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Ok, i am ready for you all to destroy me after posting this. At first i wasnt even going to post, but i want your guys opinions too. Here it goes.
I dont understand why a teenager or younger person (like 18-30 years old) wouldnt buy a japanese "performance car." They are priced right, they last longer, they are lighter, they are fun to drive, you can option them the way you want to. And to top it off, there isnt a waiting list for a car that weighs 4100 lbs.
Let me explain. Take the Honda Civic Si Coupe for example. It starts at just $21,000 and has 197hp. I realize that a power rating like that doesnt get most of us (including me) around here excited, but the car only weighs 2900 lbs. You also get a 6-spd manual.
Compare that to the similarly priced V6 Mustang. For $20,000 you get 210hp with a 5-spd stick that weighs almost 3400 lbs.
The Subaru STi might start at almost 35k, but it delivers 305hp and only weighs 3300 lbs- and that's a station wagon. It also has all wheel drive and four doors (5, if you count the hatch).
Compare that to the new Camaro which weighs 3800lbs and has 400ish hp and you have a real interesting comparison.
I feel that these new american "muscle cars" are just boats that look cool. The only one i would actually buy is the Mustang GT. It has 300hp for 25k and weighs less that 3600 lbs. I still am not satisfied with that car though.
I guess im just really sad the Detroit missed an opportunity to sell a bunch of hot car to people in their early 20s and to the people who really wanted them.
It looks like most of them will go to middle age men who wanted a camaro or challenger as a kid and now can afford the new one. But their just gonna drive it to and from work and keep it bone stock. Where's the carjunkie spirit in that?
Japan makes hi po cars for kids and "hot rodders." These kids modify the crap out of these cars. Detroit makes hi po cars for middle age men who cruise around in them.
I realize that some of these cars will actually make it too the drag strip, but if i could to the same thing in a japanese car for 2/3s the price, why the hell would i buy a camaro. just to look cool? i mean it's nice and all, but not worth over 30k to me.
Well, there it is. Im sure im going to get murdered for this, but someone had to say it. I cant blame any kid for buying a jap hot rod after this BS.
(end of rant..... please dont ban me...)
I dont understand why a teenager or younger person (like 18-30 years old) wouldnt buy a japanese "performance car." They are priced right, they last longer, they are lighter, they are fun to drive, you can option them the way you want to. And to top it off, there isnt a waiting list for a car that weighs 4100 lbs.
Let me explain. Take the Honda Civic Si Coupe for example. It starts at just $21,000 and has 197hp. I realize that a power rating like that doesnt get most of us (including me) around here excited, but the car only weighs 2900 lbs. You also get a 6-spd manual.
Compare that to the similarly priced V6 Mustang. For $20,000 you get 210hp with a 5-spd stick that weighs almost 3400 lbs.
The Subaru STi might start at almost 35k, but it delivers 305hp and only weighs 3300 lbs- and that's a station wagon. It also has all wheel drive and four doors (5, if you count the hatch).
Compare that to the new Camaro which weighs 3800lbs and has 400ish hp and you have a real interesting comparison.
I feel that these new american "muscle cars" are just boats that look cool. The only one i would actually buy is the Mustang GT. It has 300hp for 25k and weighs less that 3600 lbs. I still am not satisfied with that car though.
I guess im just really sad the Detroit missed an opportunity to sell a bunch of hot car to people in their early 20s and to the people who really wanted them.
It looks like most of them will go to middle age men who wanted a camaro or challenger as a kid and now can afford the new one. But their just gonna drive it to and from work and keep it bone stock. Where's the carjunkie spirit in that?
Japan makes hi po cars for kids and "hot rodders." These kids modify the crap out of these cars. Detroit makes hi po cars for middle age men who cruise around in them.
I realize that some of these cars will actually make it too the drag strip, but if i could to the same thing in a japanese car for 2/3s the price, why the hell would i buy a camaro. just to look cool? i mean it's nice and all, but not worth over 30k to me.
Well, there it is. Im sure im going to get murdered for this, but someone had to say it. I cant blame any kid for buying a jap hot rod after this BS.
(end of rant..... please dont ban me...)
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