REVIEW: As American As Hot Dogs And Baseball, The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro

As far back as I can remember I have always been a gear head. My mind is constantly churning with thoughts and images of automobiles.

To really capture the essence of the obsession, a close friend – who I have had the pleasure of knowing since kindergarten – summoned an old memory. He said that he remembers us on a third grade trip in New York City. While we were passing through the Lincoln Tunnel, I leapt up and pointed to a dark Mercedes-Benz: “That’s a CL600, do you know how rare that is?!” Then I proceeded to inform the chaperone just how expensive and luxurious it was. Yeah, I was that guy.

For me, there has always been a slant towards European automobiles. “Give me the Germans and Italians,” I would always say.

But the U.S. manufacturers never tickled my fancy. Even with their burbling V8s making a racket, I never looked twice. Eventually as things heated up in auto journalism and I got a chance to get behind the wheel of a handful of vehicles that were as ‘Merican as a hot dog and baseball, the realization was clear: they are not that bad – when they are not half-assed. In fact, I began to like them, faults and all.....


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