Let us get a different focus here gentlemen, gas guzzling V8's are dinosaurs, they deserve the flick, so do all motor vehicles that rely on Petrol/Gasoline whatever you like to call it.
The way of the future is Hydrogen or even Electric, non polluting, less noisy, they can go just as fast and far, it's been done in your country the USA.
GM even produced n Electric car but because of the Oil Companies pressure they were scrapped. You might ask why is this so, well the oil compnaies want us to keep using their product despite the scientific evidence that present day cars are responsible for a huge percentage of air pollution. They love the huge profits they make from selling this stuff and don't want to relinquish that control, control means power, power means control, control means money, money means power, it's a self perpetuating circle, and we are all slaves to it. Tell me we're not??
Back to cars sales, look at China, the emerging giant with more cars being sold there than anywhere else on the planet. Despite the Communist Tag, China's Administration have embraced the Western Way of Free Enterprise/Capitalism. Communism doesn't work, look at the USSR and it's demise there.
Back to cars again, there is a website in the USA that is concerned with electric cars, they convert older bangers into all electric jobs. One in particular a Datsun 1200 utility, was converted with a ten horse power electric motor, the batteries were installed under the floor of the tray, this served a twofold purpose, one it was convenient, the second it holds the back wheels down during hectic accelleration. This little Datto was taken to a drag strip and blew away a fully worked Chevy Commaro (Excuse spelling) over the quarter.
For the non believers "Google In" "Electric Cars Conversions USA" you might have to fiddle around here, maybe something like that site, have a look at what's being done by private individuals. Then think what could be achieved by the Auto Manufacturers, if they got really serious about producing cars that didn't rely on Gasoline/Petrol or the like.
Now don't get me wrong I love a gas guzzler too, well did until I sold it a couple of months ago, an LH Holden, it had a 4.2 litre Chevy, Holleys, Cams 8 into one exhaust 2.5"bore and all that big noise stuff, but it was costing me a fortune to run not only in fuel but registration and tyres. It was a good looking horse but when the money is tight one has to cut the cloth according to the way it fits.
It was the first GM car I have ever owned I usually go for FORD, however there's nothing wrong with rice burners, Mazda RX8, Subaru WRX Impressa, Toyota Supra. But if you want a really hairy drive, get into nostalgia, a GT 40 Ford, I'm informed that Ford are doing a limited production run of these, using a bit more modern technology, I drove one of those beats many years ago..but that's another story.
