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Is this what they mean by becoming all-American? Sad.

Nice, but not necessary. If Chevy wants to make a car that is truly competitive in the eyes of the world, they need to ditch the fiberglass and transverse leaf springs. The euro-snobs do not look down on the Vette for being front-engine. I'm very deep in the Porsche world- 928 owners have driven the new C6 and like it, but are afraid that it would squeak and rattle in a couple years. This provides no incentive to switch to a Vette, especially when your 20 year old, 150k-200k mile Porsche still feels like a tank and will hang with a C6 in the corners. Chevy needs to make the production Vettes truly durable, not just their Le Mans cars. Nobody here has mentioned the fiberglass body being a necessary part of Vette tradition, so I think it can safely be replaced with sheet metal. When Chevy runs out of development potential for the FR Corvette, then they should look at mid-engine. Luckily, FR has much more potential than something like the 911.

This link can be found on the front page of Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/s/354076 "So much for Toyota's vaunted reputation for quality. On July 18, the Japanese auto giant announced a recall of 418,570 vehicles worldwide for faulty engine parts. This follows an even larger global recall of nearly one million cars and trucks at the end of May for faulty parts that could cause drivers to lose control of the steering wheel.

I drive at a 70-80 highway cruising speed with occasional 5500 RPM shifts, and get 22-23 combined. Sounds good for a 23 year old car with archaic computer controls and pretty early fuel injection. But a 2.5l I4 with a standard...maybe not. Props to the GM V6s.

The Evo is one of the few cars that consistently owns mine at autocross. It's a sh!tbox, but a fast one.