Is a muscle car faster than an import?

Muscle cars are "usually" designed mainly/historically for straight-line performance... and in that respect they are faster than 99% of imports of the same year that are of similar price.

More than often, you have to choose an Import that is MUCH more expensive... to beat a Muscle car in a straight-line acceleration. No import in the 60's could come close to "Muscle cars" of the era.

Historically Muscle cars aren't best on a road course...but that isn't true "for the most part" nowadays.