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Originally Posted by Sven7
Edit: Here are some links that would have helped substantiate your first post.
Time Magazine, 1979 5 14
This claims 0-60 in 17 seconds and a top speed of 105mph. Arragonis' Toyota Aygo would be a good match in a drag race. |
How very dare you
My Aygo does 0-60 in under 11 seconds according to independant car magazines, 14 seconds according to Toyota - who want to sell it as slow to insurance companies. As an aside a year's insurance here for a 17 year old is £2000, thats $3000 - for 12 months
As for the idea that the Arabs bought this car or got it outlawed, sorry its pish. In the late 70s OPEC panicked because of the recession in the western world and thought they had "killed the golden goose" so they dropped prices.
Also they wanted the US to protect them against the likes of Iran "exporting the revolution", so when Reagan in the 80s wanted low oil prices to starve the USSR of cash, OPEC opened the taps.
This deserves to be with the unicorns, together with the 100MPG carb.