wlkelley3 wrote:While I do agree the Pontiac Solstice/ Saturn Sky qualifies as a sports car, it should be Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky/Opel GT.
You forgot one, the Daewoo G2X
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Nov. 6, 2011 2:59 a.m. Wally SuperDork
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Nov. 6, 2011 4:03 a.m. Jay SuperDork
Ford GT40? Well, okay, you could argue that was British but the recent GT was all American.
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Nov. 6, 2011 8:41 a.m. a401cj Reader
Didn't Enzo Ferrari say that the Jeep was America's only true sports car? I don't know when he supposedly said it but the early Jeeps do seem to fit into that category
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Nov. 6, 2011 7:30 p.m. wlkelley3 Dork
In reply to Wally: You are absolutely correct sir.
My bad.
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Nov. 6, 2011 7:38 p.m. mblommel Reader
SlickDizzy wrote:
mblommel wrote:
Caddy XLR? Bricklin SV1? Vector?
The XLR is a luxobarge GT car, not a sports car. Read any review of it. The SV-1 is about as far removed from a sports car as you can get; they are extraordinarily heavy, slow, and handle like ass. SV-1 stands for "Safety Vehicle 1" - it was never supposed to be sporty, it just kind of looks that way. Also, I don't think Vector actually sold any cars, they were too busy fumbling with the books and building (as Jeremy Clarkson described the M12) "the worst car ever made." Seriously, from my research, they actually never built and sold a car to the public. Either way, at $400,000+ a Vector is exotic, not a sports car.
As hard as I think, I can only think of: Sky/Solstice, Corvette, Viper, AMX. Anything else is debatable.
So a car that uses old Rambler underpinnings and has a fixed roof is a "sports car" and one that is a C5 with a different body, drop top and a RWD Northstar with optional factory supercharger isn't?
I'll give you the SV1 is no Corvette, but at that time the Corvettes being built weren't much better. I don't think I ever said they were good sports cars, just that most folks would classify them as such.
Wait, exotics aren't sports cars? Huh? My Elise is an exotic, does that mean it's no longer a sports car? Crap!
Orange '70 Javelin you posted = AWESOME though, whether it's a sports car, muscle car or whatever.
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Nov. 6, 2011 8:51 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork
I will admit that I was a few beers in during those last few posts.
I guess my definition of a "sports car" would be strictly a 2-seater, reasonably affordable (I wouldn't say an Elise is exotic, it's not $100k+ like a Vector which was $400k+). The XLR pretty much applies to that definition, but I see it side by side with something like the Benz SL600 as far as really comparing apples to apples.
Doesn't change the fact that Bricklins are Canadian though.
