Poll: OK, American Muscle or Japanese Sophistication?

[NFS4]

Let's leave the Germans out of here b/c with the exception of the GTI, they're too expensive. Which would you rather have, an American muscle car or a Japanese pocket rocket?

 

[AlphaIVT]

Japanese speed racer! Although if you did have German cars as a choice, I'd choose that!

 

[Ranger X]

Japanese, for sure!

 

[Viper GTS]

Combination of both. I want the horsepower & torque that has been characterized by the American V8, yet I also want the light maneuverability of a foreign exotic. I guess this is perfectly summed up by the Ferrari 360 Modena. Is that an option?

Viper GTS

 

[yakko]

Japanese without a second thought.

 

[Imported]

Japanese. I'll take a Skyline GT-R Vspec anyday over a US car..

That or a used 300ZX or RX-7..

 

[OS]

It depends. If my life were to revolve around flat out street racing, I'd get some grossly overpowered F body car. Maybe strap on one of those aftermarket superchargers so that I can spank any car under 70k. Just as a daily driver or for like a night out on the town with some beautiful girl, maybe a pleasant medium size japanese couple like a solara or an accord coupe. Each has their uses.

 

[vi edit]

I'll take american muscle. No need for premium octane, you can get more options for your money, and I don't have to be lobbed off at the kneecaps to fit into 99% of American Cars.

I've sat in Accords, Civics, Mazda 626's, and a Nissan Maxima, and I could not comfortably fit my knees under the steering wheel.
[edit]Add subaru outback legacy to the list of cars that I can't fit in.

I know it's not engine related, but it is very important in choosing a car

[edit #2] I'll take German, thank you. Nice combination of sofistication, handling, and cabin comfort.

 

[Ultima200]

Almost all of the American cars that are made to compete with Japanese cars are pieces of sh!t. I woul drather have a Japanese over an american of the same type. Why are you leaving out the germains? Who cares about price?



<< Japanese. I'll take a Skyline GT-R Vspec anyday over a US car.. >>



Actually you probably wouldn't knowing what you could buy for the same price. Skylines are insanely overpriced, and EXTREMELY few get imported to USA.

Viper GTS-R, or a Skyline?

 

[NFS4]

I'll take a 3rd gen RX7 thank you

 

[Imported]

You could get a '96 Vspec for $53k.

Or go the GTR route and for the price difference, insanely mod it.

 

[Triumph]

corvette is the one american muscle car that is well built, refined, well handling, powerful, and relatively cheap for the world class performance. i'd take it over any of them.

 

[NFS4]

<< corvette is the one american muscle car that is well built, refined, well handling, powerful, and relatively cheap for the world class performance. >>


The Corvette is NOT a muscle car. It is a sports car in the same vein as a Viper GTS or a Porsche 911.

Mustangs and Camaros are muscle cars, and you couuld even call the Dodge Dakota w/V8 and 5-speed manual a muscle car if you like. It's RWD, dirt cheap, and fast as hell Muscle car = cheap speed. A Corvette is $40k+

 

[OS]

maybe you should edit the original post and addin a price limit of under 35-40k or so.

 

[NFS4]

How many Japanese sports cars can you buy here now for $30k+??? The damn sport-utes killed them all

 

[SuperGroove]

Why can't I vote for the GTI?!

Paul

 

[NFS4]

B/C this is America vs Japan

 

[OS]

That's true. The market kind of dried up for that segment.

 

[Viper GTS]

If we're talking sub $30K price ranges here, I'll take the pocket rocket. For $30K you could pick up a pretty nice last-gen RX7 or Supra Turbo.

Viper GTS

 

[vi edit]

Sheesh, for 30K you could nab a nice little A4 w/ all the fixins.

Or, you can nab a two or three year old decked out A4 w/ about 30k miles for around $22,000.

Expensive? Not too bad really for what you get by the time you factor in warranty, options, and style.

 

[atom]

Well, I drive a Jap. car so I'm gonna go with Japanese.

It would be less hard of a choice if we actually had decent Japanese cars over here. Too bad Nissan doesn't bring the Skyline or Silvia over here. A used 300+ HP R33 Skyline GTR VSPEC goes for 24k over in Japan and a new 250 HP S15 Silvia R-SPEC is only 21k there. Get off yer azz and bring these cars over nissan!!!

 

[NFS4]

The Silvia is sooooooooooo sweet

 

[IBhacknU]

put me down for a 3rd generation RX7 as well

 

[yakko]

<< Viper GTS-R, or a Skyline? >>



Skyline of course.

 

[dcdomain]

SKYLINE!!! But I guess I'll settle for an Acura TL Type S (coming next March!!!)... Honda kicks ass... so does Nissan!