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OIC... thx for clearing that up.

Why were japanese cars being referred to as "rice burners"?

RICE = Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. "Rice" originally started off as an insult to Japanese cars in the USA, with plenty of bodykit and tiny little engines.

Now Dr "hahahaha" freedom also...

Thank you Herr Melissen! I remember reading something like that in a local motoring journal way back in 1993 when Volkswagen released the first VR6 engine in South Africa.

nope! wrong again gai-x. The only reason that they are cheap is because they sell so many cars...(economies of scale). Try building one of those cars in SA and they won't be that cheap anymore.
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Guy_x - America can sell these huge cars and engines because they have the $$$ and a massive market to do it in. It also boils down the most basic marketing principle that is called DEMAND. The...

hello Kudo.... so what does the "V" and the "R" represent... in German?

GT = Grand Turismo + 'i' for injection

TT = Touring Turismo

VR = in-line

I think