Muscle Tone

The Story

As with most hot Wheels cars the designers always design and develop the vehicle as if it were real. So functionally, I intended for this car to be much more current in it's construction then it's pushrod past. The car was designed to use a 3 or 4 liter dual overhead cam V-8. Using variable valve timing the motor would produce reasonably high numbers in torque and horsepower while being more reliable and more appealing to the new "tuner" crowd. If you can imagine what a "tuner could do with 2 Honda b-series engines, then you can imagine what a guy could do with this type of powerplant. Playing up on the differences between a Civic and a Camaro allows the Muscle Tone to be positioned as a V-8 Rear wheel Drive muscle car but the technology within it allows for it to be tinkered with in the bolt on savy "tuner" market. The rest of the layout calls for independent front and rear, double wishbone suspension. Large 19 and 20 inch wheels with 35 and 30 series rubber are found on the corners. The car would be just as at home on a road style track as on the Drag strip, hoping to shed that red-neck, straight line, image the Camaro and Mustangs have to the tuner crowd. The car fisrt appeared as a 2000 First Edition in the Hot Wheels line. It was featured that year in GM High-Tech Performance Magazine and hailed as the 5th Gen Camaro. With the launch of the new 2006 Ford Mustang, Chrylser 300c, Dodge magnum or Dodge Charger will we see a Camaro like this in the future? Also designed by Eric Tscherne you may enjoy the Switchback a modern take on the 1950 Ford F100 and the 40 Somethin' a more modern look at the Ford GT-40. Both cars are part of the Hot Wheels lineup. Switchback was a 2003 First Edition and the 40 Somethin' was a 2002 F.E..