Why These Were The 20 Fastest American Cars Of The 1970s (0-60 MPH)

A $7,500 pickup truck beat a Corvette, a Trans Am, and a Z28 to 100 mph in 1978. These are the 20 fastest American cars of the 1970s, ranked by real 0-60 mph times. Everyone remembers the 1970s as the decade that killed the American muscle car. Emissions laws gutted compression ratios, insurance companies punished big block V8s, and the 1973 oil crisis sent gas prices soaring. It should have been the slowest decade in Detroit history. It wasn’t. From the ‘Cuda 426 Hemi to the Boss 351, from the Buick GSX Stage 1 to a pickup truck with two chrome smokestacks, twenty American cars still hit 60 mph faster than their price or insurance bracket allowed. This is how they did it, ranked by 0-60 mph times. #ClassicCars #MuscleCars #1970sCars