Zero to 100: Mid-Range Sports Car vs. 747

If you push the car off a cliff, it’ll go to 100MPHs pretty fast, won’t it? :wink:

And after exhaustive testing by Road & Track they’ve come up with a dead heat between the Lada, the Yugo, and the Murcielago. Which proves once again that modern Italians don’t do fast cars any better than 20+ year-ago Serbo-Croatians or Russians. :smiley:

The Yugo and Lada Riva were license-built Fiats. So really the Italians didn’t do any better than themselves.

But does it echo? :wink:

As a total naïf, I would like to know when the Mustang stopped being a “girl’s car.” (source “Mary Tyler Moore Show”) Was it “Bullitt”?

When did they start equipping them with turn signals and license plate mounts? Spare tires? Radios? Cigarette lighters? :smack:

Shit. :slight_smile: :o I totally forgot those were Fiats. :smack:

You got the idea though, so I think I get at least partial credit for a decent joke.

I’ll allow it. :wink:

The EPA owned a Plymouth Superbird it used to chase passenger jets down the runway to collect and monitor emissions from the jet engine exhaust.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-1970-plymouth-superbird-that-helped-the-epa-clear-the-air-heads-to-auction/