ORIGINAL: RLSH700
... People already scream murder when they hear that a V6 will be offered in a muscle car despite the fact that straight and slant sixs that were very slow were offered in these pony cars from the beginning ...
True. Especially when you consider the original pony cars were NOT muscle cars. They were SPORTS cars. And while we're on the subject, "pony" doesn't refer to the Mustang. It actually refers to the SIZE of the car (originally, pony cars such as the Barracuda, Mustang and Camaro were roughly three-quarters the size of a full-size Plymouth, Ford or Chevrolet). Think of a pony keg, not a Mustang when using the term.