Classic American

SNOB APPEAL?

Dear Classic American,

I recently wrote to a popular, UK-based, general classic car magazine about why they chose to say in a recent feature the Iso Griffo suffers from “lingering snobbery” due to its American V8. Why is there this snobbery towards American cars or their engines? If anything, those outside of our scene are missing

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