Although we tend to associate the sports sedan with Germany, it was actually the U.S. auto industry that was the first one to flirt with the idea of stuffing a lot of performance underneath the hood of a sensible, every person’s sedan. As far back as the 1950s, the Studebaker Champion would emphasize weight reduction over all-out power for improved performance, while the Chrysler 300 Series worked the other way around by crammed the largest, most powerful V8 engines underneath its hood. In many ways, it’s the American performance sedan and coupe market that gave birth to the entire muscle car genre of the 1960s.
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