Your killing me Mike.
The States definately got the short end of the shifter tho'.
By the mid 70's our DOT (Dept. of Transportation) started nerfing cars.
One of my older cars, my Grandpa brought back from Sweden, on a special deal, was a 1975 Saab 99LE. 2dr. To send it over it was retrofitted with double headlights, and larger black rubber bumpers (the dreaded 5mph style). I like the look of quads, round or square, but the single Euro lense halogen was considerably brighter. Luckily the car retained the European cam/specs. Very sporty. within 2 years emition controls forced so many changes they started pushing there 1st Turbo.
I blame Ralph Nader. His book "Unsafe at any Speed" set the auto industry back 20 years. Heavier cars burn more gas and are less nimble. Nerfing them just made gas guzzling bumper cars.
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