Sports car brand you associate most with

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Which is you?

  • Aston Martin

    Votes: 3 4.9%

  • Audi

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • BMW

    Votes: 6 9.8%

  • Bugatti

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Corvette

    Votes: 5 8.2%

  • Dodge

    Votes: 3 4.9%

  • Ferrari

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Honda

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Lamborghini

    Votes: 2 3.3%

  • Lexus

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lotus

    Votes: 4 6.6%

  • Mazda

    Votes: 11 18.0%

  • Mercedes-Benz

    Votes: 4 6.6%

  • Nissan

    Votes: 4 6.6%

  • Porsche

    Votes: 9 14.8%

  • TVR

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 8 13.1%
  • Total voters
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Yeah I think it's possibly one of the 'muricacentric stats... I genuinely can't see it being true in Europe, ... plus.. most raced or not... I'd still rather an M3. :D
 
Spec Miata may be big in some areas... but in my neck of the woods it Porsche 944 SPEC.

And why are Miatas and 944s so popular? Is it because they're sooooo fast? No. It's because they're cheap.
 
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Cheap, fast, or fluffy. They're still the most popular.

The MX-5 is popular because it's cheap, yes. But it's also extremely well set up (especially as a learner's car) and the modification possibilities are endless.

The MX-5 definitely deserves it's spot.

Around my parts it is most definitely the MX-5 that's the most popular. There are actually very few 944's that I've seen.
 
My local autoX is always 50% MX-5s, so I believe their slogan.
 
Ok, yeah, most. One thing that drew me away from Spec Miata was their engine costs. To be competitive you need a $6k+ fully built to the rules engine. Sure you can race without one, but being 20hp down in a spec series means you're racing alone. I think my entire car cost me around $6k.
 
astrosdude91
I most associate with Toyota, since I drive one. And they've made some terrific sports cars.
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Of those you posted, one isn't a sports car but a turbocharged economy car and another is a luxury GT. Of the four that can be considered sports cars, two of them are completely inaccessible with one of those requiring an outlandishly vague definition of "sports car" to fit the bill. So you've actually only posted two sports cars, the Supra and FR-S, the Supra still being too rare and expensive to be considered an even remotely traditional sports car.

All you had to do was post an MR2 bro. That's pretty much the only traditional-like sports car that Toyota has made in modern times, and they couldn't even keep it alive.

MatskiMonk
Yeah I think it's possibly one of the 'muricacentric stats... I genuinely can't see it being true in Europe, ... plus.. most raced or not... I'd still rather an M3. :D
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Have fun with your monstrous luxury GT. That just leaves more traditional sports cars for me to enjoy!
 
Keef
Of those you posted, one isn't a sports car but a turbocharged economy car and another is a luxury GT. Of the four that can be considered sports cars, two of them are completely inaccessible with one of those requiring an outlandishly vague definition of "sports car" to fit the bill. So you've actually only posted two sports cars, the Supra and FR-S, the Supra still being too rare and expensive to be considered an even remotely traditional sports car.

All you had to do was post an MR2 bro. That's pretty much the only traditional-like sports car that Toyota has made in modern times, and they couldn't even keep it alive.
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Oh I also forgot the TC.
 
astrosdude91
Oh I also forgot the TC.
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Another economy car. Apparently you've never seen my infallible sports car criterion. Nobody has yet to argue against it effectively, except for using the term "sporty car" where "sports car" doesn't fit.
 
Bottoz
And why are Miatas and 944s so popular? Is it because they're sooooo fast? No. It's because they're cheap.
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A Miata around here is anything but cheap. A guy I know just bought a '91 Miata with 195,000 miles on it for $4,000 and it's really rough. You can get a MR2 with less miles, in better shape, for less. Of if you really want to do it cheap you buy a Neon, they are by far the most popular car at any autocross around here. You can get one that runs for about $700 and if you put another $1,000 into it you'll have a pretty competitive car.
 
Keef
Another economy car. Apparently you've never seen my infallible sports car criterion. Nobody has yet to argue against it effectively, except for using the term "sporty car" where "sports car" doesn't fit.
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Ah, but how about this as criteria? A sports car can be a car with a motorsport pedigree. So going over my list again in order...

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^Ok, that one isn't the same generation SC as what I posted earlier. But same lineage and segment.
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Seems like a logical way to define a sports car.

And here's an MR2 for teh looks:
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Oh, and I wasn't serious about a TC being a sports car.:p
 
astrosdude91
Ah, but how about this as criteria? A sports car can be a car with a motorsport pedigree. So going over my list again in order...
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Wouldn't that criteria require the car to have been built pretty much just for racing? I don't think any of those cars meet that criteria, except in a way maybe the GT-FOUR in that Toyota may not have built a turbo all-wheel drive version of the Celica if not for entering it into the WRC.

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean by "motorsport pedigree". Lame indeed. :lol: If you mean a car that is largely used in motorsports then that pulls in a lot of cars I really wouldn't consider sports cars. But then again if a car is used in motorsports it must mean it's a sports car!

I'd have to go with Toyota and Mazda, probably more leaning towards Toyota, since they have produced more cars that I would like to race.
 
I was sorta dissecting the term "sports car". What does the "sports" in sports car indicate? Motorsports, right? If it races in a motorsport, it's a sports car. Makes sense to me. I guess it's going to the very root of the term.
 
I really should have included Subaru and Toyota that make up most of "other".

So, Mazda and Porsche are really popular. But I'm really surprised that nobody relates to Ferrari. I wasn't expecting that!
 
I'm gonna have to go with Mazda as well...

...and it has nothing to do with the '89 RX-7 in my driveway. :sly:
 
I put down "other."
Just like those above me, this decision has nothing to do with the car in my driveway. :P

Btw,
+1 Astrodude, very nice presentation. :D

Also, I'm really interested to know exactly what is Keef's definition of a sports car.

Closest def I can give:
An automobile designed for the purpose of enthusiastic driving while providing some aspect of performance potential greater than that of non-sporting cars.

Kind of a toughy, Im going to think it over and get back to this one. :D
 
Nissan. They're worth buying and worth driving and they have such iconic cars such as the entire GT-R series, The Z series, the 240sx. And the fact that they are reliable my friends 240sx has around 130,000 miles and has been sitting in his side yard for around 3-4 years and it still starts and runs.
 

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