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Originally Posted by wbradley
Just going to leave this here. The energy crisis really changed domestic cars, but the evolution was stubbornly slow. Imagine having emissions standards slapped on top and now your flagship muscle car puts out an astonishing 139 HP. When I was around 10, I remember this car on display inside the shopping mall and being impressed it had the new orange turn markers. Turns out, that might have been it's best quality other than providing transportation.
So, all you twins fans that complain they aren't getting what they want, good thing you weren't trading your early 70's Cobra for the next generation.
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Most of the malaise era cars were pretty miserable mechanical abominations, but at least they had some quirky personality (including the Mustang II).