I lived in Europe for 10 years, 1 year in England, 8 in Germany and 1 in Italy. There are many cars in Europe that are not available in the USA. It sucks because they are more fuel efficiency conscious, so they make alot of small cars. On the other hand, they like to drive fast, so you get a pocket rocket with great gas mileage and handling.
My favorite was the Volvo 480es. It's a hatchback turbo 4 cylinder. When I was staying at a hotel near Vicenza (Italy), one of the guests had one in the parking lot. I found out who he was, and when I told him how much I liked the car, he threw me the keys. We went driving around back roads at night, and I did not drive fast. When I was done, he said,"Now let me show you how this car drives". He drove that car like a maniac, 80 mph down small side roads, scared me to death. But I sure got a feel for how much I loved that car.
They will never import that model, it's totally unique, just like the Scirocco, Corrado and the 318ti was to the US market.
http://www.geocities.com/l84thsky/480es.jpg I also loved the Lancia Delta Integrale, that car was insane.
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| Originally Posted by bmw///m3/// I went to the UK for a while back in 99' thats were my infactuation with the compact began in london the compacts are everywhere. Me and my dad like to look at all the different cars the US doesnt get and was tripping out on the compact tis. They look AWWWEESSOOME in person. BMW is too yuppie to spoil its posh image by bringing the compact to the states.  |
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