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- From: sam@john-bigboote.ics.uci.edu (Sam Horrocks)
- Subject: Re: Fast Japanese Sports Cars
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- Message-ID: <2B10238B.20941@ics.uci.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 00:19:23 GMT
- References: <If1AkMO00iUxA0YPAG@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov17.225604.18243@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <74435@apple.apple.COM>
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- In <74435@apple.apple.COM> chmilar@Apple.COM (Michael Chmilar) writes:
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- >3000 VR-4: Ugly, ugly, and ugly. Did I forget to mention: it is U-G-L-Y?
- > It gets my vote for grossest car of the '90's. Whoever did the
- > styling on this thing should be killed.
-
- You obviously have bad taste. The 300GT brings an exotic style to an
- affordable car. Do you think the Viper or Countach are ugly just
- because they have unusual "styling"? I think Mitsubishi should be
- given lots of credit for making an interesting car instead of something
- like the (ho-hum) 300ZX.
-
- >RX-7: Brutal. Some of the light weight is acheived by flimsy
- > construction. Check out: Entire interior, door latches, inside
- > of the wheel wells. This is a $34,000 car? If you drive on
- > rough roads, make sure your health insurance covers rehabilitating
- > bruised kidneys. Looks nice and aggressive, but the R1 has
- > that cheesy, ugly spoiler. With the combo of stiff suspension
- > and flimsy construction, it may well shake itself to pieces in
- > a few years. These cars are not selling well, so you can
- > probably name your price for one.
-
- The RX-7 makes an attempt at something interesting, but ends up looking
- more like a Miata than anything else. Also, it's way too small.
-
- >300ZX: Refined. Elegant. Best styling job that Japanese designers
- > have ever done. Also, goes like stink, and handles well. Best
- > interior too. Control placement is nearly perfect, and quality
- > is high.
-
- This has to be the dullest looking sports car of the 90's. Nissan
- didn't have to spend much time thinking about the styling for this one --
- there's nothing interesting in it. The looks of this car are nothing
- new, nothing exotic, just the Same Old Thing. I guess that makes some
- people happy, but I'd rather have car makers come up with more
- interesting designs rather than try to keep from offending people with
- pedestrian tastes.
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- Sam Horrocks
- ICS Department, UC Irvine
- Email: sam@ics.uci.edu
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