>>>>But then I've never been a big Camaro fan, having cut my driving teeth on Pontiac Big Iron.
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>>>REAL sports cars are NOT made in the US. ;)
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>>I agree, but let that stay between you and me. :-)
>
>30 years ago total ACK. But around early nineties US cars started to receive some TLC besides in the engine area -
>I guess because cars like the Nissan ZX (at lleast in the later versions)
>were nearer to german cars in handling than to US muscle cars and had great HP/price ratios as well.
>firecrackers like the GT-R get better, so you'd be surprized at the level US sports cars had to reach
>to stay in biz even at the lower side of high performance sports cars.
>
>>Personally I have a 1993 BMW 840Ci, one of the prettiest German cars ever built.
>
>pretty for sure, and solid as well - but I'd classify that one more with GT than sports cars.
>Day-2-Day use or planning to grow an oldtimer ?

I drive the car almost every day, summer and winter. Today we have -20°C and very slippery roads, but no problems with good wheels (and driver).

>But today almost everywhere more common cars will be able to outperform roads and laws.
>BMW M-Series or Audi RS come to mind - even the smaller ones.
>You can reach "ridiculous speed" with quite a few 4cyl charged cars.
>
>The area where latter day Vettes or Mustangs will get dangerous is different from a Porsche,
>but they will snuff your car and almost everything older than 2000 and cheaper than 250K$ back then,
>on race track and german Autobahn. Including 911 from back then - at least if they were non-all-wheel-drives.
>
>Even in germany it is hard today to floor the pedal even in a 150HP car for longer stretches -
>and those will also reach 220 - 230km/H. Speaking as one who likes to drive fast and own
>a car able to go a tiny bit above the often factory induced 250km/H barrier.
>
>regards
>
>thomas