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[nightsafari]

I tried this car in Korea, such a shame Komoco never bring into SIngapore

wah fancy!! how did you get your hands on one? rental or company perk?

 

[nightsafari]

italians were the kings of sports cars for several decades until ww2, with the alfa romeo winning many races. japs were no where in sports cars until after 1969. any sports car enthusiast with some nostalgia will worship the 1925 alfa romeo as the quintessential sports car.
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for me, if i were to own a red vintage mille miglia winner, i would be in hog heaven.
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even the crap Alfas that looked like bread boxes were a treat to drive.

 

[nightsafari]

Japan used to dominate these sports segment but somehow lost it. That was how the first " fast and furious" started. Now there is no more japanese cars in that movie.

bubble economy cars they called it. Once the bubble burst, they gave up on sports cars.

 

[syed putra]

Stinger with its coming 2.5 turbo.

 

[syed putra]

bubble economy cars they called it. Once the bubble burst, they gave up on sports cars.

I thought it was due to strict emmission regulations. Thats why diesel cars are not widely availanle in japan.

 

[nightsafari]

I thought it was due to strict emmission regulations. Thats why diesel cars are not widely availanle in japan.

not at all. In fact, Japan lagged in enforcing emissions in the 90s. There was big kerfuffle back in the 90s when the Euro 3 regulations were implemented by sinkieland. The Japanese cars couldn't initially meet it. Then the EU kept pushing with the Euro 4 and so on. Japanese sports cars suffered domestically because Japanese buyers stopped buying luxury goods. The gravy train had stopped. Globally, their products stopped being competitive because the HQ suffers the chills and doesn't pour money into low profit segments like sports cars.

Historically, Japan has always lagged in diesel technology. The leader in that is Italy with Fiat's common rail diesel. Sam and a whole bunch of people may laugh, but Fiat as a engine tech company is actually pretty fierce. They studied variable valve timing back in the early 80s. It is their workers and management that kept them from implementing it. France and German too have good diesel engines. Give you an interesting anecdote. Back in the 80s the French wanted to tariff Japanese cars to keep them from competing with French cars. They couldn't slap an import duty on because it would be anti-competitive and would result in trade wars. So they cleverly slapped a gasoline engine tax on. Problem solved, because the Japanese couldn't come up with a competitive diesel engine. That's why a huge portion of France buys diesel cars. Because of this tax.

But you say what about the Koreans? They have decent diesel cars. Well yeah. They buy over 1 gen old diesel production tooling. So basically they have last gen's European(German) diesels. The Japanese just outright refuse to buy it over and either won't or can't do it well.

 

[Chase]

wah fancy!! how did you get your hands on one? rental or company perk?

Supplier picked my boss and I from the airport, using K9.

More luxurious and comfortable than mercs.

 

[syed putra]

Supplier picked my boss and I from the airport, using K9.

More luxurious and comfortable than mercs.

Koreans did the right thing by hiring germans and moving upmarket.

 

[nightsafari]

Supplier picked my boss and I from the airport, using K9.

More luxurious and comfortable than mercs.

VIP treatment!

 

[Chase]

VIP treatment!

aiyah, not for me, I just help boss carry bag. but on a serious note, if same price, buy K9 don't buy merc.

 

[Chase]

Koreans did the right thing by hiring germans and moving upmarket.

European cars' standard dropped a lot in recent years, Jaguar, Mercs, Audi, VW, and even BMW may build reliable engines but their fug-up accessories cause car owners to go back to AD repeatedly.