georgeszaslavsky
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the miura is a magnifisicently designed car and the miura sv was the best version of the miura ever made.I suppose that the modifications made by Audi to Lambo made things better
Sep 30, 2017,16:12 PM
From the late 50's to the early 70's the best handling luxury sedans made in the USA were the imperial crown lebaron sedans for these reasons:
-the torsion quiet ride featuring semi elliptic heavy duty leaf springs in the rear with rear torsion bar with specific insulation and front independent suspension with front torsion bar
-fast power steering ratio
-413ci then 440ci v8 engines which are bulletproof engines and long lasting
-also the biggest passenger space and trunk volume back in the days for the 1969-1973 models.
But this was the past. And in the past Imperials outhandled Lincolns and Cadillacs even some high end european cars such as Jaguars or Mercedes. For instance the Chrysler 300 letter car series were the best handling cars of the late 50's early 60's, even back then few european cars could touch them nor even compete with them.
But for the modern car era, is the cadillac seville sts a bad ride? I don't think it was, and it was one of the best american made cars alongwith the eldorado tc, both with front wheel drive and the northstar 4.9 v8.
For sports cars, there was the zr1 and later the z06 which were and are offering a serious run for the money against their european counterparts.
In the late 60's /70s, Mustang had the 302 Boss and Chevy the Camaro Z/28 were both used in transam racing with success and the civil versions of these cars sold quite well. Pontiac came with something special in 1973, the transam with the 455SD (super duty) perhaps one of the best engines ever made in the USA and which made of the transam one of the fastest production cars and one of the best handling one too.
I think that bad tires especially the polyglass and the wide oval tires were penalizing the handling of American cars back then. Also the suspension on some luxury cars especially Lincoln and Cadillac in the past (especially 50's to 70's models) was too soft unlike on Imperial cars. With modern tires and stiffer shocks these old cars have a lot of capabilities.
I probably will never be able to convince you that American cars handle quite well and for a number of them equal their European counterparts but offer more fun. There are some cases where I will rather have a German car instead of an American one or an English made one.
Have a good evening and a nice sunday
Regards
Georges
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Car porn
By: Arie - Mr Orange : September 29th, 2017-12:43
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The Grand (Porn) Tour!
By: Alkiro1 : September 29th, 2017-13:19
I take the red one. I suppose you have already chosen the purple one to match your Sarpaneva? ๐ Best wishes Alkiro
HAHAHA!!! I'm glad I enojoyed it Scott!
By: marcelo : September 29th, 2017-16:48
Some days I am truly inspired, but today should not be one, given the news I got that my (I would you an adjective here, but...) salary won't rise.
Damn Portuguese corrector!
By: marcelo : October 1st, 2017-07:21
I meant you and... Some days I am truly inspired, but today should not be one, given the news I got that my (I would USE an adjective here, but...) salary won't rise.
Lambo Factory Roadside Assistance
By: cazalea : September 29th, 2017-15:33
Somebody called for breakdown assistance? You have a problem with your car, sir? she asked, hitching up her drawers. Yes, I am an expert diagnostician. What seems to be the problem? Oh, you are overheating? Ooh, that seat is low! ...
Ha! [nt]
By: Arie - Mr Orange : September 29th, 2017-16:39
I know
By: Arie - Mr Orange : September 29th, 2017-14:35
Love that song btw! Very nostalgic
LOL [nt]
By: Arie - Mr Orange : September 29th, 2017-15:19
Concorso Italiano?
By: patrick_y : September 29th, 2017-16:15
My favorite is the green one.
Yellow one please, plus.....
By: nomadgiles : September 30th, 2017-02:22
.....at least two others for spare parts ;-) Fantastic cars - thanks for the post. Best, Giles.
Lambos, especially early Lambos, definitely had their flaws...
By: ThomasM : September 30th, 2017-06:59
And those of us who appreciate and love them do so despite those flaws. Same with Ferraris, Alfas, MOPAR Ford and Chevy and even (gasp) MB BMW and dont get me started on period Audis... American muscle cars from the 60's and 70's couldn't take curves wort...
Let's stick to the points you made specifically in this sub-thread
By: ThomasM : September 30th, 2017-17:42
"...these cars are mechanically unreliable and absolute rustbuckets" Hi Georges, How are Miuras mechanically unreliable, vis a vis other highly tuned high strung high performance cars pf the period? Let's start out with baselines, I am neither agreeing no...
Stunning...
By: ThomasM : September 30th, 2017-06:52
I sometimes feel that, during an exotic car gathering, too many all together at once is a bit like being forced to eat a 12 course meal with truffles and foie gras in every course - satiety or worse. But with the wild and different colors, there is enough...