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Most Searched 2019 Muscle Cars
As the years tick by the interest and value for muscle cars, especially the vintage variety steadily increases. Not at all surprising when you think these vehicles represent a more carefree time, engine displacement was king and bigger was always better.
We looked back in 2018 at the most searched muscle cars online and surprise surprise, the ’69 Dodge Charger came out on top, with the Mustang a close second – (at least across North America according to ClassicCars.com). Google Trends came to a different conclusion with the Mustang at number one, the Camaro at number five and the B-body Dodge Charger at number 13.
What about now?
So has anything changed this year? Not really. According to Classic muscle cars, the ’69 Charger is still up there are at no.1, the 1967 Chevrolet Impala is new in at no.2 and the ’67 Mustang at no.3. The popularity of the Impala, they say could be down to the exposure it was given on the TV series ‘Supernatural.’
Other prime suspects such as the ‘1969 Mustang, the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, the 1964 Chevrolet Impala, 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I, 1968 Charger, 1962 Chevrolet Corvette and 1968 Mustang’ are in the top 10 searches for May 2019 with the ’69 Mach I and the 1962 Corvette making its first appearance in the top 10.
That’s the data from arguably one of the most popular muscle car selling websites in North America. But, what about ‘muscle cars’ as a search term from Google Trends. Punching in the term ‘muscle car’ and ‘muscle cars’ give different results. ‘Muscle cars’ for North America has ‘2019 Mustang – sports car’ at no. 4, Dodge super Bee at no. 5, Boss 429 at no.7. Worldwide ‘2019 Mustang – sports car’ is at no.1 with ‘Plymouth GTX’ at no.4. Also, Australia are no.1 with the United States at no.3 for the most searches. These are rising search terms of related topics.
With Australia being a big muscle car loving continent, it’s no surprise that the ‘Ford Falcon (XB)’ is at no.2 and simply ‘horsepower – unit of power’ is at no.4, with ‘Australia muscle cars for sale’ been no.1 for related queries. Australia are also at no.1 for ‘interest by region’ and the United States at no.3.
If we just look at the search term ‘muscle cars’ over the last 12 months for the United States, ‘barn finds’ is at no.1 as a related topic, with ‘V8 muscle cars 3’ at no.3 and ‘2019 muscle cars’ at no.4 for related queries.
Bear in mind these are just for search terms and not the value of vehicles. If you want to check out Hagerty’s ‘Index of 1960s American muscle cars‘ it shows that from January 2014 to January 2016 muscle car values increased dramatically with them staying straight up to January 2019. Rarity, exposure and just plain street cred. play a large part in value with some of the main players always being in there like the 1970 Chevelle LS6 SS 454 and the 1969 Boss 429 Mustang.
What does all this mean?
No matter the country or state, Mustangs are popular, as are vintage Chargers, with other culprits such as Impalas and Corvettes being popular. People also like a nice barn find. Not surprising with so many TV shows these days featuring pickers and bargain hunters finding those hidden gems hidden away for years.
Mustangs are showing no sign of going away any time soon, so it’s no surprise they are at the top for interest levels and worth, steadily increasing for both vintage and modern versions. The Dodge Charger is just an iconic shape as a muscle car and backed up with plenty of appearances in both TV and movies. This means that if you’re interested in buying a vintage muscle/pony car, you can’t go wrong with a Mustang or Charger for popularity or holding its value. Generalizing, the same can be said that the big three muscle car makers of Chevy, Dodge and Ford.
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