Physics, my good man. Horsepower and torque are related, and high-revving engines will generally have a much higher horsepower peak than torque (when measured in ft*lbs). The reason for this is that horsepower goes up with RPMs, as long as the torque curve stays level. So if the car can keep making torque in the…

"... but there's a pretty good possibility that she can't afford to buy cheese and needed it to feed her children."

The entire Le Mans movie.

I meant where in Houston.

Usually they're not made wide without a specific reason. Where was the hotel?

"We really had no need to go to Texas, though we did enjoy it."

That attack would have totalled a Taurus-based police interceptor.

The consequences will never be the same.

They could hold a soap-box derby going down from turn 1 into the main straight.

Horsepower is related to torque. The ability to keep creating power at high RPMs is a desirable one. So when you see an engine that makes 240 peak hp @ 8200rpm and 160 peak ft*lbs @ 4000rpm, don't think of it as gutless. Think of it as high-school physics.

"Still, he may be better remembered for his car, which attained iconic status as the centerpiece of Back to the Future."

This is the best article I've ever read on Jalopnik.

Or something that was just mentioned on this site earlier this week.

Or maybe a classic American car?

Since you pretty much covered the German and British options, what about?

I get a lot of compliments on my Nassau Blue. When it's polished and waxed the paint looks six feet deep. And it has this weird irridescence that you can see in low light, around sunsets and such. It'll be dark all around and you see this light bluish shimmer stick out.

I will never have to worry about parts availability for my beater.

"Normally a car wouldn't stay in the same location for very long. "

I WANT FLETCHER'S CORNY DOGS!

Someone who accelerates up to freeway speed on the on-ramp, instead of trying to merge (and force the people behind them to merge) going 20mph slower than the traffic.