2004 Convertible Cars

Anonymous · January 26, 2004, 12:31

Interesting read... s:)

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http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=102&i=7874

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Slacey · January 26, 2004, 12:42

Yep, pretty good. Only the Seat really pushes things on though.

MRMike · January 26, 2004, 12:44

Really intersting that..love the Spider and MX5. And what have they done to the boxster?

Anonymous · January 26, 2004, 13:10

Oh my......hang on. Will get typing once I have changed my underpants.......

Thats better. Now, where were we? Oh yeah, the convertibles......

The Alfa. Oh.....my.....god. What a STUNNING peice of kit!!!!! s:shock: :shock: s:shock: Utterly, utterly gorgeous.......

But not as gorgeous as the Aston!!!! Dribble.......oh bugger. Need to change my pants again..........

The MX-5 was nice looking, but a little bland. And to be honest, its a quite a bit away from the original in terms of design. The idea was to replicate a classic british sports car, and they did that perfectly. And that was and still is part of the great appeal to a lot of people. Ok, the design is VERY old now and a change is needed, but to go that far from its origianl design ethic could possibly be dangerous for sales. Time will tell....nice though it is......

The Porsche Boxter looks bloody hideous! WHAT have they done to the headlights? And the car looks strangely out of proportion now for some reason. Can't put my finger on it. It was never the most attractive car in my eyes anyway, but I could see its appeal. With that, well........they have wrecked it.....

The Seat is a very sexy looking motor. Very futuristic, but could be a little too outlandish for public tastes. We will have to see. But I like it. But not as much as that Alfa. Cor blimey, thats lovely.............. s:oops: :oops: s:oops: s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · January 26, 2004, 13:23

the volvo at the bottom is absoutley hideous ... more hideous than your normal volvo (which is hard 2 believe i know)

GSB · January 26, 2004, 13:28

[Sigh...]If only used prices of alfas didnt plummet quite so hard... I nearly bought a new one, but the depreciation prospects made my eyes water.

aaronjb · January 26, 2004, 13:31

The insurance made my eyes water with the Alfa's, I looked at a couple before getting the '2.

Didn't really like any of the cars there though, aside from the Alfa and the Aston. The MX5 just looks like a 'mini RX8', and I can't stand the RX8 s:(

s:( (Saw it in blue the other day, and it looked for all the world like a family hatchback! The RX7 was so much sexier).

I'll take one of those 911's though, please, Mr Santa..

Anonymous · January 26, 2004, 13:32

Quote from: John WoodwardThe Porsche Boxter looks bloody hideous! WHAT have they done to the headlights? And the car looks strangely out of proportion now for some reason. Can't put my finger on it. It was never the most attractive car in my eyes anyway, but I could see its appeal. With that, well........they have wrecked it.....

Unfortunately they seem to have made the georgeous Boxter look remarkably like the HIDEOUS Cayenne! Now there's an idea Cayenne soft top???

MRMike · January 26, 2004, 13:46

Quote from: "aaronjb"The MX5 just looks like a 'mini RX8', and I can't stand the RX8 s:( s:( (Saw it in blue the other day, and it looked for all the world like a family hatchback! The RX7 was so much sexier).

Mazda will be making a direct RX7 replacement, with twin turbo's which should be awesome. I think they only made the RX8 first to re-estabilish belief and interest in the brand and the rotary engine. With the engines compactness it has the most benefit in a four door, four seater (packaging reasons). The really fun car is yet to come...

aaronjb · January 26, 2004, 13:51

Quote from: "Andy S"Unfortunately they seem to have made the georgeous Boxter look remarkably like the HIDEOUS Cayenne! Now there's an idea Cayenne soft top???

Urgh, now there's an abomination if ever there was one.. And Lisa actually thought it looked nice (she has no taste in cars.. I mean, she wants to buy a Daewoo Matiz!)

Quote from: "Mikeharper2"Mazda will be making a direct RX7 replacement, with twin turbo's which should be awesome. I think they only made the RX8 first to re-estabilish belief and interest in the brand and the rotary engine. With the engines compactness it has the most benefit in a four door, four seater (packaging reasons). The really fun car is yet to come...

I hope you're right there Mike.. I loved the old RX7 (late model ones, I mean), lovely curves, lovely looking car.. the current RX8 just looks like a family hatch to me s:(

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[edited coz I thought Mike was Tem for some reason! Must see optician.. s;)

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Tem · January 26, 2004, 13:52

Quote from: "aaronjb"
Quote from: "Tem"Mazda will be making a direct RX7 replacement, with twin turbo's which should be awesome. I think they only made the RX8 first to re-estabilish belief and interest in the brand and the rotary engine. With the engines compactness it has the most benefit in a four door, four seater (packaging reasons). The really fun car is yet to come...

I hope you're right there Tem..

Huh...I didn't write that s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

MRMike · January 26, 2004, 13:59

Quote from: "aaronjb"[edited coz I thought Mike was Tem for some reason! Must see optician.. s;) s;) ]

Must be my new moody dark avatar!

aaronjb · January 26, 2004, 14:02

Quote from: "Mikeharper2"
Quote from: "aaronjb"[edited coz I thought Mike was Tem for some reason! Must see optician.. s;) s;) ]

Must be my new moody dark avatar!

I think it was.. my brain connected it directly to Tem.. s:)

s:) Oops!

Tem · January 26, 2004, 14:07

They are kinda same...but remember that I drive on the right side of the road s8)

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