Fast Cars
Fast Cars are back! According to Federal statistics, the power-to-weight ratio in U.S. automobiles has been steadily rising since the 1970s. The share of fast cars and trucks with V-8 engines hit an 18-year high of 29 percent last year, according to industry publication Ward’s Automotive Reports. And while 200-horsepower engines were once found in luxury cars, they’ve now become the standard for midsize family sedans.
While a car like the new 400-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette is fairly low volume, it’s what drives excitement and gets the traffic on the showroom floor. But its only within the past few years that the Big Three have had the technical and financial resources to indulge in models like the Ford GT, a $140,000 sports car with a 500-horsepower engine going into limited production. After the Dodge Tomahawk (a motorcycle concept powered by a V-10 engine from the Dodge Viper), there was a need for something just as outrageous from Chrysler.
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