On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Alan Gruner wrote:
> > I've never understood why the bottom fell out of the 300ZX Turbos.
> > By all accounts that was a better car all around (didn't it win like 6
> > "10 Best Cars" in a row?), and it was also very amenable to cheap
> > massive turbo power. They were never a great autox car, but neither
> > was the Supra.
> >
> > KeS
>
> I think Supra's have held value for the same reason that we can buy
> WRX's in the US now: Sony Play Station and Grad Turismo 3. GT-3 and
> related games helped set-up the Supra TT as the ultimate supercar from
> Toyota among the import tuner/Nopi/ricer subculture. In the same
> circles, the Skyline GTR rather than 300ZX turbo is regarded as the
> ultimate Nissan to have.
Well, I certainly can't deny that the 300ZX sucks rocks in both GT2 and
GT3. ;)
We'll see what happens Dec. 13th.
KeS
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