Don’t worry, there are new ‘retro’ designs coming.
The new Corvette (the ‘C6’) has retro styling that invoke the 63-67 ‘stingray’. http://www.c6vette.com/
The Mustang has been undergoing a constant evolution towards early 60’s Mustang styling.
The Nissan 350Z evokes the original 240-Z, both in styling and price/performance: http://www.nissancanada.com/eng/cars/350z/index.asp
But I’ll second the suggestion of a new, retro-styled Camaro that looks like the '67-69 models. Those were classic cars, and the planform is quite practical. They’d be back to head-to-head comparisons with the Mustang.
But I must say, the golden age of the automobile is RIGHT NOW. Forget the muscle cars of the 1960’s - A stock 2003 Mustang Cobra SVT will blow the doors off of almost all of them. 405 horspower (conservatively measured, and net, not gross like they used to be measured), coupled with traction control and modern tires and transmission will outperform almost anything Detroit would come up with. (The exceptions being the ZL-1 427 'Vettes, and the 426 Hemi machines). But the Mustang has a Roots blower, and by all accounts it’s relatively easy to crank that horsepower over 500. That would make it the fastest ‘muscle car’ ever built.
Not only that, but the car will actually handle. Having driven several of the most powerful older muscle cars, I can tell you that they could accelerate like crazy, but they sucked in the turns.
There’s a horsepower war going on now. Technology has caught up, and now you can make powerful cars with good gas mileage. That 405 hp Mustang still gets something like 20mpg. A 426 Hemi probably gets more like 10.
Next Year, Pontiac is releasing the new GTO, and it’ll have at least 305 horpower, and maybe as much as 390. The Vette is getting a boost. Most of the ‘sports sedan’ cars now like the 300m or the Cadillac CTS come with engines in the 250-300hp range. That’s pretty good!
