Comments on: The American Sports Car

By: Ryan Terpstra

Ryan Terpstra — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:14:46 +0000

I thought about cracking a joke under the fake name of Jeremy Clarkson and calling the article rubbish, but it was well written. Still as an American I don’t look at the Mustang to be a shining example of a sports car, because the base model is slower than your grandma’s mercades tank. Still the car does LOOK cool which scores points in my book.

However, for my money… forget European I want an Asian import please. I’ll take any of these over an S4, RS6, M3, or like minded European sports car. They may not perform as well, but they perform well (including the twisty bits) and look cooler too.

370z
RX-8
RX-7
STi (Sedan not 5door)
Evolution
late 90′s eclipse (everything from 2000-2009 was rubbish looking)
S2000

By: Mike B

Mike B — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:41:02 +0000

Corvette. How many times has Corvette won in the GT class at LeMans?

By: Cem Aykan

Cem Aykan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:51:08 +0000

Great read!

Agreed on the iracing ‘tangs,,, best wheel-2-wheel fun out there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu_DBynQYm0&feature=channel

By: Nick Hinshaw

Nick Hinshaw — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:39:10 +0000

You couldn’t be more right. American sports cars were never built or intended to compete with the likes of Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, or any other European sports car. They are built for people like me who will only see a European sports car in posters and on tv and dream of owning one. I doubt that I could afford the first oil change on a Ferrari let alone the insurance that probably runs as much as my house payment. American sports cars live for the same reason that iracing lives and I will say this…….they both do an exceptional job at filling that void in my life.

By: Toby Bushnell

Toby Bushnell — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:15:25 +0000

Another great article Tony, you hit the nail on the head! Keep up the good work

By: Reed

Reed — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:09:58 +0000

Great read Tony, nicely done!!