GLOBAL DOMINATION: 10 Muscle Cars That Conquered The Rest Of The World

The Holden Torana slr 5000 with the drop tank and body kit is by far my favorite Aussie muscle car

I owned a Jan '75 Holden SLR5000 Chrome Yellow with 308 V8 and M21 4 speed. Great fun to drive, if you hit hard from a standing start it would just light both rear wheels up and slowly crab sideways! Had it airborne going over a bridge another time, excellent!

I'm only an intermediate collector. Proud of the antique vehicle I own. Because everything about the antique car or truck market has gotten exspensive.

Great list of cars, that Capri was unreal though! That would fly in that small shell.

I'd love to have that little Capri. Or any of the others! 😂

Here in Australia, we also had the Chrysler Centura from 1975 to 1979. It had a choice of motors including a 2 ltr 4 cylinder Renault and 3 Chrysler Hemis in the 215, 245 and 265ci 6 cylinder motors. I had 2 of them, both the 4 cylinder one and the 6 cylinder 245 Hemi. The Centura was let down by poor build quality but given it was very light weight, the 6 cylinder models were quite powerful and very quick. I once had my 6 cylinder model up to 235 kph/146 mph on a stretch of road leading out of town. Passed a Ford Falcon XY GT with a 351 V8 that couldn't keep up. Proudest moment on the road for me when I was young.

Back in the in Western Australia my town was full of people who street dragged or cut laps through town. SLR5000 Torana,XU1s,Monaro's ,Four door Gts, Xw XyGTs, XB XC coupes etc etc were everywhere. I owned a 1971 American Ford LTD Galaxie With 390 Big block C6 tranny and 9 inch diff all chromed out and lightly worked top end,heads,manifold carb etc, for cruising. Miss those days.

My favourite of these is the A9X Torana and my favourite Aussie muscle cars are the SLR5000 and the XC Fairmont GXL 351. The days of watching the bog laps down at Scarborough beachfront were great viewing.

My dad and one of my best friends older brother had late 60's to early 70's Maverick 2 doors and my mom had a Maverick 4 door. They all liked them.

It's interesting to note how the whole muscle car craze in the US died-off in the early 70's due to several factors that came together all at once in a perfect storm such as increased insurance costs and regulatory constraints, the OPEC oil embargo which led to high gas prices and shortages, strict new emissions restrictions which saw the imposition of catalytic converters (which necessitated the use of low-octane unleaded gasoline that required lowered compression ratios which robbed power & performance). Meanwhile in the rest of the world, the muscle-car craze was just catching on and continued unabated for decades in some countries (in the case of Australia it never really stopped until the local car industry closed late last decade).

Australian enginers designed The Austin Kimberly & Tasman based on the Austin 1800 had a 6 cylinder engine front wheel drive would have sold well in England

Your have shown that the Australian car designers have been able to do with no help from The over seas parent company

Those Aussie Fords, Chargers and Holdens are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars now! Priceless, and that SS Torana is unbelievable!

Saludos desde Argentina 😎

You missed one the Chevy canam based on British hc viva ferenza South African assembled orginaly fitted with a 1300 4cy was fitted with a 302 chev engine

The Valiant R/T six pack would be the quickest car in acceleration and top end for the time and many years on, hands down! Just don’t find a corner or bumps, or have to stop.

The capri come out with a 3litre V6 as well because I had a 72 model here in Australia

I got a 72 XA GT up to 130mph. It still had more to give but the front end was gettig very, very light and skippy. Might have been the rear spoiler lifting the front. 😁😁

Those late 70's Toranas were sexy as hell ! Peter Brock just demolished the competition on those bad boys .

Overseas front ends looked so similar with their rectangular headlights.