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We Have Been Out-America'd By Sweden
We Have Been Out-America'd By Sweden-April 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.

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