Are Japanese cars soul-less?

[bzrspeed]

Why didn't he mention Lada?

It's bzrspeed's job.

You so funny Sergi.
Best car with character would be Lancia Stratos. Very stupid and very short wheel base but looks like naked girl and goes very fast.

[BZG Wagon]

You can't compare exotic, luxury cars with cars for the masses. They serve totally different purposes.

And there are really only few car manufactures globally anyway. The same people that made the Bugatti Veyron also made the skoda yeti.

[MAC_HATER]

The same people that made the Bugatti Veyron also made the skoda yeti.

RETREIVE!

[rollaholic]

my dad had a triumph when i was small. of course i wanted one, so my first car ended up being a triumph.

course, then i owned a triumph. once was enough

[Mr Revhead]

Yep, to me jappas have no soul.
If I look at all the cars that really turn me on, not a single one is a jappa.
Sure there are plenty I like. But none that really fire me up and I'd buy the minute I won lotto.

I'd own 10 Triumphs to one Corolla if I could.

Coz I'd need 10 to make sure one always went

[wde_bdy]

Coz I'd need 10 to make sure one always went

There is a Triumph owner just like that in Pt Chev, Auckland.

Callum

[Bling]

Yep, to me jappas have no soul.

Not even the likes of TA/RA22 Celicas? Or TE27 Corollas?

I mean sure, they are no Imp, but they are still pretty sweet

[Lloyd]

Soul is rubbish. People like cars for the reasons people have already said, they're brought up with them, familiar with them etc.

If you want to tie up the soul/passion thing then what about the engineers passionate about technical perfection? Koenigsegg?

Does anyone think any new cars actually have soul? I get the impression people are tied up with the classics, and deciding they have soul because they're classics. A triumph doesn't have soul, they're terrible cars. That doesn't give them soul, that makes them a terrible purchase.

TE27 is just a mass produced Corolla with a bigger motor in after all.

[wde_bdy]

Triumphs have soul because of the time people MUST invest in them just to keep them alive, old Toyotas have soul because people CHOOSE to invest time in them.

Callum

[Mr Revhead]

Yep, to me jappas have no soul.

Not even the likes of TA/RA22 Celicas? Or TE27 Corollas?

I mean sure, they are no Imp, but they are still pretty sweet

Correct, they are the coolest of jappas. But they no light my fire.

The key thing is, logic has no place when it comes to the cars you love.

[RedMist]

The key thing is, logic has no place when it comes to the cars you love.

Proven by your obsession with IMP's! If ever there was a car to purchase with no logic, you own it (or several of them!).

[Mr Revhead]

Says the off road racing TVR owner

[Mr Revhead]

Says the off road racing TVR owner

[blindnz]

To me car soul is equivalent to how boring a car is.

i.e old corolla's have "soul" because they need some care to get going.
old triumphs need some work to keep going.

Something like a late 80's turbo has soul because its a bit loud a bit laggy.

a brand new boring jap car, comfortable runs like a dream has no soul,
no excitement,no work required no soul.

[Snoozin]

If Triumph's are soooo bad, how come there are so many of the 2000 and 2500 saloons still trucking along on the roads, more than any Japanese vehicle of the same vintage and size/capacity I'd wager.

The saloons are rock solid, awesome cars. Handle well, comfortable, aside from the 2l autos they get along well enough to keep up with traffic (my 2.5 manual PI did 100mph without breaking a sweat) and they look $&#$% cool to boot.

I may be biased.

My 1972 Datsun is a worse car in every respect than my previous 1972 and 1973 Triumphs.

[RedMist]

Says the off road racing TVR owner

Should we start a poll?

This...



or this...

[1I1]

That's probably not helping your argument there. Imp has one guy two girls....

[MAC_HATER]

thread just became NSFW

[Mr Revhead]

That's probably not helping your argument there. Imp has one guy two girls....

[RedMist]

That's probably not helping your argument there. Imp has one guy two girls....

Don't worry the Hillman Imp was released in 1963, they are approximately 25 in the photos, that makes them 74 years old.... anyone other than Revhead want a threesome?