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Kurt Vonnegut: “A Saab Could Drag A VW At A Stoplight” [Car Art] 
Jalopnik | by Peter Orosz | Thu, Oct 29
Of course you all know that Kurt Vonnegut used to manage a Saab dealership in Massachusetts before he became a famous writer. But any day is a good day to relive his fun tale.
Swedish engineering had its downsides though:
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