The Italians can do some amazing work when it deals with hand-rafted items. Things produced on an assembly line, not so much.

Fix
It
Again
Tony!

PS, I still laugh at Japanese cars, though.

And some people still have that mindset from 30 years ago.

(I didn't realize the irony of that statement until I looked up at GlassWolf's post just above this... ignorant people everywhere, I guess)

That's ok. Everyone else laughs at American cars. Truly.

I should have mentioned, I'm a drag racer. My car is American, it is over 40 years old, and it's still faster than anything I've met at the strip from Japan.

They do make nice commuter cars, but so boring.

also, Michael, ignorance is assuming you know anything about me at all, shooter.

It's too bad people don't commute in dragsters then. Rallying and touring car races seem to be the only racing that actually uses 'real world' cars.

There are some pretty cool Japanese cars out there (WRX, Legacy, GTR, EVO etc...), but the best cars are still European IMO.

I like boring.

for what it's worth, my car is fully street legal, and runs on pump gas. still makes over a thousand horsepower. over 700 n/a. Not too bad for a car I built from the ground up myself.

that aside though, my initial comment about Japanese cars was made in humor, which some people failed entirely at understanding. I still rather like the NSX for a car that's over a decade old. Not the fastest thing, but definitely sexy. I just prefer old school V8s, sans computers, because they're so easy to work on. I don't have to drag the car to a dealer every time something breaks, like with most modern OBD II cars.

The one drawback to driving my car on the street however, is 5MPG.

Made in small batches by a small company dosent = quality

You rockin' a mustang? I can respect building a car yourself, but not picking the NSX as the one japanese car you can stand (j/k ). I'm no fan of the "throw a coffee can on your mom's civic and run 16s at the drag stip" mentality, but I can say that the one reasonably powerful japanese car I owned (and rebuilt) was a blast.

I had a 280Z I adored.. I'm really not that closed minded. It's just fun to tease the import fans from time to time. I've seen an Evo and STi run against a Lamborghini, and beat it around a track, so yeah, they are very respectable in all honesty.

I hve a '66 dodge charger, actually. I'm a mopar guy at heart.

This one time I spilt my entire plate of American Chinese food on my Oriental rug. The plate was pretty good china too, but made in the UK just to save on mfg costs.

Compare button starting a CBX-6, Vs push starting a Moto Guzzi.

This beauty is coming back.

America makes torque, Japan makes handling and hp.

Plus with the NSX, you can stop by Uncle Ed's on the way to work.

Having been soundly beaten by the Japanese at making cars, we need to direct our laughter at the Chinese.

heheh yeah even the Koreans are making good cars now. they're where Honda was in the 80s and 90s now, and gaining fast. The Chinese, while making total ****e for now, will gain much faster with their resources and sheer size.

also, I brake for cyclists!

Some people dont pay 5k...people in asia who has connections buy it for far less...like its too low to write in english....but in an asian language you may even get a free chinese noodle takeaway for your 1k!!!!

Those who dont know the right people pay 5k...that means the 98% of cyclists...

I guess "some people" don't mind buying it from the back of the factory with no warranty or support. You can call this "connections" but in my mind it's tantamount to theft.

uh, grammar please

Oh my, that is a purty Charger.

I'm guessing English is not the poster's first language.

His English is better than my Pinyin or Mandarin.

Clearly you have never owned or driven an Alfa Romeo or Fiat. They look great, but the engineering and production quality, not so hot.

Clearly, your reading comprehension skills are compromised
Did you see my other comment?

Fix
It
Again,
Tony!

While Italy does turn out some wonderfully hand crafted goods, China has a few thousand years' history of doing the same. I was remarking on common perceptions however, not my somewhat more enlightened views, sans stereotypes.

fair nuf