Catergorize "A Sports Car Like No Other"
01-31-2003, 11:05 PM
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Catergorize "A Sports Car Like No Other"
I think that the RX-8 is in a class by itself. Many people are trying to pigeon hole this car as a sports sedan/salon. When the Mustang came along in 1964 the imitators thet came along in 1967 (Camaro & Firebird) were called "Pony Cars."
I think we will see a number of "sports" cars that try to do the 4 suicide door trick in the next few years.
I'm thinking that since some manufacturers call their 4 door trucks "quad cabs" that the name "Sports Quad" or "Quad Sport" would be fitting.
If you had to come up with a name for the immitators category, what would it be?
I think we will see a number of "sports" cars that try to do the 4 suicide door trick in the next few years.
I'm thinking that since some manufacturers call their 4 door trucks "quad cabs" that the name "Sports Quad" or "Quad Sport" would be fitting.
If you had to come up with a name for the immitators category, what would it be?
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"Sports Quad" sounds really good to me, although I keep associtating "quad" with SUVs.
So, I thought "Tetra Sport" might work... except it sounds like packaging for fruit drinks...
Quadra Sport? Square Sport? Sport's Square? Four Sport? Practi Sport?
Maybe the "Only-an-idiot-or-somebody-who-has-never-seen-the-car-in-person-would-call-it-a-sedan" category? (:D )
I'll stop now...
So, I thought "Tetra Sport" might work... except it sounds like packaging for fruit drinks...
Quadra Sport? Square Sport? Sport's Square? Four Sport? Practi Sport?
Maybe the "Only-an-idiot-or-somebody-who-has-never-seen-the-car-in-person-would-call-it-a-sedan" category? (:D )
I'll stop now...
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GT is the Kiss of Death in 2003-4!
The Autoweek article(Jan 31) dilutedly-categorized it as a "sporty-car", but that's painting it with a very broad brush, including it in the ranks of the Acura RSX, MS Protege, G35 (sedan/coupe), EVO, WRX STi and many FWD/AWD Euro others. Looks like an identity to pidgeon-hole it into evades the press. Must be the damn freestyle doors, ya think? You gotta love it when a still-born project comes along designed "outside the box", that leaves the press scratching their heads. It's called innovation.
It can lay the smack on most performance sedans in it's current form, yet is still balked at in a direct comparison to SPORTS coupes. Quite a quandary(word of the day). Will it take a Mazdaspeed RX-8 to assert it's true identity, or will a rennaissance of the almighty 7 assume that role? Enquiring minds want to know... :D
The Autoweek article(Jan 31) dilutedly-categorized it as a "sporty-car", but that's painting it with a very broad brush, including it in the ranks of the Acura RSX, MS Protege, G35 (sedan/coupe), EVO, WRX STi and many FWD/AWD Euro others. Looks like an identity to pidgeon-hole it into evades the press. Must be the damn freestyle doors, ya think? You gotta love it when a still-born project comes along designed "outside the box", that leaves the press scratching their heads. It's called innovation.
It can lay the smack on most performance sedans in it's current form, yet is still balked at in a direct comparison to SPORTS coupes. Quite a quandary(word of the day). Will it take a Mazdaspeed RX-8 to assert it's true identity, or will a rennaissance of the almighty 7 assume that role? Enquiring minds want to know... :D
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