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Ok. Went for a test drive in this car today and OMG. It rocks.
Feels much better to drive. Stopping power is just surprising. Take off is Very fast, faster then i expected. All in all a very nice car. Im looking at buying one.. :o
First car Ever to be Designed and Built in Australia.
http://www.380.com.au/main.html
http://www.380.com.au/380Launch.pdf
Quote from MetalAttack:
Feels much better to drive.
meaningless without a point of reference. what does it feel 'better' than? a horse and buggy?
how much for one of these suckers? $20-$30k?
i would've thought around 30k for the base model.
3.8l V6... totally wise move with the fuel prices lately. :D
Quote from paladin:
meaningless without a point of reference. what does it feel 'better' than? a horse and buggy?
Then my car atm? magna..
BAse model is around 35k. i would think. btw they havent released this car till friday.. so no offical prices yet :(
Magna.... 89? 93?
While I congratulate Mitsubishi for their intiative, they could've doubled sales of the already fairly decent Magna for $5: get a 6 year old to redesign the appearance. The last lot were butt fugly and that's why they didn't sell.
...On top of the stigma that they are a Magna (ie, old man's car).
and that they are pricey, front wheel drive and, in days gone by, had a bad reputation when it came to reliability.
Personally, this won't generate much in the way of interest from the masses. The old magna drivers might go "ooh" but that's about it.
And just to top it off... the new one looks like a Vectra... in other words, shit.
Btw, I liked the MY99 - 02 Magna's. Especially the Ralliart and VR-X models.
my magna TJ 2002 (model before the ugly ones) I love it .. ralliart wanna be sometimes too :D
35k is a good deposit for a house, im sorry but i wouldn't waste my money :P
unless its a Porche, Aston Martin or Jag i wouldn't get really excited.
good stopping power :P.. chuck on some 6 pot calipers instead of the 2 pots it has on the front, then ya really got good stopping power!
I think it looks like a good car. I admittably haven't liked the last few Magna's, but they've come to grow on me. They do seem like a good car although I've heard things that once they break down once, they never stop breaking down.
Metal, would you get the standard model (SE?) or something along the lines of the Sports model or VR-X. (VR-X Magna's do look better! Wouldn't wanna miss out ;)) What colour would you go for? Manual or Auto?
Edit: I don't believe Magna's are old mans cars... 300ZX, Maxima's, MX-5/6 ARE old man's cars.
Edit: Oooh ... I like the new Edit feature :)
I donno was thinking of red or black.. but yeah the VRX :) and im not sure about manual or auto.. i would like a manual.. but im lazy..
the 380 doesn't look too shabby, but i wouldn't really buy one, if anything, i'd go for the new BA XR6..
as for the magna not being an old man's car...geez, every single dickhead down here who owns a VRX is above 40
I wonder how they will survive releasing this kind of car with current fuel prices.. I'd think people would be opting for more economical options.
Is fuel still high in darwin? It's dropped back down to ".20 here in Perth.
i drove a mitsubishi colt other day the bloody handbreak is a pedel on the floor :S
There's a toyota the same - Avalon I think? Dumbest thing I ever saw in a car.
who seriously puts handbreaks on the floor :S
Quote from Korny:
who seriously puts handbreaks on the floor :S
Same with some models of Torana.
yeh but they were a pull thingy this handbreak is like a clutch pedel lol
It's called, funnily enough, a footbrake. And yes, it appeared on the Avalon.
Amph, Mitsubishi is reknowned for its ability to snag the 'old man' market. Don't believe me? Read any car ownership study.
MX-5 / MX-6 and 300ZX's are far from an 'old man's' car either. Dunno how you could ever perceive them that way.
MX-5's greatest market is middle-aged females / males / enthusiasts. MX-6 is Middle aged female / Males in their 20's and Teens. And 300ZX is pretty much Teens/20's Male exclusively. As cow said, Magna drivers are, more often than not, over 40.
The younger market, when talking about Mitsubishi, lean towards the ever popular Lancer. Hmmm, I wonder why that is...
Quote from Korny:
yeh but they were a pull thingy this handbreak is like a clutch pedel lol
Some Taxi pack and column shift falcons had floor mounted foot operated park brakes.