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Writer/Teacher
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wandering Connecticut
Posts: 9,294
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damn near every car company now has a performance car. Mitsu has the Lancer EVO (and had the Eclipse and 3000GT before), Dodge has the Viper, Chevy has the Vette, Ford has the Mustang and GT40, Honda has the S2000, and on and on
I wouldn't call any of these "performance brands" however
Even BMW, whose entire line seems to be relatively sporty, comes off as being more of a luxury brand than a performance brand. Ditto for Merc, Jag, and Audi.
The true performance brands? Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus, Aston, Maser, TVR, and some smaller companies like Radical and Caterham. Why? Because they build almost exclusively performance cars, and their performance cars make up the majority of the cars sold on the market, unlike Suburu who undoubtedly sells more Forresters than WRXs.
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