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Known Pioneers R.I.P.
Known Pioneers
50 years ago we had a car culture here in the U.S. People could put together their own Hot Rods and drive them around the block without police interference. Gas was less than 30 cents a gallon. Driving for pleasure was not considered environmentally unfriendly. The density of cars per mile of road was a fraction of what it is now. Cars were still evolving. Carroll Shelby (ford), Colin Chapman (lotus), Zora Arkus-Duntov (Corvette), Jim Hall (Chaparral), and Enzo were still experimenting. It was because of these pioneers that the average car of today offers greater everything than the exceptional sports car of just a few years ago. As you are well aware, at some point accountants took over GM. Many generations of people have since been born. Most cars say nothing more to these people about a Driver than the washing machines that they use to wash their clothes, or the windows computer that they use to check their email. If cars could be driven at 100% of there capabilities then a Porsche could show it is different than a Toyota. As they are driven today, the only difference that I can see is the middies offers a greater safety margin in the rain to the trained driver. They both get from point A to point B in about the same amount of seconds. No one looks at them or even cares. Today's cars are ugly. We no longer see it imperative that high performance drivers receive special training, if it was available. Anybody can have any car they want if they just wait for a few years and buy it used as the price plummets. Cars depreciate for good reason. These pioneers were not replaced, they now write software. Colin Chapman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Chapman Carroll Shelby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Shelby Zora Arkus-Duntov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Arkus-Duntov Enzo Anselmo Ferrari http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Ferrari |
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