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 Post subject: The Pathetic American scene...
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 5:26 pm 
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"During one of my more spirited runs in the deep blue Firehawk, I,achieved that rare state of heightened awareness — or maybe I was just,dizzy — and I pondered these F-beauties in contrast with what usually, passes for a sports car or tuner vehicle nowadays, and versus the, stupefying SUV craze as well. How was rear-wheel drive supplanted by, front-wheel? When did this kind of raw, tromp-and-go torque give way to, high-revving, turbocharged four-bangers? How much carbon monoxide do,
you have to inhale before an imported front-drive buzzbox with an, exhaust outlet the size of a sewer pipe looks like a better choice than,one of these American icons? And how — how? — did sitting up high on, a truck chassis become more important than the kind of performance, and handling I was experiencing in this Pontiac" - or Chevrolet

Excerpted from this article by Joe Wiesenfelder @cars.com
http://www.cars.com/carsapp/national/?s ... /main.tmpl

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