According to the May 1967 concern of Street Examine paper, a "muscle car" is "Exactly what the name signifies. It is a item of the National car market following the hot rodder's school of thought of getting a little car and placing a BIG powerplant in it. The Muscles Car is Charles Atlas quitting fine sand in the experience of the 98 hp (73 kW) weakling." Writer of the publication Muscles Motors the price is utilized from, Chris Henshaw, furthers that the muscle car was developed for straight-line pace, and did not have the "sophisticated chassis", "engineering integrity" or "lithe appearance" of Western high-performance cars