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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Fast Japanese Sports Cars
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 06:17:31 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, chmilar@Apple.COM (Michael Chmilar) says:
-
- >In a nutshell:
- >
- >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.
- agreed!!but better than the stealth..chrysler gets the uglier of mitsu's twins.
- but neither is great styling..look like they were thrown together..
- >
- >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.
-
- they're ok lookswise...but the olde ones werew better..shouldn't screwed
- with them...
- >
- >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.
- well..i wouldn't praise this one the same..but i would love to shake the
- hand of the design team..one of the only restyleds i've seen lately that
- acutally improved over the old one...the 300 is a work of art...beauty
- defined...
- IMHO..glad to see someone else agrees w/me!
- DREW
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