I'm really not sure about this one
I like what ford did with the Mustang, and what whoever it was did with the camaro. Both of them seemed to hang on to the right elements of the originals, but this one just seems to be a little on the tame/safe side, whereas the original stingray was a fairly outrageous looking car.
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more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 21:37,
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I expect there'll be a range of lairier and scarier ones
which will probably look a bit more edgy. It's still olde worlde underneath, for the second time in a row they have developed a brand new single cam, 2 valve per cylinder engine, and it has transverse leaf-springs instead of coil-overs.
I bet it is a total hoot to drive (in America). Might get 35mpg based on the previous ones.
I don't like the back lights yet though.
Some clearer pics here www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26947
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Studebaker Hawk Touch me, I'm thick, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 21:42,
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Do they still make cars with leaf springs?
Glorified ox-carts.
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how else are you going to roll it on a corner
while the cops all crash in to you at 40mph
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LP, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 22:35,
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Yep
The Mustang for example is a solid rear axle with leaf springs, unless you pay megabucks for a Roush converted one, but by then, you should have just bought a Corvette.
The Vette does have independent rear suspension, and has done since the 60s I think, but since the 5th generation it's had a weird composite leaf spring which goes from one side to the other.
Funnily though the Corvette has been one of the most successful cars in endurance racing in the last 10 years, it's been highly developed and that old push-rod lump just keeps on going.
I'm also glad to see the new one has even more electronics that won't work. :P
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Studebaker Hawk Touch me, I'm thick, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 22:36,
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