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    You know the problem with the GTO new one brains most dont have them in GM.

    This is what should have happend

    Basic GTO or Monaro And the HSV GTO the same way it gets sold in the UK then you got basic sports and high performence. Base $30,000 With Gen3. $49,000 HSV GTO with Gen4.

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    ill take #s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coventrysucks
    No, you mis-read me.

    "Relaxed" as in big engines that rely more on torque for performance, rather than the traditional Euro style rev-happy power plants, such as the TVR speed 8 & 6, Ferrari V8s, Porsche's flat 6 etc.
    Ok, my bad

    Quote Originally Posted by Coventrysucks
    They need working to extract the performance, and it is just something that appeals more to me.
    Doesn't that put more ware and tare on the engine? I respect the fact you prefer high reving engines, I enjoy them too. But It's nice to have a wide torque curve you can use at almost any RPM
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    Quote Originally Posted by taz_rocks_miami
    Ok, my bad



    Doesn't that put more ware and tare on the engine? I respect the fact you prefer high reving engines, I enjoy them too. But It's nice to have a wide torque curve you can use at almost any RPM
    i love high revving engines, the sound is just pure ambrosia but seriously, id take a V12 high revving over a turbo V6 6000redline makeing the same power as the v12 anyday
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    Quote Originally Posted by my porsche
    i love high revving engines, the sound is just pure ambrosia but seriously, id take a V12 high revving over a turbo V6 6000redline makeing the same power as the v12 anyday
    You and me both. Turbo cars are nice but they got no sound. The Lotus Espirit is probably the best sounding turbo car. One of my favorite sounding cars is the Ferrari F355. Sounds like a race car.

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    There are so many american cars I like:
    Vipers of course
    Stealths (not really American)
    Ford GT40
    Ford GT
    Mustangs
    Corvettes
    GTOs
    Firebirds/Cameros
    S7s
    Shelby Daytona, Shelby Cobra
    etc.
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    [QUOTE=early93viper]Ford GT40
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    How many times do you people have to be told, the GT40 is not an American car.

    I think the Esprit Twin Turbo V8 sounds too much like a four cylinder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS6
    Quote Originally Posted by early93viper
    Ford GT40
    How many times do you people have to be told, the GT40 is not an American car.

    I think the Esprit Twin Turbo V8 sounds too much like a four cylinder.
    Its easy to see how people think the GT40 is an american car, it has a ford badge, and ford is an american company.
    Yeah yeah, it was built in the UK or something, who cares? Nobles are built in South Africa, does that make them not british cars?

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    It was designed in the UK, Slicks, I think that's where the commonality with the Noble sits.

    BUT, without Ford US pouring MILLIONS in to the first 3 years fo failry mediocrity we'd never have gotten the ultimate GT40s.

    Also in terms of "attitude", it's no doubt an American car. Even the specialist Brit companies of the day weren't building huge stonking engines in the back of (realtively) lightweight GT cars. They were all building GT road cars, which the GT40 coudl never really be taken for real as - even the new one is 'flawed'
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    Quote Originally Posted by CdocZ
    sadly yes.......ok, so scratch that. i really wish i wouldnt be the victim of gm a) trying to save money off the major models, and b) wouldnt rush. oh well, many other great american cars
    GM started as a company who bought car manufacturing companies. As such they were not manufacturers themselves. GM now own manufacturing companies all around the world. GM is an American company so are cars built by GM and its subsidiaries "American" cars or are only cars built on US soil "American"? If so what actually defines its American-ness?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
    It was designed in the UK, Slicks, I think that's where the commonality with the Noble sits.

    BUT, without Ford US pouring MILLIONS in to the first 3 years fo failry mediocrity we'd never have gotten the ultimate GT40s.

    Also in terms of "attitude", it's no doubt an American car. Even the specialist Brit companies of the day weren't building huge stonking engines in the back of (realtively) lightweight GT cars. They were all building GT road cars, which the GT40 coudl never really be taken for real as - even the new one is 'flawed'
    Where was the GT40 actually designed at? That was my point, wasnt it designed here and built in the UK?

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    Quote Originally Posted by crisis
    GM started as a company who bought car manufacturing companies. As such they were not manufacturers themselves. GM now own manufacturing companies all around the world. GM is an American company so are cars built by GM and its subsidiaries "American" cars or are only cars built on US soil "American"? If so what actually defines its American-ness?
    good question. i dont really know the specific answer. its kind of like giving the exact definition for a supercar i guess. but......i guess something with a) american style design (whatever the hell that is right now....) and b) american company (not like fords germany division kind of thing, like the american part). sorry that i cant give a very definite answer tho
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    The GT40 is American, I don't care where it was built. Who pays for it is what matters the most.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CdocZ
    good question. i dont really know the specific answer. its kind of like giving the exact definition for a supercar i guess. but......i guess something with a) american style design (whatever the hell that is right now....) and b) american company (not like fords germany division kind of thing, like the american part). sorry that i cant give a very definite answer tho
    Its the same question in Australia. Is a Commodore an Australian car? US built V8, imported transmissions, Australian built but US designed V6. Most confusing. Its Australian-ness comes from the fact they are rear wheel drive , large sedans. Still the design stems from European Opels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NAZCA C2
    The GT40 is American, I don't care where it was built. Who pays for it is what matters the most.
    To you. Hardly definitive though.
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    Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM

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