Read this 1992 exotic comparison from the C&D archives if you want to see how far cars have come from the 90's. Even Tesla bests the standards of 90's era Ferrari and Lamborghini. These were brand new exotic cars sold with the build quality of kit cars.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...mparison-test/
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The Diablo's fix-it diary:
· Huge air leak in left corner of driver-side window
· Driver's lap belt won't retract
· Triangular piece of unidentified, gooey-surfaced plastic trim is rolling around footwell.
· Fuel-filler flap won't lock
· Greyhound-sized windshield wiper, despite carbon-fiber downforce tabs, begins to lift off beyond 80 mph
· Ominous groan from rear bulkhead; a half-shaft or loose subframe assembly
· Gear-shift knob ready to fall off
· Door latches impossibly stiff, requiring two hands to operate
· Fuel-filler cap jams
· Right-side muffler begins to sag
· $600 lamb's-wool floor mats foul clutch and accelerator pedals
· Air-conditioning condensation tube strikes pavement
· Accelerator linkage binds
· Climate-control panel unfastens; appears it may fall out of dash
· Hand-brake lever is wobbling
· Driver-side door is unwilling to open entirely
The Ferrari feels more solidly built and understandably so: It comes from Maranello attached to fewer pieces that can fall off. Some fall anyway. The driver's door shifts on its hinges and begins to bind, grazing the blood-red paint. Until Murphy can adjust it, we are asked to scramble out of the car via the passenger's door. Impersonating the Diablo, the F40's driver-side lap belt refuses to retract. The rear brakes don't just squeal, they scream. And the latches that hold the entire nosepiece begin to work loose, creating at 40 mph a unique whole-car harmonic that motivates Murphy to poke most of his slim torso out the passenger window so he can observe what is clattering. Fort Lauderdale passers-by are transfixed: here for their pre-Christmas entertainment is what appears to be a college professor who will momentarily fall out of a moving Ferrar
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