#post-id: 4163-17-38
#original-date: 19.12.2011 Mon
#original-time: 5:38 PM
#original-day:  4163
#original-host: WinXP Home SP3 (Build 2600)

> According to Muscle Cars, a book written by Peter Henshaw, 
> a "muscle car" is "exactly what the name implies. It is a product 
> of the American car industry adhering to the hot rodder's 
> philosophy of taking a small car and putting a BIG engine in it. 
> The Muscle Car is Charles Atlas kicking sand in the face of the 
> 98 hp (73 kW) weakling." Henshaw further asserts that the *muscle 
> car was designed for straight-line speed*, and did not have the 
> "sophisticated chassis", "engineering integrity", or "lithe 
> appearance" of European high-performance cars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car

Я же всегда говорила, что в Штатах очень много открытых пространст 
с прямыми дорогами, поэтому им не нужно много поворачивать ^^

В России, кстати, тоже много открытых пространств, однако... Но 
не будем о грустном.