Some Thoughts on the Sports Cars of the World

Nowadays there are plenty of cars to choose from in the world. Some cars come with beautiful headlight assembly designs  and others that corner so hard they need a steering stabilizer to keep them from loosing control in a tight corner.  So why with all the choices out there do people buy sports cars? There are SUVs now that can give the same speed and close to the same handling. There are hatchbacks that will make a Ferrari from 5 years ago look like a go kart and do it all with an automatic transmission and heated seats. Well people buy a sports car so they can feel like part of the driving experience…so they can be part of the mechanics of the vehicle.

So after thinking about that it is sad to see what a lot of car makers are doing these days, which is making sports cars and even super cars that only come with automatic transmissions.  Why would someone even want to buy a sports car in automatic…It just makes no sense. It’s not like it’s hard to learn to drive a manual car and they are cheaper to make then some flappy paddle gear box. Buying a automatic sports car should not even be an option and it is time for a car company to come back with a true manual sports car.

Thanks to companies like Mazda and Honda there are still sports cars out there that are bare bones type racers, the S2000 and the MX-5 are both no options sports cars. These cars are so good that even with a small 4 cylinder they car romp the big block muscle cars on the track and still cruise home in comfort. Well sort of comfort but hey it’s a sports car isn’t it. Come on people lets show the car companies we are not all looking for a bigger SUV or a better DVD player in our car. Some of us are still red blooded and love the feeling of driving.