Article: SportCompactCar, August 1992: Top 10 Compacts of the year

Mayerz

Mayerz

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Oh wow, nice find! :bigup:

Really interesting to look back and see what was "hot" then. I can't believe the Toyota Paseo made the list lol
 
I think the article does a good job of representing what enthusiasts thought of these cars back then, as in how they thought of the cars based on what they delivered for the price and not reliability myths and tuning legends like they are now.
 
The Miata and Civic are still going strong from that list.

Did not realize the MX-3 was a V6 either...very interesting read.
 
les chars meme pas dans le top sont ceux qu'aujourd'hui on considere encore "sport".. 240sx, mr2, celica!

on voit par contre que des precidia on en voit pu comparé aux integra, civic et compagnie... mazda a de la misere a vieillir comme les honda
 
the fact they sideline the 240, MR-2 and CRX shows how much car reviewers don't know their ass from their elbow in terms of what will end up being a decent car and what won't.
 
hehe c'est vrai
les seuls chars qui méritent d'etre mentionnés, à l'exception de la Miata, sont dans le hors liste
 
Les deux modèles qui semblent avoir le mieux vieilli sont les deux Mazda, Precidia et Miata ( point de vue design )


Barring World War III or the total collapse of General Motors ( neither which are expected to happen in our lifetime),the Geo Storm will be a yearly resident in our top ten.
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LOL
 
Remember that a Celica GT coupe (2.2L n/a) retailed around 22k can$ in 1990, the MR2 turbo T-top was around 25-28k can$ and the Alltrac was around 40k can$. Those cars where not affordable at all! Compare it to a Chevy Vette that was priced at 35k can$.

Meanwhile, the fully loaded Civic was around 15k$...
 
Moi j'comprends vraiment rien a c'te review la!!!! C'est le monde a l'envers. Quand tu lis un titre comme '' A review of the best sport compact car''... la dernière chose que tu t'attends c'est de voir une Tercel déguisée (meme plate-forme, meme mécanique, meme intérieur... ya juste la carrosserie qui change) qui passe a 1 cheveu de finir en première place!!! C'est écrit mot pour mot: ''Si la MX-3 n'aurait pas l'option d'un V6, la Paseo aurait terminée en première place.''

Et depuis quand le prix est un critère important pour définir un char sport????

Un gros LOL de ma part.
 
EV said:
the fact they sideline the 240, MR-2 and CRX shows how much car reviewers don't know their ass from their elbow in terms of what will end up being a decent car and what won't.
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Also how the Teg, Civic and Miata are now legends while the rest on that list faded into obscurity....
 
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