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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I don't disagree Robbie. A lot of tradition in what makes up a sports car. In that light, a Mazda Miata is a fantastic modern day sports car.
But I wouldn't disagree that the industry is moving away from that tradition, as per the comments in this thread, I think technology allows more cars to handle like sports cars and then can be thought of by many as a sports car. one of the new Camaro models, I can't recall which one there are so many, certainly blurs the line between it and the new Corvette.
The new Alfa Romeo 4c, along the lines of traditional sports car and by all accounts a fantastic car.
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Alfa Romeos are cool as shit. One of the few sports cars that I never got to drive. I almost bought an old one back in the mid 1980's but at the last minute I couldn't get over to see it and it got sold.
I would still say that you can have all the technology in the world...and it might make some cars "feel" a bit like the driver can have the illusion of driving a sports car.
But there is no way to replicate the feel of a 1275 cc A series engine with an oversized 1 3/4 inch carb powering a 1,500 pound car that is perfectly weight balanced in rear and front on rack and pinion steering with a NON-synchronized 4 speed transmission on skinny 13 x 5 inch intertube tires on wire wheels.
That is a sound, smell (gasonline and oil), feeling (your ass in the seat is about 4 inches from the ground lol), and just pure mojo that you just will never get in a heavy, big engined, power steering, big tires car.
Don't get me wrong...I love muscle cars too.
But it's a whole different experience.
To me, driving a sports car is like fucking that super skinny, tiny tit, tiny ass spinner chick.
And driving a muscle car is like banging that thick bitch with the bubble ass.
Both are GREAT! But completely different feeling.