Killing America, One Last Muscle Car at a Time

Over at TTAC, Jack Baruth gives three good reasons why the new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 puts out an astonishing 662 horses. Here’s one of them:

Last but not least, there is the sheer exuberance of it. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but resources are getting scarce in this world and the United States no longer sits at the head of the table when it’s time to chew ‘em up. Your children won’t have a chance to buy something like this. It might not be illegal to own one, but it won’t be cheap or easy, either. If you want to experience six hundred and sixty-two horses pulling you down the streets of your hometown like a Apolloian chariot hitched to the sun itself, now’s the time. There won’t be much of a tomorrow. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the 2013 GT500. Raise your glasses, perhaps for the last time.

If that doesn’t make you at least a little bit sad, you’re not a real American.