Why don't we buy American cars?
Discussion
Personally, I can't wait to get another American car when I have some spare cash. LHD doesn't bother me, I thought it would, but it was a whole lot easier to navigate my LHD Buick Regal than my RHD Pimpala. The only downside to the LHD was I kept getting in on the wrong side! (all the other vehicles I was driving were RHD) but it had a bench seat so I could just slide over to the other side. As for build quality.... I drive a Lada so it won't be an issue....
The only "NEW" American cars I would give garage space to are the Chrysler 300 estate or a '95 ish SS Impala.
*saving up for something loud and V8*
The only "NEW" American cars I would give garage space to are the Chrysler 300 estate or a '95 ish SS Impala.
*saving up for something loud and V8*
It seems to me that british drivers as a whole are slightly warry of new manufacturers, or at least new to these shores.
Chryshler has gone the right way with the Neon and made it blend in so us brits aren't to warry of it.
The british car market is already established by the big companies, Ford, Honda, Vw, Nissan etc and i think there is a tried and tested attitude with most drivers.
I would love a viper or c5/6? if i could afford to run them but for some reason they were never high on my lottery list.
Also i think your average potential customer with 10 grand + wants a bargain or an all rounder for their money and in my eyes US cars have allways been percieved as all out speed.
Chryshler has gone the right way with the Neon and made it blend in so us brits aren't to warry of it.
The british car market is already established by the big companies, Ford, Honda, Vw, Nissan etc and i think there is a tried and tested attitude with most drivers.
I would love a viper or c5/6? if i could afford to run them but for some reason they were never high on my lottery list.
Also i think your average potential customer with 10 grand + wants a bargain or an all rounder for their money and in my eyes US cars have allways been percieved as all out speed.
ScoobyZoom said:
In the grand sceme of things the English market is tiny... We are smaller than most states.
They wont bother developing a RHD car for such a limited market place, plus the fact most cars have an engine the size of a small house under the bonnet will put the majority of punters off. That and along with our petrol prices...
American cars suit american attitudes and lifestyles not ours I think..
Well, we might be physically smaller than most states, but you don't tend to measure the size of a market in terms of square miles.
In terms of population, I think we are bikker than any individual state, and about 1/5th of the population of the whole US.
Coming to a corner of a Vauxhall showroom near you very soon:
The Chevrolet Matiz, Chevrolet Kalos, Chevrolet Lacetti and Chevrolet Tacuma.
GM deciding to re-brand Daewoo as Chevrolet is so wrong, so hilarious, I like it!
(Did you know that the last Pontiac Le Mans was a re badged Daewoo Nexia? Oh how the mighty have fallen).
The Chevrolet Matiz, Chevrolet Kalos, Chevrolet Lacetti and Chevrolet Tacuma.
GM deciding to re-brand Daewoo as Chevrolet is so wrong, so hilarious, I like it!
(Did you know that the last Pontiac Le Mans was a re badged Daewoo Nexia? Oh how the mighty have fallen).
Northernboy said:
In the grand sceme of things the English market is tiny... We are smaller than most states.
They wont bother developing a RHD car for such a limited market place, plus the fact most cars have an engine the size of a small house under the bonnet will put the majority of punters off. That and along with our petrol prices...
American cars suit american attitudes and lifestyles not ours I think..
Well, we might be physically smaller than most states, but you don't tend to measure the size of a market in terms of square miles.
In terms of population, I think we are bikker than any individual state, and about 1/5th of the population of the whole US.
Half the world is right hand drive anyway, hardly a small percentage.
CanAm said:
I was chatting to a guy at the Brighton Speed Trials last year who was running a RHD Viper. He said it was an Australian import and a factory job not an aftermarket conversion. Can't corroborate that. Any comments?
CanAm
I think the Australian conversion is factory approved rather then factor built although it just about costs as much as the car in the first place.
Was that the yellow with blue stripe as it was stolen shortly after being brought over and was torched after tearing the tires to shreds and smashing the suspension
shoebag said:
It wasn`t a Z06 on Top Gear you thicko. It was just the basic C6.
My Viper GTS ACR would blow all your cars away. O-60 4 secs and top speed of 192mph!
Erm, no it wouldn't.
I was out in two different cars the other day, both of which were around 3.2 seconds 0-60.
Unlike your crappy tank, they also went round corners well, too.
But I forget, any shite produced in the good old USA has to be the best...
Gazboy said:
shoebag said:
all your cars
ALL of them? That's a bold statement...
Ok, posters on THIS Thread + their cars:
Topstuff= 996 C4
Yertis = Audi S4Q (You are a cheeky bastard!)
AlexKP = TVR S2
Gazboy = MR2 Turbo
Mungo = Maxed up chavwagon
Julian = TVR Griffith (500?)
Gavin P = Explorer
Marquis = 996 TT
ScoobyZoom = Imprezza STI
BlueMonkey = Rollerblades
WillaimCC = TVR Chimaera 4.0
Chris Watton = TVR Tamora
V8Thunder = Punto
Tonker = Passat
Boosted = Triumph TRLS1 TT
Beardedlada = Opel Monza
Fid= Bicycle
Bilko = Landie
Sirtohamhat = Merc 190E
NorthernBoy = Elise
LightningGhost = X-box
Balmoral Green = Bentley Turbo R
CanAm = Ultima Can Am
968 = Go on guess, clue is in the name...
Viperdave = Viper GTS
MikeF = F150 Lightning
Cars in bold are in with a shout/quicker.
cars that you've had a ride in or your aunt's boyfriends ex wife's son has owned do not count.
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