The 1971 Road Runner Hemi arrived just as the original muscle-car wave was cresting, and it did something that still stings for anyone who loves street performance: it priced itself out of the ...

in the muscle car's glorious days of the mid- and late-sixties (and crack of seventies), Detroit made a great deal (and put a great deal of effort) out of its high-strung, gas-guzzling intermediates.

The 1971 Plymouth Road Runner arrived at a moment when muscle cars were under pressure to grow up, smooth out, and make peace with looming regulations. Instead, it doubled down on attitude, trading ...