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3. The Oldsmobile diesel

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:22 PM

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The Dodge Aspen, Ford Granada, and the Chevy Citation.

And what ever AMC thought was a great idea....

But I'm glad the American Automakers went through that period. At the end of the 1980's we had some truly great cars and trucks. They got a handle on fuel injection.

1986/1987 Buick Grand National comes to mind. That car was scary damn fast. It was ahead of its time: distributorless ignition, SFI injection and a real intercooler. With some light tuning, this little grocery getter V-6 would get into the mid 12's on the quarter mile.

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