not going into the semantics of what a muscle car is, everbodys opinion of what one is, is different. to me a honda will never be a muscle car. my definition is pretty simple- #1, big power v8 (old or new, dont matter, if it can melt the tires that's good enough for me...) #2, must be american, no and's ifs or buts. (again old or new, 2 dr, 4 dr, i'm not prejudiced...) never heard a bimmer or a renault, toyota or lada ever called a muscle car, it is uniquely american