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Dr. Phil said:
To be honest, I have never watched any american sportscar series, be it stockcar, top fuel, (what's it called where they drive senselessly around and round in an oval?), any GT series or or the US Le Mans series.
Hence I have no idea how US cars are doing compared to european ones.
I am pretty sure that the story is different and the competition much closer when we talk modified cars.
Hell, in the German DTC series you'll see Opels beating Porsches.

No, I'm talking non-modified production cars.
I am absolutely open to the fact that US cars have improved - even in this area - but still haven't seen a thoroughbread US sportscar that can compete with Ferraris, Astons, Porsches etc and still have the poise, style and buildquality of these cars.

I'm sure any european sportscar can be beaten, no doubt.
Gimme a Mazda MX5 and a can of NOS and I'm there!

Maybe I'm biased because here in Denmark, usually only drugdealers and porn wholesalers drive Vettes, Trans Ams and the like. New or old.
and I may also be totally wrong about the Vettes actual performance, but from what I've heard and read it's still a Vette. (Hey! That rhymed!...I'm a songwriter!)

To me, comparing a Vette to a 911 is like comparing LL Cool J to Kiri Te Kanawa. It's just two different ways of being entertained.

Having said all this, I truly welcome any improvement our american friends can come up with. Hopefully we will see even better cars on both sides of the Pond in the years to come.



Hey Doc, U no gettem satellite TV in bling bling Denmark?
Tell your government to use their silly speeding tax dollars to provide universal sattelite TV coverage NOW!

Sportscar racing in the US is nothing like dragster racing, stock car racing or circle dirt track sprint car racing that you mentioned.

Sportscar racing here means road like courses. Check out the tracks at Monterey, Sonoma, Atlanta,Watkins Glen etc.. These are very technical road courses,some of wich are near the worlds finest vineyards Regretfully we dont make a decent champagne, so one must drink the ordinairy Crystal that is usually stocked on shelves next to the handgun ammunition and chewing tobacco at Southern gas stations.

I donno what to say about your Danish porn wholesalers and dope dealers liking Corvettes and Firebirds. Here they seriously prefer Bentleys, Porsches, Mercedes and Ferraris. So I suppose our cash rich criminals have a better sense of style.