It’s hard to forget your first love. For me, it wasn’t exactly Danell Leyva or Michael Sam. Yet there was some serious muscle on my primo amore: a Pontiac LeMans 455 sportster.
Sparkly blue. White racing stripes. Twin-scoop hood. Dual exhaust. Feisty engine. Talk about butch points. I’ve waxed poetic before about this super coupe, which ferried me all through high school.
With tender loving care, I kept my beloved ride in great shape. Alas, the next owner did not. Soon enough, it was riddled with rust, scrapes and scores of dents.
Sigh. But just last month, bittersweet memories of my first car came back when I tested the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.