October 2011 issue of Car and Driver interview with Joe Biden:
C/D: You're the son of a car salesman?
JB: For 34 years, my dad managed dealerships in Delaware. Mostly GM, but he did run a Chrysler operation and for a short time also sold Fords in Wilmington. He was bringing cars home all the time. I remember my senior prom, being able to take a 7000-mile Chrysler 300D off the lot.
C/D: Which cars do you most recall?
JB: I bought a '51 Studebaker. My dad thought it was nice and calm, but it had that overdrive, and it was fast. Then I bought a 1952 Plymouth convertible, candy-apple red with a split windshield. I think that was my favorite. I had a '56 Chevy, then in college I bought a 100,000 mile Mercedes 190SL with those Solex carburetors that never functioned. And I stil have my Goodwood-green Corvette, 327, 350-horse, with a rear-axle ratio that really gets up and goes. The Secret Service won't let me drive it. I'm not allowed to drive anything. It's one thing I hate about this job. I'm serious.
Then the interview goes into modern issues in the industry.
C/D: You're the son of a car salesman?
JB: For 34 years, my dad managed dealerships in Delaware. Mostly GM, but he did run a Chrysler operation and for a short time also sold Fords in Wilmington. He was bringing cars home all the time. I remember my senior prom, being able to take a 7000-mile Chrysler 300D off the lot.
C/D: Which cars do you most recall?
JB: I bought a '51 Studebaker. My dad thought it was nice and calm, but it had that overdrive, and it was fast. Then I bought a 1952 Plymouth convertible, candy-apple red with a split windshield. I think that was my favorite. I had a '56 Chevy, then in college I bought a 100,000 mile Mercedes 190SL with those Solex carburetors that never functioned. And I stil have my Goodwood-green Corvette, 327, 350-horse, with a rear-axle ratio that really gets up and goes. The Secret Service won't let me drive it. I'm not allowed to drive anything. It's one thing I hate about this job. I'm serious.
Then the interview goes into modern issues in the industry.
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