Max Heim SEZ -
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> But while I more or less sympathize with your views, I have to point out
> that your strict definition eliminates almost every sports car in the world
> designed after the mid-eighties... Honda 2000, MR2, Miata, Corvette, Z3,
> Porsche cabriolets, Boxsters, Ferrari Spyders... unless you are willing to
> admit all the other items except for the automatic transmission.
I really think that sports cars are a dieing category of
cars. There are a few that I suppose would be "luxury" sports
cars, like the MGF, Miata and Boxster, in that they pile on a
lot of creature comforts, but they just barely fit the category.
I mean, the MGF doesn't even have a manual transmission, and
it's an MG fergawdsakes! There are lots of categories of cars
that have become extinct over the years. When was the last time
you saw a landau or a phaeton? Every time you read that a car
company is going to come out with a no-frills roadster, it usually
ends up with ultra-frills by the time it hits the showroom. So,
because the sports car is a dieing breed, all the more reason to
preserve the ones that still exist.
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