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If gas is our combustible heroin, cars like the <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/autos/chevrolet">2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1</a> are our big needles. This 638-hp, 205-mph, $105,000 affront to all that is good and decent and respectable, this angry strake of carbon fiber and aluminum turns gasoline directly into moments of teary bliss.

2009 Corvette ZR1

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If gas is our combustible heroin, cars like the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 are our big needles. This 638-hp, 205-mph, $105,000 affront to all that is good and decent and respectable, this angry strake of carbon fiber and aluminum turns gasoline directly into moments of teary bliss.

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