Backfire

In 1958, when I graduated from Memphis State University (now University of Memphis), Rolls-Royce was advertised as the best car in the world. I wanted the best, but I was more modest — I wanted a Bentley. In the 1970s, I began searching Hemmings Motor News monthly for my car. It took 61 years to buy a Bentley T-2 and it is only 39 years old. Nice car, but I was surprised to note that the speedometer only goes up to 80 mph. I don’t speed anyway.

Terry Madison Turner Florissant, Missouri

I’ve been driving Corvettes for 50 years and then I saw the new 2020 on page 14 of the December issue of Hemmings. The new Corvette. I had to look up the word “nacelles” and, according to the dictionary, it came from 1901, but I digress. I’ve probably owned about a dozen Corvettes and know people who have owned more. Most of the Corvettes were pre-mass airflow, oxygen sensor, relays, ABS, tire-pressure warning, and so on.

I read a little more about the new Corvette. The steering wheel seems borrowed from the old Dodge