American Muscle Cars vs. Australian Muscle Cars

The Australian muscle car and the American muscle car are two types of vehicle that are largely the same. Both fall under the same category in terms of performance, size and other characteristics. You can accurately describe both Aussie performance muscle cars and their American counterparts as mid-sized vehicles with rear wheel drive and two doors. They are also considered high performance sports cars. However, there are a few differences between Australian muscle cars and American muscle cars that are important to keep in mind if you're looking to purchase a vehicle of this type.

American Muscle Cars
The primary American manufacturers of muscle cars are Dodge, Ford and Chrysler. The Ford Falcon is a prime example of an American muscle car. These vehicles were designed with one thing in mind; to put an exceedingly powerful engine into a relatively small car body. The car therefore is quite powerful and capable of accelerating and driving extremely fast. It has lots of "muscle."

American muscle cars came about first in the early 1950s, as the V8 engine came into development. This engine was the most powerful available on the market, and manufacturers sensed a desire in the public to increase the speed capabilities and horsepower of their vehicles. They responded by keeping a similar shape and design from previous models of sports and high performance vehicles, but by outfitting those same cars with the new and powerful motor.

Most American muscle cars have engines that grew in size into the muscle car trend. Even by the late 1950s, many engines were upwards of seven liters in capacity, making them by far the largest engines on the market at that point.

Australian Muscle Cars
The main manufacturers of Australian muscle cars were the branches of Chrysler and Ford in that country, as well as the Australian-specific manufacturer Holden. In contrast with a general desire for speed on the streets, these manufacturers built muscle cars originally for racing purposes. In the United States, on the other hand, the cars were only included in drag races and other similar events after they gained overall popularity.

Due to a few separate incidents in which people drove Australian muscle cars recklessly or suffered high profile accidents, the Australian government began to closely regulate the sale and manufacturing of these vehicles. The government ensured that any new models must be approved and sold to the public in a certain quantity before they could be put on the market as muscle cars. This effectively limited the power of the engines in Australian muscle cars. For that reason, none of the engines approached the capacity of those in the States, and the largest engines were around four liters.

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