Old car forum posts (merged)

[Ross Balfour]

Your legs are the crumple zone

lol, what a stupid car!:loser:

 

[Mark Birney]

That's a car, Ross? What's your idea of a boat, a shopping trolley?

 

[Philip Grimm]

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/tata-nano-yugo.html

You guys are looking at this car completely wrong. Like the article I posted says, people would ride 4 deep on a motorcycle. Now they can have a little car that doesn't even go fast enough to cause serious damage, they have the access to A/c, radios, cover from bad weather, it's a very good idea.


I say tip of the hat to the guy who created the thing.

 

[Eric Nelson]

FWIW the White E30 M3 w/ the LUK badge in the first video is driven / owned by artur Deutgen.

The car is hugely prepared for the 24h @ nordeschleife and is the quickest E30 bar none. just 4-5 years ago he qualified in the top 10 in that little rocket!

Down load the video here and its worth your time!

http://20832.com/event.php3?event=000101_v&lang=eng&id=19

 

[Kyle Evers]

Two of the most beautiful cars on the planet IMO the e30 m3 and the merc 190 evo. Why do they not have the merc in GTR evo? Do they not have the green light from mercedes or something?

I love the 190s. Those were some of the best Mercedes ever built.

 

[Mark Birney]

Philip has a point, it's cheap, saves money, and beats a bike. Simples!
I would hardly buy one, but I'd like to take it on a test drive and turn sharply and topple it over

Then, someday I'll buy one with my pocket money and race it. Tata Nano Banger Racing/Destruction Derby/Caravan Racing (if it can pull one)! I have some imagination

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Peugeot 4007

Is this a +1 or a -1 for you?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Suzuki Alto GT

A budget GT

Still the same sucky engine but with nice optical changes *cough*

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

:bulgy-eyes: MY EYES!!! :excruciating:

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Don't you like the Audi'ish grill?

 

[Niels Pedersen]

WTF! the new headline! Suzuki enters F1 2010 - they have taken over ferrari's seat. lolz.

 

[Andrew Dawes]

I keep hoping a lot of these 'new release' vehicles are hoax's but i'm always disappointed to find out they are real.

You are looking at the future or cars. This is it. Every car on the road will be a specifc branded version of this. Every brand now makes the same car, and sells it in the masses. Your hot hatches are just the stepping stone and even they the VW Golf GTI in 16 yrs will be a slighly variant on this.

So the marketing meeting went something like 'could we have an xtrail/rav4 but put the distorted nose of a peugeot 407 on the front of it'. 'But the front end will look hideous'. 'Yes, but at least they'll know its a peugeot'.

For christ sake!!! issed-off:

 

[Sebastien Bortoli]

oh as a french i should say +1,but i can't,peugeot should keep themselves on touring cars like the 407 4 doors and 2 doors.

 

[Stuart Thomson]

a big old -1 from me

 

[Hubert Cumberdale]

lol, i can't believe those mercedes were used for touring cars, my dad has the road version and it's an old banger with a recently replaced engine. things break on it all the time lol

 

[Philip Grimm]

FWIW the White E30 M3 w/ the LUK badge in the first video is driven / owned by artur Deutgen.

The car is hugely prepared for the 24h @ nordeschleife and is the quickest E30 bar none. just 4-5 years ago he qualified in the top 10 in that little rocket!

Down load the video here and its worth your time!

http://20832.com/event.php3?event=000101_v&lang=eng&id=19

Can't find the actual link to the video. I can't read german. haha. Still trying to find it.

I figured it out!! Thanks!

 

[Eric Nelson]

yes you can select english on the other side of the page!

 

[Matthew Parr]

I work for a Suzuki Dealer but havent heard about this :S lol i dont like them anyway!!!

 

[William Yunck]

Honda kills the s2000

They will no longer manufacture the club racer after the 2009 year, such a shame.
TOKYO -- First Honda killed the NSX sports car. Now the S2000 roadster gets the ax.
The Japanese automaker confirmed press reports that it will stop making the two-seater in June, after a decade of production.
Honda is cutting the rear-wheel-drive, four-cylinder S2000 because it would cost too much to make future generations meet environmental regulations in the United States, Europe and Japan, spokeswoman Yasuko Matsuura said today.
The S2000 was conceived to mark Honda's 50th anniversary. But the jaunty convertible won a fan following and became a regular in Honda showrooms. The model has sold more than 110,000 units worldwide since its debut in 1999.
But sales of the 10-year-old offering tumbled 41 percent to 2,538 in the United States last year as the financial crisis dried up sales.
Another casualty of the economic downturn was Honda's NSX high-performance car. Honda killed that car last month, saying it would focus on developing more practical vehicles.
The Civic Type R, a sporty version of the standard Civic, is now Honda's sportiest offering. The CR-Z sporty hybrid is due for the 2011 model year.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

I like it, not bad for a Suzuki, much better than the Splash f.e.
The best looking Suzuki is still the Swift though.