Originally posted by ludeboom
Dude compared to domestic cars...the Japs wrote the book on handling, i hate to break it to you, maybe you are late to the game or something.
I was going to stay out of this handling arguement (since you all have valid opposing points)..... but how could I after you said this?
That has got to be the most ignorant statement I've seen you post yet.
Japs wrote the book on handling???
WTF?!?!
Honda didn't even really make a car until the 1960's (they were a motorcycle company before that). Do you think they handled well? No. Not even close to sporty. And the Vette had been around for around 7 years at that point. In 1964 Ford designed and produced the GT40. The next few years after that it crushed all foreign competition (read: european, since japan didn't make anything worth crap) at Le Mans.
How about the other major japanese auto companies?
Toyota- nothing even close to a sports car until the 2000GT, which wasn't even in the same galaxy as the GT40.
Nissan/Datsun- first real sports car, the Skyline 2000 GT-R, didn't come out until 1966, and was playing catch up to european and american autos.
I have to ask.... what the **** are you smoking, and why would you think or say anything so abysmally stupid?