Date:         Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:22:56 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Its Frydaye...howmany remember the Karmann Ghia "sportscar"TV
              commercial?
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>Perhaps you can explain why in your opinion a Corvette is NOT a sports
>car, while a MR2 is. Now we don't build many sportscars here in the
>states, but a 'vette must certainly rank among them. While I don't care
>for them  personally, there are a lot of Porshe drivers who have eaten
>crow in the hills around here challanging 'vettes made after 1982.
>
>tim o'brien


Soggy US-market suspension in the Porsche; heavily-modified Cravat suspension.

Funny, every time the Australian magazines drive a US "sporty" they slag it
for awful trucklike handling.

The US market in general doesn't understand handling, which is why lumps
like F150s, Blazers, Econoslimes and Town Cars sell so well; vehicles which
handle so badly that they are dangerous.

Andrew