Toyota Named Official Car of NHRA

[Mark Ugrich]

This pretty much sums it up.

[Rose Racing]

Originally Posted by Mark Ugrich

This pretty much sums it up.

This is my thinking and ya know what I DONT OWN A CAR THAT IS MADE TODAY! I drive a 100% MADE IN USA DETROIT STEEL 1978 DODGE MONACO with a 318 and a 2 barrel awesome in winter fits 5 or 6 comfortably still reaaaaaallly kooool ALLLLL AMERICAN and gets 20 mpg if you drive it right! THATS BETTER THAN ANY TOYOTY JAP SOAPBOX ANY DAY!!!!!!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Mark Ugrich

This pretty much sums it up.

and now because of auction houses like B-J, unaffordable to mere mortals.
Real racers would race a wheelbarrow full of rocks if that's what they had to race.
Government Motors probably can't, Fiat didn't, Ford got what they wanted and doesn't have to. Toyota stepped up.

[Mark Ugrich]

The gas shortage back in the mid seventies opened the door for foreign car makers.I was a Subaru tech for a few years back then and I can tell you their cars were cheap and poorly constructed.However cheap and good fuel economy were excellent selling points.They did work at correcting the manufacturing deficiencies, but moreover they worked at changing the perception of their product just like Toyota and all the other foreign makers.It forever changed the way the American public buys automobiles and the vehicle choices we see today.I'd like to see more cars built along the lines of a Challenger, Mustang or Camaro, but I don't think the market would support it.