[Chuck Moreland]

I grew up in the midwest, lusting for Porsche but settling for the muscle car reality. I had mustangs, camaros and a lemans.

Now I am intimately familiar with the 911. When I look at contemporary muscle cars from the 60s/70s, it is striking how crude those cars are.

The 911 is such a clean, elegant design by contrast. I am not talking about body lines, I'm talking about the chassis/suspension/bracketry etc - the underneath stuff. To this engineer's eye the muscle cars are an excercise in innefficiency to the 911s elegance.

Though I still appreciate some of the muscle cars, I don't think I could own one again.