What car do you think is the best american car ever made? I say the Vector Wiegert Vector W8 Twin Turbo. Maybe some day I'll hit the lottery and be able to buy one.
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What car do you think is the best american car ever made? I say the Vector Wiegert Vector W8 Twin Turbo. Maybe some day I'll hit the lottery and be able to buy one.
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Corvette because it has been around for 50 years. I don't like most of the old ones but the C5 and C6 are really nice. For the money you can't beat the vette, it has performance that is better than most cars that cost 3 times as much plus it looks good.
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Es cierto que tanto el Mustang como el Corvette tienen la insignia americana de los mejores autos jamás construidos, por esta razón tienen ambos una historia increible. Sin embargo, no podemos descartar como muchos mencionan, al Camaro y al Shelby. Ciertamente en nuestros días, si hablamos de autos americanos insignia, tendríamos que hacer una importante elección entre el Dodge Viper, el Ford Mustang (cuya versión concepto promete mucho) y el indiscutible (y muy mejorado) Corvette C6.Originally Posted by NAZCA C2
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the 1967 copo optioned corvette with an all alumium 427 lz1 v8!
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The Corvette would have to be. It was America's original sports car meant to compete with the world. In its 50 year history it's had its ups and downs but more or less always stay true to it's original intent, performance. For the price the Vette is one of the sports cars in the world.
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Couldn't agree more! It's maybe not the fastest or most exclusive or the most expensive but it really reflects the all American sportscar.
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man the Weigert is sweet, i bought one in GT2 and it handles really well. anyway i think that the corvette is the best american car ever made because it has such a rich history, and it is still kicking a lot of ass today. it's the first true american sports car.What car do you think is the best american car ever made? I say the Vector Wiegert Vector W8 Twin Turbo. Maybe some day I'll hit the lottery and be able to buy one.
other good one are:
the Viper
the S7
and the Ford GT40
and of course the Cobra
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although the corvettes have a rich history, you cant really go past a hemi big block, they are true high horsepower engine and had a still considered as one of the best v8 designed engine of all time
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Well thats debateable its about 800lbs of engine and its power is matched by the caddie 500 and is about 60 ft/lbs down on tourqenot to mention the cost on mods and parts.
But as for go the GT40 and the mustangs both classics ones returned and one never left and the mustang has finally killed the camaro through a sales figure of about 4 to 1.
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Sorry Falc, but I have to disagree with you here. The Hemi's power was not matched by the Caddy 500 ci engine, its rated hp and torque figures were a half truth, they listed the peak hp and torque figures at about 1500 rpm lower than where the peak figures were actually.
The 426 was rated at 425hp @ 4800 rpm but it actually made its peak hp closer to 6500 rpm, you have to remember the Chrysler hemi was a detuned race engine, and the design of the hemi head promoted better breathing at higher rpm.
Either way, it hardly qualifies any of the hemi cars as "best American car ever made" because in day to day driving they were reportedly very temperamental and plug fouling was a constant issue.
My own pick for best car would be the Corvette and it doesn't really matter what year either - aside from the late '70's - early '80's which were lacking any real power and just looked stylish.
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Vette and Stang are classics.......old muscle cars and stuff like that, and the GT40...
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well thats all true and most american companys did do that with their hi po models but personally i prefer thir weedge engines the "elephant" name the hemis were given was well deserved and the ngine was also let down by a poor manifold too imo i got that from fiddling on our computer dyno you wont belive the gains a slight change can make on them.Sorry Falc, but I have to disagree with you here. The Hemi's power was not matched by the Caddy 500 ci engine, its rated hp and torque figures were a half truth, they listed the peak hp and torque figures at about 1500 rpm lower than where the peak figures were actually.
The 426 was rated at 425hp @ 4800 rpm but it actually made its peak hp closer to 6500 rpm, you have to remember the Chrysler hemi was a detuned race engine, and the design of the hemi head promoted better breathing at higher rpm.
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Well, if you -really- want my opinion I'd have to say an El Camino just because it's an El Camino, but that's not a car per se. Sooo I'll say Superbird or Hemi-Cuda.
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