favorite american sports car

[ac427cpe]

GT40 for me

[Neutrino]

New Viper.

[Moppie]

Corvette.

[Pennzoil GT-R]

All cars ever = GT40
New Cars = Viper SRT-10

[Moppie]

The GT40 dosn't count.

A: its either was a race car or a Super car,

B: The only thing American in it was the money and the engine.
The Chassis was a British design, and the car was developed and raced by Ford Europe. And most of the people who worked on the car and who raced it where either European, New Zealanders or Australian.

[ac427cpe]

it was a streetcar, maybe not first, but it had to be to race in LeMans.

yes, it was a Lola first, but then... the viper doesn't count either, arent they made by dodge? you know... a division of daimler-chrysler...

does it really matter?

second choice would have been an A/C cobra, but that;s just shelby's version of an A/C Bristol that was running an old 6cyl engine and at the end of it's lifespan as a car, then shelby revived it by dropping Ford's brand new 260 in it.

but, then it doesn't count either. it's british too

[Polygon]

Originally posted by ac427cpe
it was a streetcar, maybe not first, but it had to be to race in LeMans.

yes, it was a Lola first, but then... the viper doesn't count either, arent they made by dodge? you know... a division of daimler-chrysler...

The Viper is built in America with American parts. There aren't any Mercedes parts in it. They are pretty seperate entities. There might be some cross platforming soon, but not yet. And Dodge may be a division of Daimler-Chrysler, but they are still made in Detriot like they always have been. Fiat owns Ferrari. VW owns Lambo, Porsche, and Bently. It doesn't matter who owns it, it matters where the car was manufactured.

The problem is that there is so much cross platforming these days you can't always be sure who made the parts in your car.

[FYRHWK1]

Originally posted by Moppie
The GT40 dosn't count.

A: its either was a race car or a Super car,

B: The only thing American in it was the money and the engine.
The Chassis was a British design, and the car was developed and raced by Ford Europe. And most of the people who worked on the car and who raced it where either European, New Zealanders or Australian.

wrong, the design was drawn up by ford america, it was built in a ford owned plant in britain because their tooling was setup for small production, high tech chassis. the MK4 (which was the most sucessful and best performing model) was also completely american.

[Deakins]

Wrong, designed by Eric Broadley as the Lola GT.

[Neutrino]

Originally posted by ac427cpe
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yes, it was a Lola first, but then... the viper doesn't count either, arent they made by dodge? you know... a division of daimler-chrysler...

What are you talking about? Dodge made the viper long before it was part of Daimer-Crysler.

[SuPeRcAr_MaN]

Corvette Z06 or any Viper from 95-2003. I would pick the GT40 but with all the contriversy it is starting, I will lay off it.

[Polygon]

Originally posted by Neutrino



What are you talking about? Dodge made the viper long before it was part of Daimer-Crysler.

Oh, I forgot about that as well.

[Moppie]

Originally posted by FYRHWK1


wrong, the design was drawn up by ford america, it was built in a ford owned plant in britain because their tooling was setup for small production, high tech chassis. the MK4

For it to be an American sports car it has to be have been designed and built by Americans in America.
The GT40 wasn't.


The Viper has proobly done the most in the last 10 years to attract the attention of the media to the existance of American "sports cars" but it lacks the history and breeding of the Corvette.
I consider the Corvette a little more refined, and more in the spirit of my idea of what makes a good sports car.
The Viper is an awsome car, but lacks a certian finese in the way it does things.

[Neutrino]

Originally posted by Moppie

I consider the Corvette a little more refined, and more in the spirit of my idea of what makes a good sports car.
The Viper is an awsome car, but lacks a certian finese in the way it does things.

i guess you can say about the old viper but the new one is a work of art technologically speaking.

[ac427cpe]

sorry about the viper comment, i'm not much of a viper history person, however, i would like to know whcih country you would deem the Ford GT40 belonging to.