You've got a point, but I don't necessarily agree. Some of our v8's will last forever. Like I said, cars have no soul nowadays. The kinda cars with a little i4 that puts out decent power for what it is, but it's just boring. I hate boring cars. That's why I love old american cars. So much passion and soul. Big, boaty, full size sedans with an underpowered v8 and over assisted power steering. They may not be all that fast, but they're just cool. Cool and simple. I like simple cars. That's one of the many reasons I absolutely hate new cars.
I think that old muscles were pretty good, nowadays almost all of modern "muscle cars" are like plastic shitboxes (i don't mean Mustangs, of course..)
I like it. European compacts from the 1960/70's are nice. Well, most of them are. Mid-mounted 1.7 litre I4, 237 bhp. You don't really need any more when it weighs less than 900 kg. And RWD. Boring? Doesn't sound like.
'Merica, where everyday cars should use more fuel than a cargo plane. You get the petrol for free anyway (no flamewar pls)
Like the LT1 V8 shoved into the Chevy Caprice. It's not supposed to make a lot of power, it's just supposed to be smooth, and by god it is.
Yeah... They are supposed to be insane. The Sesto is just sort of... Weird. The front end is way too big and flat of a surface, needs more airscoops to break it up, or more weird lines, or bigger headlights. The lines it does have in the front imho are just in the wrong place... The general design of the rear isn't too bad, I like the weird angular surfaces and the lip + wing on it and the 10 airvents and the exhausts coming out below the wing and all, but the rear overhang is just WAY too short and the red air intakes on the roof/rear are just completely the wrong shape... They're inverted of what they should be... The whole car just seems like it's compressed front to back, like it's been in some sort of weird accident, or like they chopped a bit of the rear, with all kinds of inverted shapes to how they should be.... Lambos should be insane, and long and wide and stuff... Not weird ugly lines and proportions of an Elise...
I have to disagree with this. Take my dad's Austin-Healey Sprite. Tiny little car. Tiny little I4 that puts out maybe 50BHP. Wide tires from when it was a racer. I swear, that thing sounds better than almost all muscle cars through the whole RPM range, unlike 'murikan V8s which sound cool at a very specific speed, but otherwise are somewhat meh. On top of that, that thing is so fun on the roads around here. Top speed of 77MPH (roughly), so on the little backroads of southern Wisconsin it rarely is breaking the speed limit. And yet, because it's so low and a convertible, you feel like you're going way faster. Because it's a british sportscar, it also handles really well on the curvy bits.
You know what to do to make it not boring? Be creative with how you use the damn car. Simple as that. For example, a 2001-03 Subaru WRX on a trail. This was Tapatalk's idea, not mine.
The WRX was never boring in the first place. A Vauxhall Astra on a trail, however... Not a good idea.
Never boring? I'm sorry, but it's ugly, sounds like it's gargling marbles, has too small an engine and yet somehow drinks fuel (EPA est: 17 city/23 highway, a Crown Victoria will do better), it has four wheel drive which makes it hopelessly boring on a track (the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO suffers from this problem as well). Rode in one once, it was entirely uncomfortable and questionably built on the interior. It's too safe, it's not big enough on the interior or exterior, and it doesn't look special, it doesn't look fast, it doesn't sound special. The fanbase are a bunch of no lives who have to know all of the little details differing each one of the models in every single little region it's sold in. Want a fun and safe 4-door turbocharged 4 wheel drive family sedan (saloon, for those who are entitled)? Get a Ford Taurus SHO /rant mode deactivated
WRXs sound awesome, period. American cars have too big an engine. Of course it does, it's made for rally. How in the bloody hell is that a bad thing?
There are new cars that are cool, no matter what engine. Subbies are cool, sports/fast cars are cool, all old cars are cool, but not necessarily cooler than old american cars . I just meant new economic shitboxes. Lots of them out there.
Of course there are lots of economy cars, and it's for the same reason people buy laptops and AIOs instead of gaming rigs: 90% of people don't care about their car, they just see it as a way of getting from A to B. And for that job, any crapbox is just fine. Let's be realistic, you don't get to go too fast on the streets either.
My vomit just vomited. Despite the fact that it (reluctantly) makes 365BHP, it is still the definition of boring. First of all, it's a Ford, therefor making it already flawed. The 3.5L twin turbo 'EcoBoost' V6 it has sounds like every front- or all-wheel-drive midsize and full size sedan built in the last 10-15 years, excluding only the Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT, which sounds like a total fucking badass, thanks to it having a tuned-up WRX motor. The Ford is unnecessarily large compared to the WRX, which is a feather in comparison. And if you're really going to use a Subaru for what it was born to do, then safety isn't an issue and comfort is unnecessary. All you need is a roll cage, a racing seat with a harness, a helmet, and the ability to drive damn well. Did Colin McRae have comfortable leather seats? No. Did he complain? No. He dealt with it. The Subaru WRX is for people who want to experience real driving, regardless of the time, place, and terrain. The Taurus SHO is for middle-aged people who think they're successful, but are too ignorant to realize that either they suck at a great job or they're great at a terrible job. *EDIT* One last thing. Unless that thing had equal-or-better power-to-weight as a MX-5, what makes you think any real enthusiast would drive a car that has an 'EcoBoost' badge on it? This was Tapatalk's idea, not mine.
