My $.02 FWIW....
In my world a sports car is a 2 seater with a convertable/removeable top. A
similar vehicle with a non removeable top is a Gran Tourer. Some 4 seaters
are Gran Tourers depending on their performance capsbilities.
Goes back to the late 50's/early 60's with all the Healys, Triumphs, MGs
etc.
Corvettes from the late 50's to the early 60's WERE sports cars. Later on
they became something else. They lately have been very decent vehicles
returning to their sports car origins.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "paul stenquist" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Interesting comparison : DPReview EOS 550D (Rebel T2i),,,
Review
On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Apr 3, 2010, at 11:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Larry Colen
From 68 on the 'vette has been a bloated POS that might as well have
been engineered by MicroSoft. I liked the Corvette when it was a
relatively small, nimble, and yes insanely over-powered sports car, but
have no use for what it's become.
s/68/55
I don't know what it is now, but it ain't a sports car.
Corvettes have *never* been sports cars. The new ones are amazingly
competent GTs. In the 70's they were plastic camaros. In the 60's, I
don't think there's really a word, other than "Corvette" that describes
them, but the Douglas Adams quote"looks like a fish, goes like a fish,
steers like a cow" comes to mind. MGs, Triumphs, Lotuses Fiats, Austin
Healeys, Miatas are sportscars. Corvettes are too big to be sportscars.
The new ones are stupid fast, handle well and are very competent on the
track, but they ain't sports cars.
Fortunately, there's no real criteria that defines what is or what isn't a
sports car. Modern Corvettes are fantastic cars, ditto the late fifties
and early sixties Corvettes. Enough said.
Paul
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