Andy, Andy...
Some of these barely squeeze into the "sportscar" catagory-
240Z--yes
MR2-depends on which year-even then it's boarderline
newest Supras-No (Sorry)
300ZX-stopped being s sportscar around the time the 280 anniversary ed came
out.
Miata(!?!?!)-heaven's to betsey-you know what we say around here-it's for
people too cowardly to drive an MG or TR! For wannabes.
NSX-Yes! (In a ferrarri sort of way.)
I guess I'm just a purist in the most awful sort of way <G> (But, you're on
the right train of thought.)
Laura G. and Nigel
>When I say Japanese sports cars, I'm refering to sports cars.
>The 240Z, MR2, newest Supras, newest 300ZX, and even the Miata. Not to
>mention the new Honda coming this fall.
>
>Andy L.
>
>Maybe I'll buy a NSX next...
>
>On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Laura G. wrote:
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>> I'm going to butt in here-
>>
>> For me, a sports car is a two seater, manual transmission-and certainly
not
>> much larger than a 512 BB (certainly one of the larger sports cars or
>> Ferrarris for that matter.) And with a lower ground clearance. That would
>> leave out Mustangs and any of the japanese so-called "sports
coupes"/"sports
>> sedans" (an oxymoron if there ever was one!) Hey y'all! Just because it
has
>> a manual transmission-doesn't make a Camry (et.al.) a "sports car"! (And
I
>> do know people who will tell me that they have a sports car-a Sentra or
>> something-just because it has a stick! Puh-leese!)
>>
>> Which brings us around to *gasp* the Saturn _THREE_ door coupe! Excuse
me-
>> but if it has _THREE_ doors (the third one not being a hatch back)--is it
>> _really_ a (by definition of the word) "coupe"?
>>
>> O.K. I feel better, having gotten my little rant off!
>>
>> At ease. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
>>
>> Laura G. and Nigel
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
>> To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
>> Cc: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>; Triumph List
>> <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 1:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: Mustang...Spitfire???
>>
>>
>> >
>> >On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Joe Curry wrote:
>> >
>> >> Andrew Mace wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > But it was still a pretty clever thing, that original Mustang of
April
>> >> > 1964. I'll take one!
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Yeah but only because they are "cute" or valuable, not because they
are
>> >> a true Sports Car. "Car and Driver" magazine did not rate it very
>> >> highly in their first report on the car! 8^)
>> >
>> >As I recall, "TIME" liked it just fine! :-) Besides, if one knew which
>> >parts and options to order (as did, for example, a certain Mr. Shelby),
>> >one indeed could make quite the sports car out of the Mustang. Of
course,
>> >by that time the price was up there with the E-Type or the Cobra.
>> >
>> >--Andy
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