In 1970, You Could Buy A Giant Cadillac Land Yacht With A 500 Cubic Inch V8 And 400 HP: Holy Grails

One of the greatest automotive gifts of the past decade is the democratization of horsepower. We live in a world where a $50,000 pickup truck has 700 horsepower and just about any garden variety EV can produce greater thrust than most people will ever need. Anyone with a decent enough credit rating can throw cash at a family hauler that would leave vintage supercars in their dust. In the 1970s, power was a more grand affair, and engines grew larger and larger to deliver it….