“The tech wasn’t there...”
In shopping for a new vehicle I pretty much decided on one, and then did a bunch of searches on it. One I found interesting was a Road and Track type article that compared my 2008 vehicle to a Porsche 356 from years ago.
My new vehicle beat it out on cornering, the slalom course, braking, and was pretty close on acceleration IIRC.
And even though the Honda Odyssey mini-van I bought is nice, I would STILL rather have an old Porsche!
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/soccer-moms-revenge/
Muscle car getting eaten by a minivan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPg0ObAchs&feature=related
More minivan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_eJlPd59x0
That’s impressive.