American Car - November 2015

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According to America’s AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, over-65s who give up driving are almost twice as likely to suffer depression and almost

five times as likely to enter a long-term care facility as those who remain behind the wheel. Live longer, be happier, drive more.

Back in 1964, the Cobra was kicking ass on circuits

everywhere... except long, high-speed circuits like Le

Mans, where the aerodynamics left much to be desired.

Coupe de Grace

Along came Peter Brock with

a sketch of a sleek, coupe

body, and, in 1965, the Cobra

Daytona was born. A record,

sell-out crowd of 149,000 saw

some at the Goodwood Revival,

celebrating their 50th birthday,

but it you can’t afford the

seven figures required to buy

an original, you can still buy

what the makers call a “genuine

derivative” and get change

from six figures. Original styling

coupled with more modern

running gear, engine choices

ranging from a Ford Motorsport

289 to a 520bhp GM LS3 and

even air conditioning... Check

out the CSX9000 Series at

http://www.superformanceuk.com.

Purple Reign

Dodge went Plum Crazy for August’s Woodward Dream Cruise,

displaying the 2016 Challenger 392 Hemi Scat Pack Shaker and

Charger R/T Scat Pack models in the iconic 1970 purple hue, and

announcing that it would be back for a limited production run on the

two muscle models. You’d better be quick, though.

Dodge opened the Dream Cruise with a Roadkill Nights Powered

by Dodge event at the Pontiac Silverdome, where the grudge match

between Gas Monkey Garage’s ‘67 Dart and Roadkill’s ‘68 ‘General

Mayhem’ Charger – both powered by 707bhp Hellcat Hemis – resulted

in the Gas Monkey guys taking the trophy with a 5.81-second eighth-

mile. That’s a low nine over the quarter...

Woodward

Rescue

I Do... Again

At the recent 40,000-car Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise, Hagerty specialist

insurers set up a drive-in booth for cruising couples to renew their wedding vows.

For any Woodward cruisers

who boiled, broke down or

even ran out of fuel, Chevrolet

have provided a fleet of six

2015 Silverados with on-board

mechanics to assist. Since the

Chevrolet Certified Rescue

Service first hit the Dream Cruise

in 2011, they’ve helped 150

stranded cruisers.

More than 150 couples took

them up on the offer, in front of a

large banner saying “For as long

as we both shall cruise” - cool.

“So many special life moments

that create lasting memories are

connected to cars,” said McKeel

Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty. “We

wanted to find a way to rekindle

those memories for couples who

love their cars almost as much

as they love each other.” One

of the couples was Gordon and

Geri Rinschler of Birmingham,

Michigan, who renewed their

vows in the same 1930 Model A

Ford that they were married in 47

years previously.

Oil Be Back

There’s a new diesel engine

in the Jeep Cherokee range, a

MultiJet II turbo-diesel in 185

and 200bhp variants, offering

“a significantly wider spread

of torque from low revs, more

power, improved performance

and better fuel economy than

the outgoing two-litre, 170bhp

engine,” according to the

bumph. Available only with the

nine-speed auto and matched

to the Active-Drive 4WD system,

it’s already Euro 6 compliant and

offers an impressive 2.5 tonne

towing capacity plus almost

50mpg on the combined cycle.

See http://www.jeep.co.uk.

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