The 1970 AAR Cuda and the 1970 Boss 302 Mustang were developed for the same purpose — Trans-Am homologation — and represent the same philosophy applied by two different manufacturers.

Chrysler's AAR (All-American Racers) package used the 340 cubic inch small block with three two-barrel carburetors, functional side-exit exhaust, and the AAR's specific suspension tuning. The street car was honest about being a homologation special in a way that the marketing language usually acknowledged.

Both cars were produced for only one year. Both were compromised as street cars by their racing missions — stiff suspensions, loud exhaust notes, demanding maintenance requirements. Both are now highly collectible precisely because of those compromises.