1970 Ford Torino Cobra - Why was it the perfect muscle car of its time?

The torino was completely redesigned for 1970 with styling influenced by the aircraft. Thanks to ford designer bill shank. As compared to the 1969 model the new torino was five inches longer and had an inch longer wheelbase These improvements helped to open up a slew of new styling and performance choices. 1970 issue motor trend put a torino cobra equipped with a 429 super cobra jet engine 4 speed and a 3.9121 gearing through its paces. They were able to squeeze 5.8 seconds from zero to 60 and 13.99 seconds in the quarter mile with a speed of 101 miles per hour. This was more than enough power to keep the 1970 pontiac gto 455 at bay.