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almost none of these cars are "sports" cars except for the Lambo and the M3. Well I guess the Ferrari's are considered sports cars. The Cuda is a muscle car. the Vspec MIGHT be considered a sports car. It's the only real thing Japan has contributed to the real sports car world-that and the new GT-R that just came out this year. but in any case my fave sports car would be the McLaren F1. It's the fastest natrually aspired car on the market. Naturally aspired means that it doesn't have any turbos or superchargers. It's just run like a regular car.
almost none of these cars are "sports" cars except for the Lambo and the M3. Well I guess the Ferrari's are considered sports cars. The Cuda is a muscle car. the Vspec MIGHT be considered a sports car. It's the only real thing Japan has contributed to the real sports car world-that and the new GT-R that just came out this year. but in any case my fave sports car would be the McLaren F1. It's the fastest natrually aspired car on the market. Naturally aspired means that it doesn't have any turbos or superchargers. It's just run like a regular car.
Why does Japan gives America watered down version of theirs sports cars?
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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?
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