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Originally Posted by Stoutnj89

Take a look at this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car

The 135i is not a sports car. It's a hatch that's been reconfigured into a coupe body style, and it still has four useful seats.

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Originally Posted by pman10

I'm sorry, but this is hilarious. If a 135i is a sports car, then what is an M3? A supercar?

BMW makes great vehicles, but I would not consider any of their current vehicle line a true sports car (aside from maybe the GTS). I personally consider a sports car something that is purpose-built for performance. All of the current BMW's are sedans or GTs at best, as they are all heavily compromised to afford luxury and convenience.

+1

[ghosthi32]

Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

The 135i is not a sports car. It's a hatch that's been reconfigured into a coupe body style, and it still has four useful seats.

damn 1addicts...WHHHYYYY

[TK-421]

Originally Posted by Stoutnj89

Ok, you can keep thinking that but its definitely not an A ta B car. Plus I think there would be a lot of people on the 135 forum that would disagree.

There are a ton of car magazines that love the mazda miata and call it a great sports car. (Some mags have liked it over porsches on the track)

A 1 Series and a Miata are completely different, hence why I agree with them on the Miata. It may not necessarily be the fastest thing on the road but it's a balanced 2-seater with no room for golf clubs.

[NewYearsBoy]

Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

The 135i is not a sports car. It's a hatch that's been reconfigured into a coupe body style, and it still has four useful seats.

Ya I'm sorry I'm out of this thread. People are putting down the vette and calling a twin turbo 2 door BMW not a sports car. The M3 is a sports car. The 135i is a performance car with luxury YES.. That's what the link said on google.

[gonzo]

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[NFS13]

Originally Posted by michaelthepsycho

The only thing stopping me from a Corvette is the styling... Too simplistic; just a wedge with no artistic flare at all. Performance... Sure, I'll give Chevy that but nothing else. Every person stepping out of a Corvette is an overweight, middle-aged man who blocks the single lane in the canyons; no thanks.

He speaks the truth!!! I mean really, get out of the way already!

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Originally Posted by Stoutnj89

Ya I'm sorry I'm out of this thread. People are putting down the vette and calling a twin turbo 2 door BMW not a sports car. The M3 is a sports car. The 135i is a performance car with luxury YES.. That's what the link said on google.

Sports car = TWO seats. Your freakin' Wiki link even supports this.

The 135i and M3 are both sports coupes. Type 135i in google and then type 'sports' and see what word pops up behind it. Hint: it's not 'car', it's 'coupe'.

[NewYearsBoy]

Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

Sports car = TWO seats. Your freakin' Wiki link even supports this.

The 135i and M3 are both sports coupes. Type 135i in google and then type 'sports' and see what word pops up behind it. Hint: it's not 'car', it's 'coupe'.

The link says usually 2 doors...

[A4rings]

Originally Posted by shift@red

Not the case, considering the RS destroys it to 300 kph and almost every facet of performance on or off the track. Take a look at the link and tell me where the zr1 is actually better.

http://fastestlaps.com/comparisons/c...97_gt2_rs.html

My guess is the vette just got the jump here...

http://www.**************.com/pit-ge...00-0-km-h.html

0-300 kph

GT2 RS 28 seconds
ZR1 35 seconds

Even a regular GT2 is as fast as the ZR1 to 300 kph.

Thankyou soooo much for posting this so i didnt have to look up the info. The guys in this movie were tired of watching the germans kick their ass-- the gt2rs is muchhhh faster than a zr1 in both acceleration and at the track.

PS Rs6655 the ls7 in the z06 and ls9 in the zr1 are both pushrod engines with a single cam in the center of the block

[rs6655]

Originally Posted by A4rings

PS Rs6655 the ls7 in the z06 and ls9 in the zr1 are both pushrod engines with a single cam in the center of the block

Did you read the whole discussion?

Originally Posted by rs6655

The Corvette get's it's power from an engine that could be built out of a Summit or Jegs catalog. It's a huge, pushrod, cam-in-block, V-8 with a supercharger on it. To give it cudos over the rest without pointing out the huge disparity in engine size takes away from the superb engineering of the other cars.