The car produced by the
Chrysler corporation under the Plymouth mark introduced in 1968. It was a light car for the year it was introduced, and you could get a 426
cubic inch hemi motor in it that simply had too much
horsepower for any sane person to really want to use. Imagine a 5 seat car with a big trunk that that can perform like a race car.
It is the missing link between the Modern Lovers song and the Chuck Jones cartoon. It had a beep beep horn, and the Roadrunner wearing a racing helmet as a hood ornament. Really, like most muscle cars, a moving symbol of the excesses and freedom that seemed to be happening in the Sixties, and how deliciously dangerous that freedom can be. Impending doom and a celebration of life on wheels. It had the added bonus of a pop culture icon to identify with, and the strongest of the big motors as an option. (in fact professional drag racing engines are still usually a variation on it)