R>SA>GA>DO>The NSX is merely the most acclaimed..
DR>SA>GA>Yes it is, and has been for the whole decade.  And why do you think it
DR>SA>GA>so acclaimed?  Because it's turn signal flasher emits a more satisfyin
DR>SA>GA>sounding click than the Corvette's?  SA>GA>like everyone else here too!>  At least part of you would seriously
DR>SA>GA>answer "yes", so in advance, I'll say "guess again".  It's because it'
DR>SA>GA>the best of the best, regardless of numbers.  If you think nationality
DR>SA>GA>has anything to do with it, then another example would be the 300ZX
DR>SA>GA>Turbo, which also had the slowest numbers and was the oldest design, y
DR>SA>GA>stayed king of Japanese sports cars, after VR-4, after RX-7, after Sup
DR>SA>GA>Turbo.  Nothing could touch it, much less the C4.
DR>SA>GA>The 97 Corvette is just as acclaimed as the NSX anyway.  But a big par
DR>SA>GA>of that hype comes from sympathy, because the old one was so much wors
DR>SA>GA>Granted, it's a good, true sports car now, but everyone's been praisin
DR>SA>GA>it for how much it has improved, even though all it's done is caught u
DR>SA>GA>The hype is starting to fade already.  I'm sure you got the latest iss
DR>SA>GA>of C&D.  Read that whole 1/4th of a page on how they talk about how mu
DR>SA>GA>its handling sucks.
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DR>SA>"Ther best of the best" should read "My o[[inion, drawn soley from
DR>SA>magazines, is that it is the best."
DR>SA>I'm sorry, in my books, the Dodge Viper with better numbers all around
DR>SA>is the best of the best.  *I* happen toi think it looks better than the
DR>SA>NSX, and as proven, it out performs it in every category.  The only
DR>SA>thing you can say for the NSX is "people say it 'drives' better."
DR>SA>Nonsense.
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DR>I would go with the Viper if your talking road cars that cost less than
DR>$100k.  I realize that it's a bit out of your price range but Ferrari's
DR>have every sports car beat to a pulp.  In the May issue or Motor Trend
DR>they compared 7 of the tope sports cars, includeing the Viper, Porche
DR>911, Toyota Supra, Mitsu. 3000 GT, the NEW Corvette, another one i can't
DR>remember, and a Ferrari.  Not just any Ferrari, but one of the cheapest,
DR>slowest, suckiest Ferrari's.  Throughout all of the Testing that Ferrari
DR>was usually in the uppermiddle of the rankings, averaging third place
DR>right behind the Viper and Porche.  I think it says something when you
DR>compare your worst to someone elses best and end up just a little
DR>behind.  Which brings me to another subject, engines.  I find it funny
DR>how consistently throughout history American engineers have needed to to
DR>use an engine about twice the size of their compeditors in order to be a
DR>little better/faster.  Go back a few decades to the f-50.  They were
DR>made with a three or four liter engine with 12!! cylindars, and they
DR>blew everybody's doors off.  Then Shelby got tired of it and built the
DR>Shelby Colbra.   He had to use an engine that was either quite a bit
DR>more or just a little bit less then twice the size of the Ferrari
DR>engine(depending of which one you compare it too) in order to be better.
DR> I bet if either Ferrari or Porche decided to DOUBLE it's engine size
DR>they wouldn't even be touched by anything americans could make.
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Ferraris come with a one year warranty I believe, just like diablos.
Wonder why.
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