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Are you guys getting the 84 Vette over there??? The new Z06 is going head to head with Ferraris in publications here, with instrumented tests, and is in the same leage (not to mention the 1/3 cost). You can drive the thing in the winter and people can actually afford to race the things.

I remember the guys from Car&Driver racing a Vette (I think this was in the days of the 4th generation one) against a Carrera on some tiny twisty roads and on a track (I think they used some manufacturer's proving grounds or something like that) - Corvette won.

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I simply could not function in my career without my diesel pickup.

Interesting, people who need to haul a lot of cargo here usually choose vans of some kind, not open-bed pickups. Almost every manufactuter makes them in three or four sizes, from a sub-compact without back seats to 3-ton almost-lory.

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I can think of plenty of bad cars in the US, but the thing is THEY SELL.

One can hardly argue with that.

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I chose a Subaru WRX because I wanted an AWD sedan with at least 200hp.

Audi quatro, Merc 4Matic, Passat what's-it-called-this-week...? Aren't they available across the pond?

I myself drive a Twingo
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