>Richard Jackson wrote:
> > [snip]....to understand the American's, just look at the Corvette.
I only repeated what the telly man said. :-) Even I ain't that stupid!!! :-)
>Although I am neither a Corvette or a Chevvy fan, I'll have to defend
>it here. The real reason being is that someone may ask about the
>Aussie mentality of producing the worlds fastest 4-door in the 1970s - the
>Ford GTHO, and I may have to defend that!
Can't say as I've heard of that, give us some details, I know at one point the
3.8 Mk2 Jag had the title!
[snip]
>Granted, The Corvette rode, steered and braked like a truck, but there is
>no denying its very beautiful shape and the enormous strength of its engine.
Must admit, I actually like the early 70's shape, although by all accounts it's
performance during part of the 70's was shite, the programme said the speedo
only went up to 85mph!!! Hope the car went faster than that! ;-)
>With the latest Corvette, America has a car it can be truly proud of. The
>car has had an uninterrupted production cycle of over 40 years. It
>has survived some incredibly tough years and the somewhat fickle
>American consumer. It is now capable of beating the best in the world,
>and at a fraction of the cost. An entry-level Corvette is about the
>same price as a BMW 6-cylinder Z3. The modern Corvette sports a level
>of technical and personal sophistication equal to that of the current
>Italian and British super-cars.
Just curious, does it STILL have a plastic transverse leaf spring in the
suspension????
>And look at the other "plastic" American sports-GTs; the Viper GTS
>and Carrol Shelbys Series 1. Who could deny them? The Viper is
>certainly in the Ferrari and Aston-Martin DB7 league.
>But I still prefer the DeTomaso Pantera!
Hmmm, I wonder why???? :-)
Cheerio
Rich
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