Sporty FWD car, is an oxymoron.
And you're a moron. What's your point?
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:48:54 -0800 (PST), N8N cast forth these pearls of >> wisdom...:
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>>>>> On 5 Feb 2009 17:37:42 -0500, Scott Dorsey cast forth these pearls of
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>>>>> > They don't. They're starting to get it... but GM currently does not >>>>> > have
>>>>> > any economy cars worth a damn in their product line. Compare the >>>>> > Aveo
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>>>>> > similarly-priced offerings from Toyota and even Hyundai. They look >>>>> > similar
>>>>> > on paper, but they sure don't drive similarly.
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>>>>> I don't know why you would say that. They have built such luxury cars >>>>> as
>>>>> the Park Ave Ultra since the very early 90's that got mid-twenties in >>>>> the
>>>>> city and over 30 on the highway. At the same time the Grand Am got >>>>> equal
>>>>> mileage. Two ends of a scale in terms of types of cars - one excellent
>>>>> luxury and the other a fairly sporty car for American tastes. They are >>>>> by
>>>>> no means the limit of GM's offerings, just two representative >>>>> examples.
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>>>> **This is a joke, right? A Grand Ma, sporty?
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>>>> The Grand Am GT's are very sporty. Especially with the Ram Air hood. My
>>>> sister has an '03, and the thing is rather quick too for a 3400. >>>
>>> It could be fast (in a straight line) as a Corvette and it still
>>> wouldn't be sporty. A FWD midsize family car can't be made "sporty"
>>> by the addition of ugly plastic cladding and red backlighting for the
>>> gauges. A manual transmission option, decent sport seats, and a real
>>> handling suspension would be a good place to start.
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>>> The fact that GM *thinks* that the Grand Am is sporty is also why
>>> people who want sporty cars don't think of GM as an option.
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>> Ah - you landed squarely on my hot button when it comes to the Grand Am >> GT.
>> The car flat out begged for a standard transmission. It would have been
>> completely fun to drive if it had one. Not to mention that the 3.4L >> would
>> have been somewhat more impressive with one. Sporty is indeed a >> definition
>> within one's mind though. I'll allow that some would never consider the
>> Grand Am a sporty car, but many others do. I'm not calling it a sports
>> car, just calling it sporty. Many of us rather enjoy the American >> version
>> of sporty - a bit of raw muscle, comfort, and a feel that is completely
>> different from the starkest of cars. There are many true sports cars and
>> cars out there that others would consider more sporty than the Grand Am,
>> which are more nimble, smaller, etc. but I wouldn't want to drive one on >> a
>> daily basis.
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>> -Mike-
>> snipped-for-privacy@alltel.net
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