Writers should do research if their going to be specific,,,,,

A pet peeve of mine is when writers make mistakes describing cars in books. In a Danielle Steel novel about a young man who was sent to Viet Nam-it was set in 1965. He wanted a Camaro. Ugh. We all know the Camaro was introduced in 1967. In 1965 he'd have wanted a Mustang or a GTO.  In the Stephen King novel "The Dark Half" the killer drove a '67 Olds Toronado. King alludes to the driver rowing the Hurst manual shifter, and spinning the rear tires. Except Toronados are all automatics, and are all Front-wheel drive!!  With 425 cubes under the hood, a Toro will spin the front tires. He should have just said he "spun the tires."  I understand the statement he was trying to make-the guy had to have a badass vintage luxury / muscle car. He should have used a Pontiac Gran Prix. '60's GP's had 389, 400,421 or 428 cubes depending on year, and were available with a 4-speed manual trans with a Hurst shifter. In the Stephen Hunter novel "Night of Thunder" the killer drives a Dodge Charger with a 6.7 liter Hemi engine. Except since resurrecting the Charger nameplate in 2005 up to the present-Chrysler has never offered a 6.7 liter engine. They have offered Hemis in 5.7 liters, 6.1, and 6.4 liters. The "Hellcat" models use a 6.2 liter Hemi with a Supercharger. Never, ever has there been a 6.7 liter option. Chrysler offers a 6.7 liter Diesel in the Ram trucks; but no Hemi. It's not just a typo-the car is a big part of the story, it's alluded to several times in the story. Stephen King blows it again in "Christine". "Christine" was a haunted '58 Plymouth Fury that commits much mayhem and posseses it's teenage owner with the evil soul of it's mean-bastard first owner. It's a scary story. However King alludes to the car having a 382 inch V8. Now "Joe Average" might think it's just a typo-he probably meant a 392 Hemi, right? Wrong. The only two engines available in 1958 were a 318 inch V8 and a 350 inch V8. In 1959 the 350 was replaced with a 361. Ugh!!  In the Thomas Harris novel "Hannibal" FBI agent Clarice Starling is once again on the trail of serial killer Hannibal Lecter, who escaped from jail in Tennessee and is believed to be in Europe. Mason Verger, a filthy rich meat-packing magnate and Lecter's only surviving victim offers his assistance but he'll only talk to Starling. She supposedly drives a 1988 Roush Mustang. Again the car is talked about in detail. A marine guard at the gate at Quantico is amused when she smokes the tires leaving and gets rubber into 2nd. Verger asks if it has the 5.0 engine. Verger's sister, Margot-asks Starling if it could beat her Porsche. Starling replies "Depends on which Porsche it is." Lecter breaks into it while Starling is running in the park, and sits in the "Recaro" seats, and licks the "Momo" steering wheel. However there never was an '88 Roush Mustang.  Roush performance built a prototype with a turbocharged 351 V8 ( 5.8 liters ), but it never made production. It's in the Roush Racing museum.  The first Roush / Ford collaboration that was sold through dealers to the public was a 1997 model. The book was published in 2002, so the writer could have had her driving a '97 model. Or if he wanted her to have a special '88 model there was a Mclaren / ASC '88 Mustang, and there was a 1988 Steve Saleen version as well.  But there was no Roush model!!!  I know it sounds nit-picky-but if you know something is completely wrong, it irks you. If these writers are going to be specific, they should do research and make sure what they say or print is accurate.  Mastermind