Post by Renown on Jun 4, 2006 1:06:26 GMT -5
Well, I'm sure we're all pretty familiar with this column, right? No need for formal introductions, right? Good. Let's move right on, a lot of automotive manufacturers (mostly American) are considerably going back to their "roots" by bringing back from the dead (so to say) icons from their past, respectively. Ford did it with the GT (a redesign of the 1969 GT40) and the redesign of the current Mustang. Dodge is doing it with the Charger, the Challenger (a possible production concept), and the Magnum. Chevrolet is doing it with the Camaro concept, and Lamborghini (not American) is doing it with their Miura concept.
It's funny because the American automotive industry has been pummeling since who knows when, the only cars that may be holding it together are the Viper and Corvette (by this I mean in actual historical popularity, not some car of the year award crap). One could also argue that even those aren't holding it together because GM is pretty much firing whomever they please and are making shittier end products year by year, call me a purist if you will, but I honestly can't see Ethanol (or whatever it's called I forget) being such a big breakthrough that it literally saves the American automotive industries ass (literally) from the likes of Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Audi, and others.
For those of you who're like, "Mercedes Benz? Aren't their technologies prone to problematic errors?" Yes, some are, but at least their innovative and you can rest assure that those technologies are perfected as soon as they notice there's a problem. Porsche on the other hand is becoming known as (at least in my book) as the "overseas slayer" almost every one of the cars are perfect (perfect) and with their new PDK technology (Porsche Double Clutch) "think Audi DSG gearbox" Motor Trend magazine may have been perfectly right to have said, and I quote: "And our advice to all its competitors: Sell every Ferrari, Corvette, and Lamborghini you can--before this monster gets that PDK transmission." This "monster" by the way is the 2006 911 Turbo.
And of course we cannot forget Nissan. Why you ask? They've got something that I dare say is even more of a legend than a Corvette and Viper put together...
The R35. Or if I must...the GT-R Proto.
Which will be sold in America, whether you deem that brave or stupid, I've got a couple of things to say:
Everyone has a bigger picture, we don't, I smell inevitable defeat coming about.
It's funny because the American automotive industry has been pummeling since who knows when, the only cars that may be holding it together are the Viper and Corvette (by this I mean in actual historical popularity, not some car of the year award crap). One could also argue that even those aren't holding it together because GM is pretty much firing whomever they please and are making shittier end products year by year, call me a purist if you will, but I honestly can't see Ethanol (or whatever it's called I forget) being such a big breakthrough that it literally saves the American automotive industries ass (literally) from the likes of Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Audi, and others.
For those of you who're like, "Mercedes Benz? Aren't their technologies prone to problematic errors?" Yes, some are, but at least their innovative and you can rest assure that those technologies are perfected as soon as they notice there's a problem. Porsche on the other hand is becoming known as (at least in my book) as the "overseas slayer" almost every one of the cars are perfect (perfect) and with their new PDK technology (Porsche Double Clutch) "think Audi DSG gearbox" Motor Trend magazine may have been perfectly right to have said, and I quote: "And our advice to all its competitors: Sell every Ferrari, Corvette, and Lamborghini you can--before this monster gets that PDK transmission." This "monster" by the way is the 2006 911 Turbo.
And of course we cannot forget Nissan. Why you ask? They've got something that I dare say is even more of a legend than a Corvette and Viper put together...
The R35. Or if I must...the GT-R Proto.
Which will be sold in America, whether you deem that brave or stupid, I've got a couple of things to say:
Everyone has a bigger picture, we don't, I smell inevitable defeat coming about.