The greatest crime in ancient Greece was hubris. And the perpetrator that carried out the sins as a result of their hubris inevitably faced great shame and retribution, most often fatal. So for the sake of this CC, we’re going to drop the Citation’s X-Car moniker, and call them the H-Cars. And just in case you’re not convinced that the Citation truly was GM’s greatest sin rather than the Vega (coincidentally numbered GM’s DS #2), let me cite you the incontrovertible evidence: (Read More…)
Posted in Curbside Classics, Editorials, Toyota
Tagged as citation, GM's deadly sins, hubris, vega, x-11, X-car
Tagged as citation, GM's deadly sins, hubris, vega, x-11, X-car
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