10-22-2009, 10:14 PM
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Grand Prix of Endurance
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Originally Posted by Lone Wolf 75
^I agree with this. I think performance cars and sports cars as we know them are currently in their respective twilight and at the climax/pinnacle of affordable performance. Some may say I am a doomsdayer, but the "Green" movement and the overzealous push towards tremendously more efficient vehicles is going to make our sports cars into extinct species much like the gas crisis of the early 1970's was the death knell of the American musclecar. The inevitable rise in gas prices as supply disappears and demand stays at its current level or increases will only exacerbate the demise.
Sure technology may find a way, but you will likely soon pay a premium for performance.
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Interesting!
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