Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True but the Morgan is a delightful throw back not a modern sports car by any measure. This is not a criticism of the Morgan. It is just the way it happily is. Even they have had a tough time of it, having to drop the +8 due to lack of demand. John Collier On 29-Jan-06, at 7:58 AM, Ken Steels wrote: > Yes someone still makes a true sports car - Morgan > > > Frank Dernie wrote: > >> Well said. Nobody makes Sports Cars any more, they are all >> overweight 2 >> seat limos. The nearest after Lotus and Noble are Porsche, who still >> make lightish cars but the rest are overweight, even all the >> Ferraris >> bar one. The fashion is power, but whilst extra power will get >> back the >> acceleration lost to the weight, and give a pointless increase in >> never-used top speed, the nimbleness, handling and good brakes are >> forever lost :-( >> Even the Elise is suffering, the Toyota engined one has been "pimped" >> as you put it and is about 15% heavier than the K-series car, sad, >> acceleration and top speed notwithstanding >> >> >> On 29 Jan, 2006, at 04:37, John Collier wrote: >> >>> gave the big thumbs up to the Lotus Elise. Why would anyone buy >>> anything else if you are in the market for a sports car? Does >>> anyone >>> else actually even make a sports car anymore?