These American muscle cars may be modern, but they’re still bad to the bone!

While the golden age of muscle cars is forever etched in the chrome of the 1960s and 1970s, a new breed of Detroit iron is storming the streets with more finesse, fury, and firepower than ever before. Don't believe us? Take a look at these beauties heading to Broad Arrow Auctions' Monterey sale!

Today's muscle cars are not merely homage pieces draped in retro penwork and metal. They're precision-engineered bruisers with track-ready suspensions, launch control, and enough horsepower to make even the most capable European supercar quake in its boots. Although they are now loaded with technology, driving aids and obnoxiously wide tyres, they retain that rebellious DNA that makes muscle cars so appealing: big displacement, rear-wheel drive, and more attitude than just about anything on the road. That makes choosing just one from Broad Arrow Auctions' upcoming sale at Monterey Jet Center on August 13 all the more difficult!

If you’re in the market for some meaty muscle, Broad Arrow Auctions’ upcoming Monterey sale has just about every modern-day poster car money can buy. Take the Dodge Challenger Hellcat as a prime example of modern muscle. Looking meaner than a WWE wrestler and sounding louder than a rumble of thunder, the standout between the pair heading to auction must be the 807 horsepower, 707 lb-ft of torque-toting Challenger SRT Super Stock. With a raised redline, adaptive Bilstein suspension tuned for maximum launch grip, Nitto NT05R drag radials on lightweight 18 by 11-inch wheels, and SRT Power Chiller technology, it sprinted from a standstill to 60 mph in just 3.25 seconds and conquered the quarter mile in 10.5 seconds at 131 mph.

Sure, a 6.2-litre HEMI V8 quite literally bursting from the bonnet is impressive, but American muscle comes in sports car form, too. In 2015, Dodge unveiled the exclusive Viper GTC, a stunning addition to its lineup that elevated customization of the American supercar to unprecedented heights, with this golden variant a prime example of that. Lift the carbon fibre cladded clamshell to reveal a ridiculous 645-horsepower, 8.4-litre V10 engine, capable of 0-60mph in just 3.4 seconds, and onto a stop speed of over 200 mph. This power, combined with its extreme aero package that enhances its front splitter, hood, rear diffuser, adjustable wing, and upper dive planes, as well as that metallic golden paintwork, makes this Viper truly the one for the collector!