Do you USA'ers have an equivalent class of vehicles to Brits?

[Monkey muppet]

Triumph

TVR

Morgan

MG

 

[Zysoclaplem]

We have SUVs and Trucks.

 

[Monkey muppet]

and we have small sports cars that can, shock horror, go round corners!!

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Triumph

TVR

Morgan

MG

No... do you have one of these?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Two words: Lucas Electronics...

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Triumph

TVR

Morgan

MG

No... do you have one of these?

yes we do: 20 second google search

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Triumph

TVR

Morgan

MG

No... do you have one of these?

yes we do: 20 second google search

In that case I recommend you do the same.

 

[Monkey muppet]

that is a fair enough point - in the 19670 & 70's however all the car I posted (minus the TR6) don't use Lucas parts in their modern day equivelient

 

[halik]

that morgan can is pretty ugly imo....

TVR is sex on wheels

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

In that case I recommend you do the same.

I'm not sure what you are trying to get at

 

[JulesMaximus]

Oh, 3/10.

You should have pasted the entire path in your links and made some derogatory generalizations about Americans.

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: halik
that morgan can is pretty ugly imo....

TVR is sex on wheels

thankyou - first relevant responce - almost:

What would be the US alternative to the small, light, soft top,"go-kart handling" type of cars?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Miata, Solstice, S2000.

Safety and emissions regs have made the "light" cars not as light as they used to be.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Dude, you posted some interesting cars, but lets take this to the next level:

The MG SV. The worlds first Nitrous powered production car. (Nitrous version not available yet )

The Nobel M12, M400 and the new M14

The Ariel Atom - Nuff said.

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Miata, Solstice, S2000.

Safety and emissions regs have made the "light" cars not as light as they used to be.

12 replys and one answer: 2006 Pontiac Solstice - I quite like this car, especially at that price

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Miata, Solstice, S2000.

Safety and emissions regs have made the "light" cars not as light as they used to be.

Solstice? That's not in production yet if I'm not mistaken.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Dude, you posted some interesting cars, but lets take this to the next level:

The MG SV. The worlds first Nitrous powered production car. (Nitrous version not available yet )

The Nobel M12, M400 and the new M14

The Ariel Atom - Nuff said.

the nobles are fantastic cars, a guy has one where i live, in a maroon red, its fast as fvck, and the ariel atom is insane, ive got the Jeremy Clarkson video where he drives it and the wind is messing with his face

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Miata, Solstice, S2000.

Safety and emissions regs have made the "light" cars not as light as they used to be.

Solstice? That's not in production yet if I'm not mistaken.

You aren't, but who wants to go around in a tiny sports car when getting hit by a 5500 lb suv is certain death?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It'll be in production soon enough to be worth mentioning, it's slated for this summer.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

In that case I recommend you do the same.

I'm not sure what you are trying to get at

I don't know what you're asking either... you might want to explain what each of those 4 cars you posted pictures of means to you Brits. We don't all know what category those fit in, other than of course the TVR and Morgan which I think most people in the US would consider exotic sports cars, in which case, the closest thing from the US would probably be a Corvette C6, Viper RT-10, or Mustang Cobra R... but the US doesn't really have any grossly overpriced exotics.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I don't know what you're asking either... you might want to explain what each of those 4 cars you posted pictures of means to you Brits. We don't all know what category those fit in, other than of course the TVR and Morgan which I think most people in the US would consider exotic sports cars, in which case, the closest thing from the US would probably be a Corvette C6, Viper RT-10, or Mustang Cobra R... but the US doesn't really have any grossly overpriced exotics.

I'd mention the Ford GT, but considering it's performance compared to cars in it's price range, I'm not sure that it's overpriced.

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

In that case I recommend you do the same.

I'm not sure what you are trying to get at

I don't know what you're asking either... you might want to explain what each of those 4 cars you posted pictures of means to you Brits. We don't all know what category those fit in, other than of course the TVR and Morgan which I think most people in the US would consider exotic sports cars, in which case, the closest thing from the US would probably be a Corvette C6, Viper RT-10, or Mustang Cobra R... but the US doesn't really have any grossly overpriced exotics.

The original point of my OP was to show that there is a niche within the US market for small, light, (therefore smaller engine - but still good hp/kg ratio) soft top sport cars.

There are lots of other I could of mentioned - all are affordable-ish (the most expensive was the TVR at £38k).

I could of mentioned several others like the Nobel (original made with 1x1300cc Blackbird motorbike engine - can be factory custom built with 2x 1300cc within the same block to give you a 2.8L V8 supercharged, but now sold with the 3L V6).

 

[NightTrain]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Two words: Lucas Electronics...

Two more: warm beer

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: NightTrain

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Two words: Lucas Electronics...

Two more: warm beer

well if you want to steer away from the thread and try to bash the UK'ers, you will have to understand that there are Beers, Stouts, Ale's, Lagers, Bitters. to which one are you refering to??

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

In that case I recommend you do the same.

I'm not sure what you are trying to get at

I don't know what you're asking either... you might want to explain what each of those 4 cars you posted pictures of means to you Brits. We don't all know what category those fit in, other than of course the TVR and Morgan which I think most people in the US would consider exotic sports cars, in which case, the closest thing from the US would probably be a Corvette C6, Viper RT-10, or Mustang Cobra R... but the US doesn't really have any grossly overpriced exotics.

The original point of my OP was to show that there is a niche within the US market for small, light, (therefore smaller engine - but still good hp/kg ratio) soft top sport cars.

There are lots of other I could of mentioned - all are affordable-ish (the most expensive was the TVR at £38k).

I could of mentioned several others like the Nobel (original made with 1x1300cc Blackbird motorbike engine - can be factory custom built with 2x 1300cc within the same block to give you a 2.8L V8 supercharged, but now sold with the 3L V6).

There aren't too many cars like that... cause if you're a moron and flip one over and hurt yourself, of course you will sue the manufacturer for all your medical bills, a new car, and of course $5 billion in emotional distress.

*EDIT* And win the lawsuit