Could this be a trick question? Maybe it was urban legend, but is it not
true that for a year or two during those dark days of choked and de-smoked
cars, trucks were more powerful and quicker than passenger or even sports
cars? I throw out F-150. If this isn't the trick to the question, I'll
guess something like......Cadillac, etc. Oh, wait - Jag! Did they manage
to get the ponies back up to 200 by then?
Dying to Know,
Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>
To: "DON SCOTT" <rowdon@sonoma-county.org>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: OT Trivia (was: Britcars and the Press)
> > Maybe it was the contrast
> > of the TR8 with the cars
> > of that era; the TR8 was a hell of a lot better
> > driving car than a 1980
> > Corvette.
>
> This comment jogged my memory on something. I
> remember reading a trivia question in Road & Track
> many years ago, and I'm dying to bump into it again.
> I don't know the answer (although I have a pretty good
> guess list), but the question went something like
> this:
>
> "In 1980, only four cars LEGALLY sold in the United
> States produced 200 BHP or more. The key word is
> legally. No gray market cars, please. Name the
> four."
>
> I know the Porsche 928 did, and I know the 911 Turbo
> was not imported that year. So the 928 is one. I'm
> also pretty sure the Jaguar XJS made more than 200
> BHP, so I'm going to put it on the list as #2. Please
> correct me if I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure the Vette
> made less - around 180 bhp or something, right? And
> so did the Ferrari 308, but I could be wrong... I'm
> also pretty sure that the Countach was not officially
> imported, but I'm unsure of the Ferrari 512BB, which -
> if it was officially sold that year, definitely makes
> the list. So at BEST, I have 3. Did Mercedes-Benz
> still offically import the 6.9 at that point? Could
> that be the fourth?
>
> Anyone have any idea?
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