Car Throttle

I find that, for the most part, cars pretty much sound like what they look like. A Dodge Challenger has that offbeat, staccato dull roar of a huge high-compression V8.  A Honda CRX usually sounds like a weedwhacker on methamphetamines.  A Chrysler Minivan usually sounds like an iron lung patient struggling to jog.  A Ferrari sounds like an angel playing the high notes on a trumpet, yadda yadda etcetera.  It's true there's something of a "pecking order" when it comes to exhaust sound, and everyone loves an interloper.  Here's my top ten incongruous car exhaust notes - in other words, cars that if they pass by at wide open throttle, might confuse you into thinking it's something else entirely. 10) Oldsmobile Aurora Well, yes.  On the outside,

The 1960's is regarded as the peak of the performance and muscle car era. It is often referred as the time in which the horsepower wars were raging between General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. It was a time in which GM introduced the formula that defined the modern Muscle Car, to take the lightest car available, and stuff as much engine into it as possible. General Motors Pontiac Division is often given the credit for making the "first" muscle car, the G-T-O. However, performance was available even before this iconic car ever came into being. And, performance was still available in the full sized cars of the day. So take a look at these often misunderstood performance cars from the 1960's. The 1963 - 1965 Buick