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Examples Evo didint have ay of the computerized differentials until years later.
why are they so stingy with their Nissan Gtrs? They finally sell them here. i'm sure they could have sold the previous versions here but too lazy to modify the car to meet our standards
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Needing to meet strict California emission regulations, and trying to keep the price down to sell cars.
Most Honda engines here in the US have slightly lower compression ratios than over in Japan, which often results in a 8-10hp different. That is purely done to meet the emission regulations of California.
As for the missing electronics and such, it is due to the lower sale prices. I have a Best Motoring video about the Tokyo Auto Salon from years ago, where the representative from Mitsubishi states this as the reason. They wanted to keep their price tag down, so they could sell more, and also to better compete with their biggest rival... the Subaru STI.
The Nissan GT-R's are a very strange thing though. While they claim 480hp, this is known to not be the case. Each engine is hand built, so power varies between each engine. Nissan is also simply a big fat lair :) . 480hp is well below what the cars really make, especially when you realize that this rating isn't even supposed to be taken as 480hp at the wheels. They've been dyno'd to right around 480 WHEEL horsepower! This is the US model by the way.
Edit: For "Steven G". All horsepower specs given by ANY car manufacturer is the horsepower in brake horsepower, which is the horsepower at the flywheel/crank. This is common knowledge for any automotive enthusiast. On the site that YOU linked to, they even state that it's 480hp, not 480whp or 405hp at the crank, but 480hp.
http://www.gtrnissan.com/specs.en.us.html - Official site linked off of Nissan's official site.
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2009/nissan/gtr/100986601/specs.html
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2009/nissan/gt_r/specifications/index.html
For my claim of 480whp, here are some links of tests done:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/112_0812_2009_nissan_gt_r_dyno_test/index.html
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0803_2009_nissan_gt_r_dyno_test/index.html
So who needs to do some research?
Needing to meet strict California emission regulations, and trying to keep the price down to sell cars.
Most Honda engines here in the US have slightly lower compression ratios than over in Japan, which often results in a 8-10hp different. That is purely done to meet the emission regulations of California.
As for the missing electronics and such, it is due to the lower sale prices. I have a Best Motoring video about the Tokyo Auto Salon from years ago, where the representative from Mitsubishi states this as the reason. They wanted to keep their price tag down, so they could sell more, and also to better compete with their biggest rival... the Subaru STI.
The Nissan GT-R's are a very strange thing though. While they claim 480hp, this is known to not be the case. Each engine is hand built, so power varies between each engine. Nissan is also simply a big fat lair :) . 480hp is well below what the cars really make, especially when you realize that this rating isn't even supposed to be taken as 480hp at the wheels. They've been dyno'd to right around 480 WHEEL horsepower! This is the US model by the way.
Edit: For "Steven G". All horsepower specs given by ANY car manufacturer is the horsepower in brake horsepower, which is the horsepower at the flywheel/crank. This is common knowledge for any automotive enthusiast. On the site that YOU linked to, they even state that it's 480hp, not 480whp or 405hp at the crank, but 480hp.
http://www.gtrnissan.com/specs.en.us.html - Official site linked off of Nissan's official site.
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2009/nissan/gtr/100986601/specs.html
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2009/nissan/gt_r/specifications/index.html
For my claim of 480whp, here are some links of tests done:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/112_0812_2009_nissan_gt_r_dyno_test/index.html
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0803_2009_nissan_gt_r_dyno_test/index.html
So who needs to do some research?
Is a Scion tc considered a sports car by insurance companies?
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I'm getting a new car. I have a Land Rover Discovery and its a piece of crap and drinks a lot of gas. I was going to get a Mazda RX8, I love them. My family has 3 of them, but my dad said no because the insurance would be high because its a sports car. Is a 2008 Scion tc considered a sports car by insurance companies? I am a 19 year old female by the way, if that matters. Thanks for any answers!
Answer
Yes.
The Scion tC is a sport compact manufactured by Toyota and sold under their Scion division in North America, introduced in the United States in June 2004 and 2010 for Canada. The name tC does not fit in with its stablemates, the xA, xB and xD, because the xC name designation is used by Volvo Cars for their lineup of sport utility vehicles. According to Scion, tC stands for touring coupe
Of course, coupe = two door, and to insurance in most cases, unless it's a pickup truck, 2 doors = sports car.
So, 2 door, and the manufacturer says it is a sports car.
Yes.
The Scion tC is a sport compact manufactured by Toyota and sold under their Scion division in North America, introduced in the United States in June 2004 and 2010 for Canada. The name tC does not fit in with its stablemates, the xA, xB and xD, because the xC name designation is used by Volvo Cars for their lineup of sport utility vehicles. According to Scion, tC stands for touring coupe
Of course, coupe = two door, and to insurance in most cases, unless it's a pickup truck, 2 doors = sports car.
So, 2 door, and the manufacturer says it is a sports car.
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