Is an Audi a sports car?

[colin cohen]

I agree, but the implication is that Audis are not collectible, or have any
marque value in the same sense that this is absent from VW.  SCM considers
Buick, Cisitalia, Datsun, Mercury, Olds, Toyota and Volvo amongst the less
obvious, as worthy of being deemed: sports cars.  Note I am not debating
whether a Mustang or a Plymouth could be sports cars, I am noting that they
believe that the VW group has never made a sports car for sale to the
public.

That's what I find interesting in the light of the cars they think were
sports cars.  Of course that makes ours the more affordable, and as at least
one person will agree, completely on a par with Lexus who are also excluded
from the list.

Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <mx at snet.net>
To: <Ron356A at aol.com>
Cc: <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Is an Audi a sports car?


>
> Agreed... Plus I consider it a good thing that our Audis arent considered
sports
> cars. Its nice to know that in a modestly tweaked UrQ (or whatever) you
can
> embarass a lot of cars that ARE considered sports cars in any condition.
Police
> dont look twice at my UrQ. Id like to keep it that way :)
> Bob
>
> Ron356A at aol.com wrote:
>
> > This debate has been going on since about 1950 at least in the US. It
all
> > depends on how one defines a sports car.
> > There have been numerous articles in every mag from R&T to Mechanics
> > Illustrated over the years titled "What is a Sports Car?" There was no
answer
> > in 1950 and wont be one in 2050 I bet.
> > Who care what label other people put on your car. If you like it that's
all
> > that matters.
> > To me a "sports car" would have no roll up windows, but I have a 356
Coupe
> > that, in anyone's book, would be considered a "sports car."
> > I had a Testarossa that was slower of the mark than 5 L Mustangs. Some
people
> > would consider the Mustang to be a sports car, but the TR weighed
slightly
> > less than a Kenworth and you couldn't fling it around corners like an
MGA.
> > So..... if one wants to call whatever car one owns a sports car, they
should.
> > It's their car and hell what anybody else thinks.
> >
> > Just 356 cents worth
> >
> > Ron
> > MG TC ots
> > 120 ots
> > Bentley Continental dhc
> > MGA Fastback
> > Porsche 356
> > MGA Twin Cam
> > MGA Deluxe
> > Audi C GT
> > Radio Flyer Wagon (original owner)
> > Bob Jackson Bicycle (original owner)
>