Chrysler jumped on the performance bandwagon in 1955 with its 300-horsepower C-300, boosting Hemi displacement and power the following year, resulting in ’55 - ‘56 CHRYSLER 300 LUXURY SUPERCARS. Lots of people will spend time arguing what the first Musclecar was. The fact is that manufacturers - from the beginning of the automobile - have always wanted to tout performance as a selling point.  Certainly, in each decade, manufacturers built performance cars, sometimes as thinly veiled rac...