first, there was only one American sports car in the 90s til the advent of the Viper; calling the Mustang a sports car is like calling Goldie Hawn voluptuous on the same stage as Sofia Vergara; for true, both are women, but that is where all comparisons end; that fact alone may be why 90s American sports cars are so attainable, because choices were limited to what many consider the red headed **bleep** stepchild of the marque, the C4 models (with notable if pricey exceptions like the first modern ZR1); of course, there were sewing machines available from the East and gussied up Volkswagens (924-944-964, etc.) from the West, but even Porsche recognised the Corvette with its corporate lawyer-mobile 928 imitation; all the rest were pony cars like the Mustang and Camaro or re-badged Asian models; Saab had almost totally neutered it’s 900 Turbo by then and England outside of the occasional Lotus or TVR (the best models of whom were often unavailable here) was still better at making two-wheeled vehicles than four; there was nothing coming from France save turbo shoeboxes (Renault) and Italy was happily ensconced in its supercar phase unless one could swallow bitter jokes from Alfa Romeo (GTV, Graduate); basically, unless you inherited deep pockets, got drafted in the first or second round or won the lotto, the performance car world at that time—like real jazz and authentic rock’n roll—was pretty much a wasteland til the Viper and C5; few people wanted what was available then, which is why so much from then is readily available now;
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