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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3197 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: No One Knows What "Sports Car" Actually Means Anymore

A muscle car has fuckall in common with a sports car. Giant american V8s were fundamentally useless on any track that didn't say NASCAR until Caroll Shelby shoved one in an AC Bristol. It wasn't until 1995 that the Corvette wasn't an outright embarrassment around cones.