Originally Posted by FirebaseD
Let me inject a little recall folks.
It seems to me that back when I was a younger man, and muscle cars were all over, the Z car was known as a DATSUN FAIRLADY 240Z. No one wishing to pull up next to a muscle car at the red-light wanted to be in a Datsun Fairlady 240Z.
I think you missed the main point of my reply to your post. Once again, we're talking about two completely different types of vehicles. I stand by my statement that Z driver's then and now were/are no more ashamed of pulling up to a large HP vehicle than we are in are little Crossfires.
I'm sorry you have such a low opinion of Japanese vehicles... with that mindset I won't even try to debate the issue with you.
Just remember, no matter how fond we are of our cars, it is late 90's technology, built in Germany entirely with left over MB parts... other than the body design, there is nothing American about the car. It is imported into this country to be sold under the Chrysler nameplate. Check out the Window sticker that was on the vehicle when it was new for the parts content information...
U.S./Canadian parts content: 1%
Major Sources of foreign parts content: Germany - 80%
Country of origin: engine - Germany / transmission - Germany.
Lighten up a little on the Japanese cars... no matter what you may think, they build some pretty good vehicles.