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Originally Posted by ravenheart
Well - a GTR's main PR stunt so far is that it will 'beat a 911' - which means that it is really just a newcomer trying to be cool like the 40 y/o german. Nothing particulary wrong with that, except - it is not trying to be as wonderful as the 911 - its sole purpose in life is to beat the 911 on the track, meaning that those 40 years of experience porsche has spent on making their cars enjoyable, the GTR has to compensate for by being ... what? cheap? That makes its a white good of cars and really rather pointless. It will be a car for people who want a super-car but can't afford one, so its likely that will make it a poser-mobile. Its the same story with almost any other car that tries to impose itself on another car's territory.
I, ofcourse, say that having very little insight into the GTR and further more having an irrational loathing of 911's  |
Glad to see someone gets it exactly like it is. The GTR was built in 89 to compete performace-wise against specifically the 911, and i will say, dis very well in that area, and nowhere else.
The car was not invented in Japan, neither was the engine, nor disc brakes, nor independent suspension. They are always late to the party trying to be something else.
One thing they are is very reliable. I respect that. I'm a real estate developer. I just bought a fleet of Toyota Hilux for my new proyect, and i would not have considered anything other than Japanese, they are remarkable in that area, switching from dogde trucks to toyotas cut our fleet's maintenence budget by 32%.
If you are here you may have bought an X5, but i hope you did for the same reasons as some of us did, the right reasons, because we love the fun and excitement that they bring into our lives, to us getting from A to B is not about cold hard performance numbers, price, or reliability, it's the ear to ear grin when you get out of your car. And if all you care about is piling miles on miles at the same speed and all you care about is repair bills, then you don't have a driver's soul.