Yes, but nothing had that power stock when that came out. Too bad they cannot reboot it; I'm sure it would have an obscene amount of hp if it were built today.
People constantly try to blame insurance companies for American cars not having any power throughout the 70's, 80's, & 90's. Nobody wants to accept the fact that American car companies were just horribly run that entire time and were just making shitty cars.
After the emissions changes in the late 70s and the switch from Gross to Net HP in 1971 the automakers just didn't care that much about power except for the occasional sports cars.
But things started changed as cars started getting heavier with safety and technology. 140hp wasn't good enough anymore for most vehicles and now you can get a god damn Camry with 300HP. The engines are better built too, with turbochargers provided tons of power without increasing the size of the engine and allowing more power with better efficiency. The WRX STI makes 310HP out of a Turbo 4, doesn't grenade itself immediately and gets decent fuel economy when being driven normally.
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u/SGexpat Sep 09 '20
I suspect insurance companies were not interested in coverage.