zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
We Have Been Out-America'd By Sweden
We Have Been Out-America'd By Sweden-June 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:12

America is full of vintage muscle cars and our aftermarket is brimming to support them with re-engineered parts and fresh V8s. So why are we getting schooled by Sweden in how to rally gigantic old muscle cars?

My buddy, rally co-driver par excellence , sent over this video the other day, sending me into a fit of despair.

America should be absolutely full of V8 Falcons ripping sideways down our many rural dirt roads. Instead it is Sweden, which has but , that is making us look bad.

Why are people in Sweden waving Confederate flags and driving old muscle cars? It's all part of a…

Seems like a big missed opportunity on our part, in my opinion.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Mercedes-Benz Confirms Its Commitment To Formula One In The Face Of Daimler Austerity Measures
Mercedes-Benz Confirms Its Commitment To Formula One In The Face Of Daimler Austerity Measures
Mercedes-Benz confirmed Monday that it was committed to Formula One for at least the next five years as part of an announcement of a new deal with petrochemicals giant Ineos as principal partner, one rung below title partner Petronas. Even in the face of and cutting at least 1.4...
Jun 30, 2026
Here's The First Boring Ass Formula One Livery Of 2020
Here's The First Boring Ass Formula One Livery Of 2020
Thursday morning the Haas F1 Team unveiled the car with which it will contend the 2020 Formula One season. Freed from , the team was able to ditch its boring black and gold livery—. Able to forge their own path, starting from scratch, the sky was the limit when...
Jun 30, 2026
The Volkswagen ID.R Aims To Take Mercedes Formula One Sonoma Raceway Record
The Volkswagen ID.R Aims To Take Mercedes Formula One Sonoma Raceway Record
Last summer Mercedes-Benz brought an F1 W07 chassis out to Sonoma Raceway in California’s wine country, plugged Esteban Gutierrez into the driver seat, and unleashed him on the track. He managed to fling Lewis Hamilton’s championship-winning chassis around the track in a new [unofficial] record time of 1 minute...
Jun 30, 2026
The 2020 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique Had The Good Cars
The 2020 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique Had The Good Cars
A few weeks back we brought you the news from the . But that race was filled with Hyundais and Toyotas. This week’s Rallye Monte Carlo Historique had Alpines, Porsches, and not one, not two, but three mighty Lancia Stratos (Stratoses? Stratii? Straterix?) taking part. You know, the Good...
Jun 30, 2026
F1 Should Get Rid Of Its Luxurious Motorhomes ASAP If It Wants To Be Carbon Neutral
F1 Should Get Rid Of Its Luxurious Motorhomes ASAP If It Wants To Be Carbon Neutral
Formula One isn’t exactly known for its frugality and economy, but the motorhomes that teams set up at European races are next level lavish. I mean, these things are than any house I’ve ever lived in (Ross Brawn aptly calls them “”). And they should be one of the...
Jun 30, 2026
I've Never Been This Excited For An IndyCar Debut
I've Never Been This Excited For An IndyCar Debut
I’m no fortune teller, but I’m pretty sure I can predict the best thing that’s going to come out of the 2020 IndyCar series, and that is Scott McLaughlin’s debut race. That’s right. The defending Australian Supercars champion Scott freakin’ McLaughlin is coming stateside to try his hand at...
Jun 30, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved