Muscle Car

Rank | Legend

**Muscle Car** is one of the vehicles available in the game Hill Climb Racing 2.

## Overview

The Muscle Car is a vehicle good for both Adventure and Cups thanks to its moderate fuel consumption of 43 seconds, burnout feature and a good top speed of ~23.95 m/s (86.22 km/h). Its default paint has a colour combination of vermillion and blue. It was added in the 1.55.0 update, which released globally on 27th of March, 2023. The Muscle Car was obtainable through the "Muscle Car Mayhem" event at 800 points.

This vehicle has the ability to do a "burnout", which is activated by pressing both pedals when stationary or at a low speed. This will induce the suspension and give the car a multiplied grip boost. When fully upgraded, the burnout gives a total of 6.50x multiplier to the grip. 2.5 seconds of burnout will give you the maximum grip boost possible which will then linearly diminish when you lift the brake and get going. This is also visually shown with the back tire turning red hot. If you do a burnout for less than 2.5 seconds, you will still get a smaller grip boost, because it linearly builds it up. This feature helps for climbing huge hills in both adventure and various other event modes. The Burnout/Grip feature is upgradeable, increasing the grip and multiplying burnout boost for every level. The higher the level, the better the boost.

Additionally, at the start of a race, holding the accelerator during the countdown and getting a Perfect Start will give the same effect as if you were doing a burnout, sending you blasting forward with a huge head start. With this feature, the Start Boost is less useful due to how much easier to simply rely on the burnout boost.

The vehicle also has a 3-speed automatic transmission, and on every gear change up you get a small impulse forwards to give it the "slamming through the gears" feeling required for all Muscle Cars in real life. The gears are: 1, 2, 3, and R (Reverse). However, when the vehicle still has fuel, in Reverse gear or First (driving slowly or at a stop), the tuning parts Jump Shocks and Thrusters do not activate for the burnout feature. Fortunately, the Jump Shocks do activate when the vehicle has no fuel left (when rolling backwards), and of course anytime when the vehicle is rolling forwards, too. Because of this feature, the reverse gear has a very low speed limit, causing Muscle Car to be one of the slowest and worst vehicles to back up with, along with Motocross, Dune Buggy, Monster Truck, Racing Truck, and CC-EV.

## Unlockables

*See* Vehicle Paints List *for pictures and more information.*

The Muscle Car has 17 different paints and 11 different wheels that can be obtained (VIP paint and wheels aren't included, but you can get it with VIP subscription). After purchasing, it has a free Red & Blue paint and a free wheel to start with.

Muscle car currently could be obtained for free only by purchasing the Premium Pass package and completing the Multiplayer until Legend rank obtained. Without buying Premium Pass it costs 90000 cr. It's recommended to buy an Premium Pass to have a Muscle Car while achieved Legend Rank, because the chance to get this vehicle for free drops to 1% if not (you could also get a Legendary Silver Chest instead and the car would just be unlocked).

## Trivia

* In cups, the burnout mechanic sort of works as a built-in minor start boost. If you get a perfect start along with that, you fly ahead of the pack and gain a good head start.
* Unlike all another vehicles, this is the only vehicle with a 3-position gear box.
* The tuning part Start Boost on this vehicle is the only one in the game to be nerfed from being at 800 boost at Lvl. 10 (MAX) to 400 boost. The duration is the same as normal.
* Despite having a Supercharger on the front hood, it still has the Heavyweight tuning part, unlike Hot Rod, which also has a supercharger, but lacks the part because of its design. Also, unlike Hot Rod, Muscle Car's supercharger doesn't drain the fuel when in acceleration, doesn't explode or has a detatchable piece on it, as Hot Rod has the top piece, and half the exhaust tubes can be broken off.
* This is the 2nd vehicle to have both a feature and with a corresponding Tuning Part (The start boost). the other is CC-EV with a roof and a Rollcage.
* Unlike real Muscle Cars which are mostly RWD, this Muscle Car is AWD. Thus, when the extra grip boost is activated through the burnout, the Muscle Car becomes a monster at climbing.
* It seems to be based on the 1968 Ford Mustang (1st Generation) on the front end and the 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda on the rear end.
* It is the most expensive vehicle in the game to max out completely, costing 13,206,500 coins.
* Exceptional Suspension: The Muscle Car has the stiffest suspension in the game, its rigidity greatly reduces bounce after impacts, leading to increased stability and control, especially after high-impact landings and on tough terrains.