Australian Muscle cars

Three big manufacturers were dominating the market in Australia, Ford Australia, Holden or Holden Dealer Team (by then part of General Motors) and Chrysler Australia. Muscle cars industry actually took a different turn in Australia, they were cars especially designed to race in the Bathurst 500—then known as the Armstrong 500 (miles) race and later the Hardie Ferodo 500. Back then, muscle cars were supercars in every possible way, sheltering big powerful engines and a wide range of other racing options. The demise of these muscle cars were brought about by the racing rules of the time being that 200 examples had to be sold to the general public before the car could qualify. In 1972 this rule came to a head and the Government stepped in to ban muscle cars from the streets.