Muscle From The East

August, 1981

Back in the Fifties, England owned America's fledgling sports-car market. The first spindly wheeled MGs were joined by more powerful British Triumphs and Jaguars, Teutonic bathtub Porsches, lusty Italian Alfa Romeos and Ferraris and, eventually, by semicivilized American Chevrolet Corvettes and Ford Thunderbirds.The British sportsters improved and thrived for a time; the Porsches grew fixed roofs and heavy price tags; the Italians expanded with affordable Fiats on one end, Maseratis and Lamborgh...