Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/6/22 9:30 a.m.
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ShawnG
ShawnG MegaDork
1/6/22 3:16 p.m.

Three muscle cars and a pony car

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/6/22 5:33 p.m.
ShawnG said:

Three muscle cars and a pony car

When Corvettes get lumped in with sedans, its semantics at this point.

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) MegaDork
1/6/22 5:37 p.m.

No Jag?

Mr. Peabody
Mr. Peabody UltimaDork
1/6/22 5:47 p.m.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

It was too fast for the shutter in the camera

ShawnG
ShawnG MegaDork
1/6/22 5:52 p.m.
Appleseed said:
ShawnG said:

Three muscle cars and a pony car

When Corvettes get lumped in with sedans, its semantics at this point.

Four door coupes and electric cars with "Turbo" badges.

Mr. Peabody
Mr. Peabody UltimaDork
1/6/22 5:55 p.m.
ShawnG said:

Four door coupes

I remember having a hard time with that one when I was a kid, pre - internet, and spent some time looking into it.  I wish I could remember, and I don't like it any more now than I did then, but it's a real thing.

I think it may have had something to do with the shape of the body

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