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5 Jan 2003, 20:54 (Ref:464773)
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Performance Car Of The Year
Sorry i couldnt use a poll as there are 12 options
In the latest edition of evo (Rich Gits who get to drive expensive cars all year long) they did an end of year special in which they took the best 12 cars of the year and rated them on how much of "Drivers cars" they were. As people who probably never get to driver them how would we rate them on face value and knowledge alone. In % Mag 1. Honda NSX-R 93.5 2. Porsche 911 C4S 92.9 3. Ferrari 575M "Fiorano" 88.6 4. Mercedes SL55 AMG 86.9 5. Lotus Elise 111S 85.1 6. Mini Cooper S 84.9 7. Mitsubishi Evo VII FQ-300 82.7 8. Nissan 350Z 81.8 9. Renault Sport Clio Cup 81.3 10. Jaguar XKR-R 79.7 11. Subaru Impreza STi PPP 78.4 12. Ford Focus RS 76.0 |
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5 Jan 2003, 22:57 (Ref:464870)
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A friend has just bought a Mercedes SL55 AMG, he says it's "very naughty" and uses words like "brutal" when talking about driving it!
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6 Jan 2003, 02:28 (Ref:464984)
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Funny...
Half of those aren't sold in the U.S.! (at least not yet) 
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6 Jan 2003, 04:49 (Ref:465036)
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one of them never will .. like the Renault .. but I can't find another one
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7 Jan 2003, 18:20 (Ref:466509)
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The lotus wont be will it.
The ferrari here has a special handeling pack which they say should be standard after they critisised the original with a frosty reception from ferrari, they said the other one should be the "American and OAP" pack. |
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10 Jan 2003, 09:49 (Ref:469310)
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The Corvette is not on there? I'm amazed! The car has great performance and for the price it is a steal. Not to mention the performance of the Z06 Corvette would blow most of those cars on the list away, and not just in a strait line, they handle like you wouldn't believe. My father just got a new Corvette, and I'm telling you, the thing is a absolute dream! It's one of the best sports cars out there!!!!!!!!!
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10 Jan 2003, 10:26 (Ref:469334)
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The list is official for cars that are new that year. So the 'vette wouldn't count, although the 350Z and NSX are grey market cars from Japan and it's stretching the rules to count the Elise, Porsche and Jag as genuinely new cars.
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10 Jan 2003, 20:55 (Ref:470623)
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"The Corvette is not on there?" That's because it's a Corvette and ALL Corvettes are rubbish. (IMO!!
 )"Elise, Porsche and Jag" Yes, but I guess they're new varients. You could say the Focus and the NSX are "old cars", but that wouldn't REALLY be true. I read evo and I trust it implicitly. I read the article deliberately not looking at the result untill the end. I thought the AMG would have won it, the NSX-R being a possible. Very suprised (and pleased) that the 575 did so well. Also suprised the Alfa 145 GTA wasn't included. (btw: things like the new Caterham, the Radical, the Noble etc. weren't included as they took part in the EvoTCOTY earlier in the year) |
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