[Dick Boneske]

For $45K, can you tell me which BMW, Infiniti, Lexus offers performance equivalent to the Chevrolet SS? Also, a list of American sedans that offer equivalent performance to the SS at $45K?

To me, the "bells & whistles" are simply an added bonus.

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by Dick Boneske

For $45K, can you tell me which BMW, Infiniti, Lexus offers performance equivalent to the Chevrolet SS? Also, a list of American sedans that offer equivalent performance to the SS at $45K?

They can't, because they simply don't exist.

As for the BMW 5 Series V8 has a base price of about $65,000, the Lexus Q70 V8 base is 63,000 and the Lexus LS460 base is $73,000.

Even the 4 cylinder BMW 5 Series with less than half the HP starts at thousands more than the SS!

As I posted earlier, the SS is a bargain in today's auto market at $46,000 for a V8 RWD performance sedan.

[Overkillphil]

I never understood the notion that if someone doesn't like something, they must be jealous. If it were true, it would seemingly have to apply universally.

I've never met anyone who liked the smell of dog crap, but using the aforementioned theory I suppose there are a lot of jealous people in that regard.

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by Overkillphil

I never understood the notion that if someone doesn't like something, they must be jealous. If it were true, it would seemingly have to apply universally.

I've never met anyone who liked the smell of dog crap, but using the aforementioned theory I suppose there are a lot of jealous people in that regard.

It wasn't a statement, it was a question.

It wasn't a theory or a notion, it requests an answer.

I know the punctuation was correct, so I don't know how it was misconstrued as a statement of a theory, or as you say a notion.

The person it was addressed to will most likely never answer yes, even if he is jealous, so it ends up as a rhetorical question, which isn't the reason I asked the question initially.

Rhetorical:
(of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.

You have to admit, the way a human beings mind works many times they run down something they are confused about, or just can't have, sometimes they run something down because they honestly don't like it. As I said he is entitled to his opinion, my opinion contrasts his though and I explained why my opinion is what it is.

On the other hand the person it was directed at gave no reasoning for his opinion why he believes Pontiac screwed up the name GTO, even when they stole it from Ferrari. His opinion mirrors the same as the Ferrari enthusiasts felt when De Loren and friends tacked it on an American Pontiac Le Mans optioned car.

The true definition of the abbreviated name GTO surely applies to the Deloren Pontiac GTO, as well as the Pontiac Lutz GTO, Ferrari, and Holden HSV GTO. There are other car companies that have used the abbreviation, but these are the most well known examples.

One other thing, the Malibu/Chevelle name has been pretty much interchangeable since 1964 only denoting the level of trim on the same car. In 1997 then it became it's own model in a FWD mid size car. I'm not sure if that poisons the Chevelle/Malibu name or not, looks like the 68-72 cars are the only ones worthy of that nameplate. I'm not sure if it being used on cars after 72 makes it screwed up or not. I guess we'll have to wait and see if that destroyed the name, or not.

[Will]

Originally Posted by Dick Boneske

For $45K, can you tell me which BMW, Infiniti, Lexus offers performance equivalent to the Chevrolet SS? Also, a list of American sedans that offer equivalent performance to the SS at $45K?

To me, the "bells & whistles" are simply an added bonus.

Performance is usually not the bottom line for people buying such cars.

The SS would clearly outperform most other cars in it's price range in terms of straight line performance. People buying $45K cars usually aren't looking for a dragstrip warrior, thus the performance potential of the SS isn't part of their calculations.

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by Will

Performance is usually not the bottom line for people buying such cars.

The SS would clearly outperform most other cars in it's price range in terms of straight line performance. People buying $45K cars usually aren't looking for a dragstrip warrior, thus the performance potential of the SS isn't part of their calculations.

The majority of people buying a 4 door full size RWD performance car are not dragstrip warriors. I seriously doubt that Dick has plans for racing his SS on a regular basis.

So what point are you really trying to make?