They are nice looking I guess. I think it would be the perfect choice for a guy who wants a fast car who handles, but doesnt want to do maintenece, doesnt care about asthetics, and generally doesnt know about cars.
Dont get me wrong, I think its a wonderful car, however it is typical of every other Japanese car I've ever driven, but it just feels cheap to me, like im sitting in a $75K Civic, I mean cmon, they could have done better with the interior.
The fatal flaw with Japanese cars, IMHO, is that they make the cars too good, they dont have any soul or character. Plus, the very distinctive smell of a Honda's interior has always made me naseous. I dont know what it is, but it's always made me sick to my stomach, that smell of cheap plastic and vinyl.
Performance wise, the car is great. (My cousin had one briefly, let me drive it) Plenty of power, 270HP, (Feels like more) awesome handling, great balance. The only thing I DONT like about it performnace wise is the typical overboosted Honda power steering. I mean, granted its not as noticiable as it is in a Civic, but you can still tell it's not got the feeling of the road like it should.
Just the typical Japanese get the engineering right, no asthetic ideology. I remember reading somewhere that Honda spent something in the millions of dollars trying to get rid of a Harely-type exhaust note from their bigger motorcycles back in the day. I think that speaks volumes about how off the mark they were. Granted, it's gotten a lot better as of recent with cars like the S2000 (Which is ****in awesome if you ask me)..
In conclusion, I personally always thought the Mitsu 3000GT VR4 was a more fun car to drive (the rare times I got to drive my stepdad's, guy is 60 years old, decides to buy a sports car for the first time in his life, never takes it over 70....
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Still trying to figure out why we never got the Skyline here......