One other element about this vehicle is the fact that in America the average Joe with a little hard work could buy one. It was not just a muscle car it was emblematic of the economic muscle of America. The average Joe was buying these in America throughout 3/4 of the globe was an absolute poverty living meal by meal.
And all of Europe and the Soviet Union really in so many ways were still being impacted by world War II.
Meanwhile America's racing ahead with big giant V8s.