The word muscle car is used in concern with many cars. Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high performance automobiles. These car generally describes a 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size car with a large, powerful V8 engine, and at an affordable price . Muscle cars principally refers to American, Australian and to a lesser extent South African models from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Muscle cars were built for drag racing and also for street use.