Electric Youth
It’s tough to be nostalgic for your formative years when you grew up
with the cars of the ’80s. Hopefully the future can fix that.
Dyer’s IROC, pictured at a time when a 215-hp V-8 was less laughable.
I ought to want an IROC Camaro. I’m 42 and
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