but nothing good can be said about the power or performance of Dodge Aspen. So delete this car from your list.
1 Ford Torino
Here is the next “beauty” of our muscle car list. In spite of it is a popular one, there is no wise to disclaim that it is an awful and terrible car, even the worst muscle car. It was created and first seen in the middle of 70s, and we’ve already knew that the muscle cars produced in 70s are not so successful and even terrible. The most important thing that this Ford had was the unusual power, but it was the unique advantage, and without that you got just a terrible car, which was also super heavy. It didn't even have enough power to enjoy driving.