Bye Bye To The American V-8...

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What about the governmental requirement to switch to unleded low octane fuel. Did you forget about that?? Way more to do with the death of performance than insurance.

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Not really.

For all the hype about 1970, the trend against performance cars was already in place. Don't believe me? Look at sales for all performance cars compared with 1969. Certainly lowered compression by 1972 played a role, but performance was not hurt a much as people have said in the past (judging by the Pure Stock races, among other things).

Insurance was the death knell.


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Perhaps in your world view -I have no right to go fast. Thanks for making your positions clear for all to see publicly right here! With this view (your view), the car collector could soon be a target of future "progressive legislation" without a doubt targeting muscle cars- (and needless to say, but I will anyway)... I disagree with you 100% on this opinion and most here would do the same

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You sure about that? We all know the cliche about driving being a privilege, so how is "going fast" any different? And who says you can't modify your car to "go fast?"

Once again, nothing qualified. Show me some proof.

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But I asked you a simple question about the future of the V-8 where you could have been so proactive...

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CAFE is an aggregate item, so the V-8 won't disappear anytime soon.