Very interesting topic you raise!
I was actually thinking about what kind of car would eventually replace my clio, which made me realise it was quite a challenge strangely.
I'm torn between safety and bad-assness. Have been in 3 nasty accidents - one where i was a passenger in a Supra that was going too fast around a bend and we bounced off several trees, another where a van driver thought it was ok to drive on the wrong side of the road, which was a nice surprise when coming around bend to quickly find our engines touching
. Another where a van driver decided he wouldnt stop at the red light which i was already stopped at. So ive come to really appreciate modern safety, but if it weren't for that, it would definitely be a muscle car hands down. For every day use i would probably have to retro mod it to make it friendly, i.e aircondition (which luckily most of them have), maybe a modern engine to help on the MPG's, good brakes, liveable exhaust volume etc. I think (at the moment) that i would probably be much happier living with a muscle car that has been modernised and spend the extra $ on it, than have a modern sports car like a Ferrari - (saw a 360 the other day for £49,995, not far off the cost of a new Camaro, or a mint 1st gen / early 2nd gen)!
There was one that drove near my area about 10 years ago - me and my mate were working on his car in his drive way and we ran to my car and tried to catch up with it to get a better view