Hemmings Muscle Machines

Power Struggle

“The Camaro responded, made some good noises, lunged forward, and… the SUV went right on by.”

Well, it finally happened. We’ve talked about the possibility in these very pages, but now it has actually occurred. I got blown off by an SUV.

All those comments and conversations about how garden-variety late-model vehicles have the capability of accelerating pretty briskly these days were brought to the fore when I pulled away from a light in my ’67 Camaro a few days ago. Some joker in

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