Compare the new cars with the old cars using the old pounds per cubic inch factoring! The new 'Maro's are 3800+ pounds! In the 70's for most, quarter mile time was all anyone looked at....the new one's handle light years ahead of the plowing front end big block cars, will out run them on top end, and double the fuel mileage while doing it!!!! If you want to see the good quarter mile times for today's cars then look at the Supercharged Mustang's, the Z-28's, and the Supercharged Challengers (brand new) that are starting to show up! You are right, not fair to compare one era to the other.