YO, Man, the Cars were Righteous!
I live in Suburban Detroit, but John R Street in the D South of the Boulevard had characters like this and cars like this back in the Day (as well as a few other Hoods-lol)
All the Pimpillacs, Mob Rolls Royces even, and the Coppers had them Mopar Plymouth Furies for YEARS!
That Said, I am a "Green" and, also, if cars were fuel efficient then
1. OPEC would not have had us over a Barrel with the Embargo/quadrupling of Crude prices
2. Japan would not have "Bombed" Detroit worse than they did Pearl Harbor!