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Article: 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS; Muscle and Attitude, Standard Equipment
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 12, 1999
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I like urban funk. It has style, passion. It's creative, emotive,
ethnic. It has attitude. Like "Whatcha lookin' at? You like? That's
cool. You don't? Your problem."
Some people mistake it as rudeness, arrogance, showboating. It's
not. It's a keen connection with the jazz of life--its contrapuntal
rhythms and riffs.
It's a zoot-suit approach to reality, even in a tight-collared
white shirt and pinstripes. It's a celebration of cultural duality:
"Yes, sir. Why, of course. Hey, what's up, my brother?"
You put a 200-horsepower engine in it, add some totally bodacious
sheet metal and four sticky 16-inch tires and it turns into
Chevrolet's 2000 Monte Carlo SS coupe. Talk about attitude! I mean, ...