The World is Changing.....Again

Typical street scene in downtown Baghdad.

Group of Challenger and Charger enthusiasts in downtown Baghdad.

Throughout the 20th and 21st century there have been many products that represented America to the outside world. In my grandfather’s time it was chocolate and nylons as he made his trip across Europe. In my father’s time it was it was Rock and Roll music and blue jeans to the European countries behind the “Iron Curtain”. In my time it is modern muscle cars to the Middle East.

Strange that none of these products are linked in anyway but all of them represent the same thing, Freedom found only in the United States of America. What is even more impressive is the car counts from the Chrysler Car Shows happening in Iraq. A place where showing a Pro- American attitude can still get you killed. These young people don’t care about the risks and want to take advantage of their new freedom by blasting high horsepower American cars down the desert highways.

There are quite a few differences in driving in Iraq than in the States. Traffic laws are still in their infancy in the country. After talking with a customer from Baghdad he informed us that only 20 percent of the country, other than Baghdad, has traffic signals and it is nothing to see a 10 year old driving a vehicle. Jbv states “other than that driving a Challenger in Baghdad is amazing”. “It’s been about two years that people are wanting muscle cars before no one would want such cars but now it’s different.” The ability to stay calm under these extreme difficult conditions is amazing. Jbv believes that driving in such conditions makes amazing drivers. I would be experiencing some world class road rage.

DiabloSport has always helped with freedom. The freedom from lazy acceleration, weak shifts, MDS (Active Fuel Management, and the dreaded Chrysler Torque Management. We have been there since the beginning helping these customers get the “Power They Can Feel” in their Chrysler vehicles.

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