LA TIMES Responce
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LA TIMES Responce
Some NYC stringer who drives a Honda and hasn't a clue wrote 07/17 article calling the Saleen S7 The birth of American super cars. Geez! So I wrote this to the editor. What do you think?
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
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Nice job of setting them straight. 
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Originally Posted by Oldad
Print is dead! Do you really care what some azzwipe writes about a car hes never driven. Or how writers compare everything to a Vette .
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Originally Posted by filmelf
Some NYC stringer who drives a Honda and hasn't a clue wrote 07/17 article calling the Saleen S7 The birth of American super cars. Geez! So I wrote this to the editor. What do you think?
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
cmon now, if you pull up a Saleen and a vette in front of a bunch of Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, who do you think they want to ride in? The Saleen of course! "yeah but the vette is an american sports car." Sure it has the locking steering column but thats besides the point." LMAO
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Originally Posted by filmelf
Some NYC stringer who drives a Honda and hasn't a clue wrote 07/17 article calling the Saleen S7 The birth of American super cars. Geez! So I wrote this to the editor. What do you think?
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
Dear Editor ,
I find the James Leon Suffern article The Birth of The American Supercar appearing in Wednesdays Los Angeles Times inaccurately written. The premier American Supercar was and is the “Corvette” first produced in 1953. Current day Corvettes routinely dominate their class in racing rolling past many touted in this article including Porsche and Ferrari.
While the Saleen S7 is quite the remarkable vehicle it isn’t “all that and a bag of chips.”
I suggest the author actually research automobiles and competition to those automobiles before he writes about them. Because the article was entitled The Birth of The American Supercar one would think American automobiles would have been researched. To list a few that need researching:
Corvette Z06 (one of the top 20 cars in the world according to “those who know.”)
Ford GT
Dodge Viper
Yes, the big 3; and these are production cars driven daily by some of us.
Forrest Kerr
Los Angeles, California
The Z06 is a super bargain, but it is not a “super car”
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Good response...
FWIW, I opened a book titled "SuperCars" ...
2nd Page was a white C5...
FWIW, I opened a book titled "SuperCars" ...
2nd Page was a white C5...
