# What is the insurance industry definition of "muscle car"?

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What is the insurance industry definition of “muscle car”?

Is horsepower the only criterion? Or horsepower/weight?

Or do they include advertizing like Zoom-Zoom-Zoom, where you buy the car to make noise and dust?

And what about “sporty” cars like Miata that have no horsepower, but look fast?