Cars!

[yudansha]

Some environmentally friendly choices of autos available for North American market:

All M.S.R.P. are in U.S. currency according to the Kelly Blue Book values.

2004 Honda Civic Hybrid ($19,800-$20,800)

2004 Honda Insight ($19,180-$21,380)

honda.com

2004 Toyota Prius ($19,995 - no options)

toyota.com

Available Soon:
Toyota Highlander Hybrid

Lexus RX400h

msn.com

Also available soon:Ford Escape Hybrid;

 

[yudansha]

More environment saving machines worldwide:

These are some conceptual EVs by Toyota:
Fines

CS

Volta (the first supercar of its kind)

 

[yudansha]

Isn't it sexy ... and dressed in fiery red too!

Replacing 456M, this is 2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti: V12, 6.0L, 540HP, 46%/54% front/rear weight distribution, 6-speed paddled transmission; estimated price = $250,000 (and it's worth it too)!

msn.com

 

[yudansha]

Serena loves MB, Tora loves Lambos, Hallarian loves VWs; how about the rest?

Here's one for you Tora: 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo (5.0L 500hp, V10; 0-60mph in 4s; top speed = 190mph = 305km/h)

msn.com

 

[tora]

Oh my,these are damn cute!

 

[tora]

However,I'll got for those conceptual toyotas...They have it all!

 

[Amos Stevens]

Blue trans-am firebird..I ain't finicky

 

[yudansha]

Finally...

You can now buy a Lotus Elise on this side of the ocean (North America):
This is a car that is the size of Mazda MX-5 Miata, but is lighter (weighing under 2000 lbs.) and is more powerful (190hp) with a small but very efficient engine (1.8L I-4) - more than 100hp per litre. Due to the novelty factor, the price of the Lotus is much higher than Miata's, but don't forget that this is a European car! It will cost you just under $40k U.S. if you really want to get it right away (ofcourse there is no bargaining on a car of this class ... just like there's no bargaining for any Mercedes, BMW, Acura, Lexus ... and Toyota Canada announced the 'no-bargaining' rule just recently).

 

[Trinity]

Blue trans-am firebird..I ain't finicky

I always wanted one black with a metal flake blue Firebird on it.

 

[Reservoir Dog]

The James Bond Car... Amazing

I wish I could afford this car, what a gorgeous model!

 

[yudansha]

Also, a 2004 GTO ($32k USD):

Well, you can now own a brand new Pontiac GTO (although it's lost that muscle car image, it's still a GTO) with a 5.7L 350hp V8 Hemi engine:

 

[yudansha]

(2004 model) 5.9L 460hp of muscle...

Oh the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish... it's a British beast ... incredible!

all @ msn.com

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Yep, an amazing car indeed.

 

[Serena]

Well, you can now own a brand new Pontiac GTO (although it's lost that muscle car image, it's still a GTO) with a 5.7L 350hp V8 Hemi engine:

This one, please, in just this color!
Ok. How much?

 

[tora]

Just can't believe that Zaporozhets looks like that these days...

Whereas I used to remember them like that

And they say in Putin's student years he used to drive Zaporozhets
That's a limousine

And of course it's so practical that everyone would fit in it

 

[yudansha]

It originally went with Porsche 911's styling .. but the engine .. lol was different!

LOL a supped up russian car ... true, nothing like a Ferrari! ... As patriotic as I am to my origins, I'd still pick a Ferrari :=))

 

[Jules]

My favorite old car is a 1964 or 1965 red Ford Mustang.(the only kind of Ford I like) New vehicle is a cobalt blue, 4x4,club cab, fully loaded, tinted windows, fog lights, a see through picture of a stalking white bengal tiger in the back window, Dodge Ram pickup truck. Now that is a vehicle! My dream truck!!! I have a model of one. My husband says that is the closest I will get to owning one.

 

[Lotussan]

Those trucks are nice Julie....

 

[yudansha]

The TITAN ... the 350Z ... the Nissan!!! ... the Japanese revolutionary...

Julie ... I may be biased here ... but judging mechanically from the engineering POV, styling ... incl. performance... Nissan Titan is a better buy than the RAM (or practically any other truck you pick today ... the new Ford F150 is the only one that can stack up against the Titan ... Titan = TheGreatOne ... another one :=))

By the way Serena, that GTO (the blue car you seem to like) costs $32k USD (today ... if you wait a year or two, the novelty will decrease dramatically and so will pull the price along with it ... I still say that the 350Z is a nicer pick)

The Nissan 350Z (coupe/convertible ... $26k - $36k USD)

 

[tora]

A few notes on Zaporozhets...
It's an everywhere-on-the-go car.When it become unmanagable in the wilderness,all you have to do is just take your hands off the wheel and it switches to automatical It's almost like a tank.