Today
we're going to discuss the five most overrated enthusiast cars in the world.
The last car on this list is surely gonna blow your mind.
5...: Mark
IV Toyota SupraTurbo(Car brands)
The Mark
IV Toyota SupraTurbo is overrated. At a maximum of 320 horsepower at nearly
3,500 pounds, it's slow and it's not the supercar Slayer everybody thinks it is
today. It's too heavy, it's too soft, and they really stretched their stats at
launch. Toyota claimed numbers that put them in front of their competition at
the time. Like the FTRX7 and the 300 ZX Twin Turbo. But when it came time to
put the Super up to the task, it fell to the bottom of the pack, both on the
track and in the quarter-mile. Combine that with the fact that these cars
reached an original MSRP of $50,000 in 1996, which is over $80,000 in today's
money with inflation.
These
cars were far from competing with anything in their price bracket. And now that
they've exploded in value in the last couple of years, the same thing could be
said again. Don't get me wrong, the Mark Iv Supra is an absolutely gorgeous car
that demands attention. It defines the 1990s automotive era and generates
massive amounts of nostalgia because of that. And let's not forget the supra's
insane potential. But I'm afraid its potential only reflects the price point
and not the true nature of the car itself. And for that reason, a demon
overhyped and overrated.
4...: Nissan
370Z ( Car brands )
The
Nissan 370Z is an absolute embarrassment when you consider that they've been
producing this car with the same statistics and build quality since 2009, with
nearly zero changes. Put yourself back in time for a minute to an era where
automotive manufacturers were building trash interiors with terrible materials
and technology coming straight out of the late 2000 recession is that a good
puke face? Now imagine if the manufacturer decided to make zero changes since
then, but the same trash production techniques, confusing technology in low 300
horsepower naturally aspirated drive trains.
Well,
that's exactly what Nissan did to the 370Z. When the 370Z launched, it was an
amazing platform. It was outperforming the Mustang at the time with a lighter
weight chassis and continued to out power the 4.6liter Ford modular motor, just
like the 350Z did. But soon after the 370s launched, the pony car war started
happening. The Camaro came along with 426 horsepower Mopar released it's 425
horsepower SRTA and Mustang introduced a 412 horsepower, five-liter modular VA
dubbed the Coyote. So what did Nissan do to survive? Nothing at all. They held
their breath and tried to win the race with the tortoise and the hare analogy
and kept producing nearly the same car through 2020. It’s fricking interior
people look at this information display on the gauge cluster. It's straight out
of the2003 Nissan parts bin. It's right next to the rigging infotainment system
that already has a digital clock display in it. Now I know you see, people are
screaming at the screen about, well, what if the option, of the car, is up to
navigation? You don't get that screen. Yeah, what if you mean you get a CD
player straight out of 2006, Pontiac G6, that doesn't even display time? Come
on Nissan. Even with the $45,000 mismo package, you're looking at competing
with the rental car spec V6 Mustangs and Camaro's. The Nissan 370Z can be a
fantastic use to sports car offering plenty of value in its early heavily
depreciated model years. But offering the people a two-door sports car that's
15% better than 2003, 350Z starting at$30,000 for a base model is absolutely
offensive making the 370Z one of the most overrated modern cars on the market
right now.
3...: Subaru
Impreza WRX STI (Car brands)
Just
because they took Impreza out of the name, doesn't change the fact that you're
driving around in a performance trimmed economy car. Get over yourselves in the
economy car interior quality that you rode in on. All right, now that I got
that off my chest, the cult following behind the WRX and STI is absolutely
mind-blowing. Subaru People are extremely passionate for many different
reasons. And once you're bitten by the bug, it seems like people can't have
just one. On one hand, you have a turbocharged manual car with a world-renowned
we go drive system inspired by decades of legitimate rally heritage. They have tons
of tuning potential and huge aftermarket availability. But on the other hand,
you have a terribly inefficient unreliable flat forth that sounds like yeti
Dudu being violently forced through a hand my own trumpet with compressed air.
And I literally do not know a single person that has owned a Subaru for more
than a year that hasn't experienced catastrophic engine or transmission
failure.
Naturally
aspirated, turbocharged stock, and modified all of them, Kaboom. Combine that
with not being that fun to drive outside of off-road and snow applications, I
don't fully understand the hype or the price point. You're looking at $20,000 for
a third-gen STI that's heavier and more numb than the previous generation. Now
you're looking at a $40,000price tag for a 2020 STI. The smaller engine and it
is300 pounds heavier, it has only 10 more horsepower than the blob I have after
16 years. It's laughable. How are people not angry about this? How does this
nameplate still have a cult following? The modern Subaru WRX STI is
underdeveloped and overrated.
2...: Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution X (Car brands)
Mitsubishi's
evolution name has long been known for being a staple in rally-inspired
performance cars. Competing with sports cars on the street with more than
double its engine displacement. This put the evolution name high on the totem
pole of quick and capable cars. But what happens when the manufacturer sales
start to decline? They start to focus on market trends and spend more time on
things like SUVs, crossovers, and alternative fuel technology, resulting in
less focus on sport-oriented vehicles. Unfortunately for the Evolution
nameplate, Mitsubishi decided to ride on the coattails of the Evos previous
performance and racing success and make it a softer, more comfortable oriented
quieter car based around the evolution named for its 10th rendition. The Evo X
was nearly 300 fricking pounds heavier than the outgoing Evo IX, and it only
got a five horsepower bump.
The new
Evo was laughably more than half a second slower in the quarter-mile than the
previous generation. So you can imagine just how much it lacked on the track.
If the power to weight slowed it down that much in a straight line. Most people
see the Evo name and think about its rally success and movie famous Evo VIII
without the tax and jump on it thinking that they have a fast car, but not this
time. Evo Xis like the great value version of Doritos. On paper, it looks similar,
but it's very different. And that's why the Evo Xis overhyped and overrated.
1...: R322
Skyline GT-R (Car brands)
Don't
get it twisted, I love the R322 GT-R. It's one of the most beautiful vehicles
I've ever seen in my life and RB 26 will go down as one of my favorite sounding
cars of all time. But the way the market is skyrocketing on these cars is
straight out of control. When the R32 GT-R first started wiggly coming into The U.S, they were a very reasonable 15 to $20,000 all said and done, sometimes
even cheaper than that. Now that deal presented a ton of value. A
twin-turbocharged, in line6 cylinders that delivers incredible aggressive, yet
smooth power down to all four wheels through a manual transmission with a
proclaimed 276 horsepower, which was rather insane for 1989. Even more insane
than that is that the number better represented its power at the wheels, but the
fun and game stop there.
Somehow
the more of these cars got imported, the more they go up in value. These days
you'll be hard-pressed to find a rough example for $20,000. And good examples
are up past $30,000 and beyond for bell specked cars with a mile just
absolutely bonkers. When cars start rising and value for no reason like this,
it's a real turn off for me because while the car is nearly perfect, it's not
$30,000 worth of cars. There are tons of cars out there that will out power,
outperform, out handle and outclass the 90s interior of the R23 GT-R for the
same and less money.
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