10款最快的美國車
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瀕臨滅絕的燒油機器 ????除了作為車主炫耀的資本之外，它們從來沒有多少實際的用處。不過它們像麥當(dāng)勞的“足三兩”漢堡，是標準美國貨的象征。如今，它們應(yīng)該同瀕臨滅絕東部美洲獅和肯氏龜一起列入瀕危物種的名錄。 ????沒錯，我指的就是那些速度快、馬力足的車型。它們速度驚人，時速往往能達到法定限速的三倍。它們就是電影《上天下地大追擊》（Smokey and the Bandit）和《雙車道柏油路》（Two-Lane Blacktop）里讓你鐘情的汽車——地道的底特律貨。 ????這些V8引擎怪獸的末日已經(jīng)不遠了?，F(xiàn)在油價高得令人心驚膽戰(zhàn)，氣候變暖也讓人心驚肉跳，而美國這個保姆式國家又想徹底剝奪普通人飆車的樂趣。車主們已經(jīng)開始改弦更張?，F(xiàn)在福特F150皮卡的V6車型的銷量已經(jīng)超過了V8車型。 ????最近美國或?qū)⒅厥?5英里限速規(guī)定的傳言比比皆是。這個所謂的“雙五”規(guī)定于1974年生效，但受到了人們的廣泛抨擊和無視，最終在1993年被廢止。美國動畫片《辛普森一家》的男主角霍默?辛普森曾在劇中評價道：“的確它挽救了一些人的生命，但是數(shù)百萬人會因此遲到?！笔芟匏倭畹牟?，上世紀70年代成了汽車業(yè)最灰暗的10年。還記那些寫著大大的“55”兩個字、設(shè)計限速為每小時85英里的車速表嗎？ ????以下謹為大家列出幾款美國最快的汽車以及幾款替代車型。愿你們安息。 |
A dying breed ????They've never had much practical use for anything besides bragging rights, but they were as American as a quarter pounder with cheese. Now they ought to be listed with other endangered species like the Eastern cougar and Kemp's Ridley turtle. ????I'm talking about fast high-horsepower cars. Really fast cars, like in three times the legal speed limit. The kind you loved in Smokey and the Bandit and Two-Lane Blacktop. Traditional Detroit iron. ????The handwriting is on the wall for these V-8-powered monsters. Gas prices are getting scarily high, the climate is getting scarily warm, and the nanny state wants to take all our fun away. Truck owners are already making the switch. Ford is selling more F-150s with sixes than V-8s. ????Any day now, you expect to hear rumblings about bringing back the 55 mile-per-hour speed limit. Signed into law in 1974, the so-called "Double Nickel" was widely reviled and widely ignored before it was finally repealed in 1993. As Homer Simpson observed about the 55 mph limit: "Sure, it'll save a few lives, but millions will be late." It helped make the 1970s perhaps the worst decade ever for cars. Remember those speedometers with the big "55" that maxed out at 85 mph? ????Herewith, America's fastest cars and a few sensible alternatives. R.I.P. |
