The All-American Muscle Car: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars - Revised & Updated

The All-American Muscle Car: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars - Revised & Updated

<DIV><B><I>The All-American Muscle Car </I>provides the ultimate hands-on history of the American Muscle car and where it is now --  Mustangs, Camaros, 'Cudas, Challengers, you name it.</B><BR /><BR /> When<B> John Z. DeLorean and his cadre of enthusiastic rule benders </B>took it upon themselves to bolt Pontiac's hottest engine into a mid-sized Tempest, <B>disobeying orders from the top of General Motors</B> food chain, they created something that should not have been, and will never be again: the muscle car. The resulting <B>GTO spearheaded a new breed</B> of performance car aimed at a new breed of buyer: the baby boom generation, tens of millions of young customers entering the market each year.<BR /><BR /><I>The All-American Muscle Car: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars</I> tells the story of these<B> brutal performance machines</B> through the words of muscle-car<B> icons like Jim Wangers</B>, the man who marketed DeLorean's thuggish invention, <B>Joe Oldham</B>, a legendary automotive journalist who tested these cars when they first came off the production line, often via illegal street racing, and <B>classic-car broker Colin Comer</B>, who has been instrumental in restoring some of the most iconic (and valuable) muscle cars.<BR /><BR /> Top<B> muscle car experts like Randy Leffingwell </B>and <B>David Newhardt</B> tell other facets of the muscle-car story, like the pony-car wars between the <B>Mustang</B>, <B>Camaro</B>, <B>'Cuda</B>, and <B>Challenger</B>; the ultra-high performance dealer specials; and the rebirth of the modern muscle car. All told, this book provides the ultimate hands-on history of these most American of cars.</DIV>