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Subject: Re: What did you say?!

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Ritalinus

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Date Posted: 22:29:07 01/10/06 Tue
In reply to: Campisi 's message, "Re: What did you say?!" on 23:44:50 01/09/06 Mon

>>>>Hooray! The American icon is officially back! We can
>>>>officially celebrate in the streets!
>>>
>>>Camaro = The American icon? As a (former) Mustang
>>>owner, I find that highly offensive.
>>
>>*Shrugs*
>
>Ford took a struggling and underperforming
>mass-consumption car, put a better-looking body on it,
>and reintroduced it in 1963 as a '64 model. The Camaro
>took the premise of a pony car, and defined the
>category. Whereas the Mustang became immasculated over
>the years, culminating in the Fox-based girl's cars of
>the '90s, the Camaro became more and more focused,
>until it became the top performance deal in 1993. GM's
>horrible management killed the Camaro; Ford released
>the new Mustang on the Camaro's 35th anniversary to
>spit on the Camaro's grave.

Actually, thinking about it, instead of Mustang or Camaro, wouldn't Corvette be THE American icon?

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Re: What did you say?!	Campisi	00:50:34 01/11/06 Wed