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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: Fast Japanese Sports Cars
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.205727.13608@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:57:27 GMT
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- In article <74435@apple.apple.COM> chmilar@Apple.COM (Michael Chmilar) writes:
- >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.
- -----disagree...i think styling is cool.
- >
- >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.
- -----agree...my 10 mile test drive easily convinced me that i would not want
- this car. don't care for the styling either.
- >
- >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.
- -----agree...cool looks, great mechanicals!
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