[QUOTE='66 coupe]Are you familiar with the word "sleeper?"
Or do you not realize that Muscle Cars fit into your description of "wrong?"
Personally I would rather have a car that looks slow, but performs well.
It seems pretty stupid to me to have a car that looks faster than it is. Take ricers for instance. The entire reason we make fun of them is because they try to look faster than they are. I hate the idea that this is a trend created by my generation.
I would love nothing more than to build a solid white or black Crown Vic with a 351 or even a 460, and go out and kick the living crap out of riced out Civics and Preludes.
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I am familiar with "sleepers". I believe the WRX does not count as one because of it's huge wing, hoodscoop, and gold rims.
About muscle cars... I don't think I like any of the ones with 4 doors. The Chevelle and Nova, for example, just don't look right with 4. My description of "wrong" is my own personal opinion. I like the look of a stock Supra, it may have a huge wing, but I like it. It looks like it belongs on the Supra. Maybe it's the way the body flows. It has curves. I must be partial to curves.
Personally, it seems, you have 2 cars that look and sound fast, but are not. You could have your "sleeper" if you got rid of those 2.
The trend you mentioned of making things look faster than they are has been alive since people started racing cars. The spectators would go home and some would make their cars look like the race cars. Don't kill me, because I may not get this right, but the segment called "street rods" from 20s to 50s, mostly look fast. There's another section for the 60's and 70's... I think it's called pro touring? Anyway, every kind of car has different people who like it. Some care about performance, some styling, and some a mixture.
I will like a car totally based on the style, if it has performance, even better. My '66 has a style I like. My '01 GT has some style and performance. I just can't see myself getting up every morning and getting into a car I don't like the looks of, even if it can beat every other car on the road.
As for the whole Japanese thing, GTO3. You need to stop typing on your keyboard and looking at the computer screen. I'm sure some of it came from a foreign country. I'm sure over 75% of the stuff you own personally is foreign. You should burn it all now, before it taints you.