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Compact performance cars
Smaller American cars with factory performance equipment and an outsized power-to-weight story.
Cars in the garage
72 live car pages in 69 model-year families.
Compact performance 1964 Chevrolet
1964 Chevrolet Chevy II
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1965 Chevrolet
1965 Chevrolet Chevy II
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1966 Acadian
1966 Acadian Canso
Registry figures report 981 Sport Deluxe hardtops; the separate 63-car L79 count covers all Acadians.
Compact performance 1966 Chevrolet
1966 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova
1966 Nova Super Sport was available only as a two-door hardtop coupe.
Compact performance 1966 Dodge
1966 Dodge Dart
83,600 arithmetic sum of three reported series rows; ledger unresolved
Compact performance 1967 Acadian
1967 Acadian Canso
Regular Canso and Canso Sport Deluxe configurations
Compact performance 1967 Chevrolet
1967 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova
The 1967 Nova Super Sport was available only as a two-door hardtop coupe.
Compact performance 1967 Mercury
1967 Mercury Comet
Dual-four-barrel 427 FE side-oiler, 425 hp reported
Compact performance 1967 Rambler
1967 Rambler American
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1968 Dodge
1968 Dodge Dart
Dealer-built Mr. Norm's / Grand Spaulding Dodge special, not a standard Dodge catalog trim
Compact performance 1968 Dodge
1968 Dodge Hemi Dart
80 LO23 Hemi Darts built in 1968, per Dodge and corroborating references
Compact performance 1969 AMC
1969 AMC Rambler
AMX-derived 390 CID AMC V-8, commonly listed at 315 hp and 425 lb-ft
Compact performance 1970 Dodge
1970 Dodge Dart
E55 340 CID four-barrel LA V8, rated 275 gross hp and 340 lb-ft in reviewed references
Compact performance 1970 Plymouth
1970 Plymouth Duster
340 CID four-barrel LA V8, rated 275 hp and 340 lb-ft in reviewed references
Compact performance 1971 AMC
1971 AMC Gremlin
76,908 total: 2,145 two-passenger and 74,763 four-passenger
Compact performance 1971 Chevrolet
1971 Chevrolet Nova
Chevrolet factory Nova Super Sport package with L48 350/270-hp engine option
Compact performance 1971 Dodge
1971 Dodge Demon
E55 340 CID four-barrel LA V8, rated 275 gross hp and 235 net hp in reviewed references
Compact performance 1971 Plymouth
1971 Plymouth Duster
E55 340 CID four-barrel LA V8, rated 275 gross hp and 235 net hp in reviewed references
Compact performance 1972 Chevrolet
1972 Chevrolet Nova
Chevrolet factory Nova Super Sport package with L48 350/200-hp engine option
Compact performance 1972 Plymouth
1972 Plymouth Duster
340 four-barrel V8, 240 SAE net hp and 290 lb-ft
Compact performance 1973 AMC
1973 AMC Gremlin
122,844 reported total; selected engine rows account for 85,181
Compact performance 1974 Plymouth
1974 Plymouth Duster
E58 360 four-barrel LA V8, advertised at 245 SAE net hp and 320 lb-ft
Compact performance 1976 AMC
1976 AMC Gremlin
52,941 reported total; 826 reported 304 V8 installations
Compact performance 1977 Plymouth
1977 Plymouth Volare
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1980 Plymouth
1980 Plymouth Volare Road Runner
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1985 Dodge
1985 Dodge Shelby Charger
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1986 Chevrolet
1986 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1986 Dodge
1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1986 Dodge
1986 Dodge Shelby Charger
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved
Compact performance 1987 Dodge
1987 Dodge Shelby Charger
Exact configuration ledger remains unresolved