Americans like their cars the same way Burger King likes its customers. Huge. A car in America is a status symbol used to show wealth, or to compensate for “inadequacies”. In the 80’s and 90’s this obsession reached its pinnacle when American car companies began designing cars with etcher-sketches leading to results that looked similar to school buses.
All that, is about to change. The new B-spec racing series in America looks to make the small car “cool”, and yes I think its working. Car and Driver entered two cars into 25 hrs of Thunderhill Endurance race. One a Mazda 2 and the other a Honda Fit. What makes these cars special is that aside from being gutted of an interior and tuned for racing (suspension roll cages ect.) these cars, mechanically are mostly stock. The point being illustrated by these cars is that a small cheap car can be a fun capable road warrior as well. Think of this type of car as a wolf in a baby’s footy-pajamas… except a very loud wolf that sounds as though its gargling nails. Through a blender. Spitting them up again as fire. Yes, that works. The most impressive part is these little terrors did quite well with the Fit placing under 20th in a line up of over 60 cars. Some would shrink the testes on your stock Mustang GT.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q4/the_25_hours_of_thunderhill_in_the_b-spec_mazda_2_and_honda_fit-video
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