Rant: Current car commercials

m4a1mustang · 10-19-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Used to be Chrysler. A Crossfire is still a fantastic way to afford an obsolete SLK. lol All they did was take all of the quality out of the interior.

I hate Mercedes ergonomics BTW. It's just random where those germans put things.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Used to be Chrysler. A Crossfire is still a fantastic way to afford an obsolete SLK. lol All they did was take all of the quality out of the interior.

didn't jeremy clarkson call the crossfire one of the worst cars he had ever driven?

shadoquad · 10-19-2010, 12:01 PM

back on topic, though, Honda...

I loathe their advertising.

I want to know why they and Toyota no longer make real performance vehicles. I'm sure it's their market strategy, and it probably works. But those badges used to inspire lust (s2k, nsx, supra, mr2). They now inspire

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

back on topic, though, Honda...

I loathe their advertising.

I want to know why they and Toyota no longer make real performance vehicles. I'm sure it's their market strategy, and it probably works. But those badges used to inspire lust (s2k, nsx, supra, mr2). They now inspire

No, no, no but Honda has the CR-Z now. It's a true SPORTS car

m4a1mustang · 10-19-2010, 12:02 PM

It's much cheaper to build boring cars that people who don't give a **** about performance buy. They make more money that way.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

No, no, no but Honda has the CR-Z now. It's a true SPORTS car

yea, seriously, if you abandon your flagship sports cars completely its

nsx and supra need to come back.

shadoquad · 10-19-2010, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

It's much cheaper to build boring cars that people who don't give a **** about performance buy. They make more money that way.

True. There would be no GT Mustang without the v6. Although, now the v6 stang and camaro are fun cars to drive with decent power. Still...

shadoquad · 10-19-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

yea, seriously, if you abandon your flagship sports cars completely its

nsx and supra need to come back.

Don't get me wrong, the LF-A is awesome from a nerdy engineering standpoint... But it's not accessible to the common man.

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

yea, seriously, if you abandon your flagship sports cars completely its

nsx and supra need to come back.

Mitsubishi Motors is just a terrible manufacturer currently, but imagine if they had no Evo or Lancer Ralliart (which is now turbo AWD). Their lineup would be worse than Hyundai's. Ugh.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Don't get me wrong, the LF-A is awesome from a nerdy engineering standpoint... But it's not accessible to the common man.

yea seriously. it would be like if ford abandoned the mustang and were like 'hey we made a 250k super car, isn't that fun!?

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Don't get me wrong, the LF-A is awesome from a nerdy engineering standpoint... But it's not accessible to the common man.

It's not feasible to own one unless you are a billionaire. Or rather, you probably shouldn't. It's almost Veyron status.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 12:22 PM

so, dreamer missed the whole thread.

theDreamer · 10-19-2010, 12:24 PM

No, I have read it all.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 12:30 PM

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No, I have read it all.

ok good, i was scared you missed all the fun.

theDreamer · 10-19-2010, 12:37 PM

I went out to lunch and came back to two full new pages.

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shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3886	back on topic, though, Honda... I loathe their advertising. I want to know why they and Toyota no longer make real performance vehicles. I'm sure it's their market strategy, and it probably works. But those badges used to inspire lust (s2k, nsx, supra, mr2). They now inspire

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