You're right, I've never driven any car with any horsepower at all. Nope, the Mercedes SL600 has no balls at all. The 911 is in the same class. Same as the NSX. The Jag XKE was kind of a wimp too. Nothing like the "super car" Ford Mustang. The Mustang is the ONLY car in the world that has any balls. /sarcasm
First of all, I don't dislike North American cars. I actually like quite a few of the Chrysler products for looks. I don't mind the Mustang. I love the Corvette. But the fact of the matter is that North American cars fall apart a lot quicker than their Jap or Euro counters. They have no resale value because of it. For the most part, you get more than 50K miles on them and they are worthless. Not a very good product quality wise.
And did I not say North American cars are the king of straight ahead driving? They're awesome on a drag strip, but they completely SUCK when you have to turn a corner. And if you want that kick you pay for it at the pump. There's a balance, and North American products don't have balance IMO. They are crap for quality, gas guzzlers, and not driveable. For that I prefer Jap and Euro vehicles.
As for that mythical 475 hp Mustang you refer to, can I do the similar mods to my car too? A nice little supercharger and exhaust will kick the Z up to almost 470. Then we're back to driveability, and the Nissan kicks the **** out of the Ford all over again. Too bad Nissan still didn't do the twin turbo (I prefer supercharging) just to compare apples to apples and ditch the "stock" argument. Then we'd be able to compare apples to apples. Because its certain you don't want to compare them as it is.
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