Dodge Aspen R/T
Very similar to the Plymouth Volare Road Runner, the Aspen R/T was Dodge’s effort to present a muscle car in the period when such vehicles were almost impossible to construct and sell. However, Dodge Aspen R/T looked like a real deal. It even possessed some power to distance itself from other brands with similar attempts and disgraceful power outputs (via Motor Trend).
Under the Ram Air hood of the Aspen R/T was a 360 V8 engine with 170 hp. The selling point of this car was its looks, and it came fully equipped with all the bells and whistles of the late muscle car era. Body kit, stripes, white letter tires with wide wheels, spoilers, and even a T-top option. It is just too bad that those cars didn’t have the power of their ancestors since they could easily earn top spots in muscle car history. Similar to the Volare, the Aspen had big problems with rust, so there are just a few surviving examples today.