At the four-month mark, our long-term 2013 Dodge Dart Rallye checks in with 6,500 miles on the odometer, a log book filled with plenty of compliments — and some grumblings about the transmission we’ll address in the next update.
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I love modern American muscle cars. The ones with rumbling, throaty V-8s that offer gobs of torque and horsepower pushed through the rear wheels. Forget winding up the engine—I want the immediate feeling of power when I step on the gas at any rpm.
That means barrel-chested rides like Ford’s Mustang GT and Boss 302, or the Chevrolet Camaro SS or Corvette. Not to mention the Dodge Charger, Challenger, and Viper, which in spite of their corporate Italian accents still retain their red, white, and blue roots.
So imagine my excitement when I found out about a company in Las Vegas that lets you drive several high-powered cars in a single day. It’s called World Class Driving, and it offers a program called the “American Muscle Car Driving Experience” where you get to drive a Challenger, Mustang and Corvette back-to-back. And they're not the base-model, rental-car fleet versions. Oh no. You get to drive some of the very best muscle cars available today.
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