http://lettrist.blogspot.com/2006/08/american-auto-industry-in-2007-still.html
The American auto industry - in 2007, still producing trucks that get 7 mpg
2007 Dodge Ram SRT10: Overpriced, Overpowered and Proud of It
By EZRA DYER
this truck doesn’t care about mileage, or about refinement, or about not scaring children. This truck could be more politically incorrect only if it ran on whale oil and panda tears. And that’s why I like it, sort of. The SRT10 is not a truck of half-measures — it’s gleefully over-the-top in just about every way. Its 510-horsepower engine, borrowed from the Dodge Viper, is a callous brute, rocking the truck on its suspension even at idle.
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The American auto industry - in 2007, still producing trucks that get 7 mpg
2007 Dodge Ram SRT10: Overpriced, Overpowered and Proud of It
By EZRA DYER
this truck doesn’t care about mileage, or about refinement, or about not scaring children. This truck could be more politically incorrect only if it ran on whale oil and panda tears. And that’s why I like it, sort of. The SRT10 is not a truck of half-measures — it’s gleefully over-the-top in just about every way. Its 510-horsepower engine, borrowed from the Dodge Viper, is a callous brute, rocking the truck on its suspension even at idle.
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