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Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 10:23 AM

Der Spiegel (a pre-eminent German newsmag) has a negative review up. They hammered it on its low power and critiqued a few other things. Their conclusion:

Quote:

The car is a bit like alcohol-free beer: Looks like beer, tastes somehow like beer - but makes no noise.

- link to Google translation:
http://translate.google.ca/translate...0.html&act=url

7thgear · 03-27-2012, 10:28 AM

Kinda the same words I would use to describe Der Speigel as an automotive source, LOL.

Let them handle political melodrama and global conspiracy. I didn't even know they han an auto section.

Spaceywilly · 03-27-2012, 10:34 AM

Quote:

As sporty looking coupe from Japanese no longer a production of more. Glad you climb behind the expectation sport steering wheel and looks forward to a lively ride.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

SUB-FT86 · 03-27-2012, 10:35 AM

It was hard reading that terrible English translation. My head hurts now.

Tbxgz · 03-27-2012, 10:36 AM

Quote:

The car is a bit like alcohol-free beer: Looks like beer, tastes somehow like beer - but makes no noise.

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TheJuggernaut · 03-27-2012, 10:38 AM

Quote:

He wants to be entered

lolwut?

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 10:39 AM

^

It kind of amazes me that Google translations have not really improved over the years - guess they aren't putting any resources into it.

7thgear · 03-27-2012, 10:43 AM

you expect a web dictionary to translate prose? Hell, most bilingual (+) people have trouble doing that on the fly.

Especially journalistic prose, which is jam packed with lavish lexicon usage and quirky sentence composition.

racerkyo · 03-27-2012, 10:43 AM

blah. the car was not made to be fast. it was made to be fun, gas efficent, and affordable

dsgerbc · 03-27-2012, 10:43 AM

Well, that quiets some conspirological thoughts in my head, or not every reviewer was paid off by Toyota/Subaru

Another consipracy though - they need to protect boxster sales

TheJuggernaut · 03-27-2012, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by racerkyo

it was made to be fun, gas efficent, and affordable

1 for 3 ain't bad I guess

Sport-Tech · 03-27-2012, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7thgear

you expect a web dictionary to translate prose? Hell, most bilingual people have trouble doing that on the fly.

Google has some of the top computer scientists and AI experts in the world working for them. I'm sure if they threw resources at it they would be making some progress.

Turbowned · 03-27-2012, 10:46 AM

Vat? It only has two hundred horsepower?

Sorry. Well, that's one bad one out of like 30 good ones. I guess the "Goods" have it!

SUB-FT86 · 03-27-2012, 10:53 AM

Every product will have a negative review. The difference is favorable reviews. So far this car has a 98% based on like 25 reviews. But you the buyer must be the best reviewer because it's your money.

03-27-2012, 10:28 AM	#2
7thgear i'm sorry, what? Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Canada Location: I rock a beat harder than you can beat it with rocks Posts: 4,399 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,506 Times in 1,268 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Kinda the same words I would use to describe Der Speigel as an automotive source, LOL. Let them handle political melodrama and global conspiracy. I didn't even know they han an auto section. __________________ don't you think if I was wrong, I'd know it?

03-27-2012, 10:43 AM	#8
7thgear i'm sorry, what? Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Canada Location: I rock a beat harder than you can beat it with rocks Posts: 4,399 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,506 Times in 1,268 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	you expect a web dictionary to translate prose? Hell, most bilingual (+) people have trouble doing that on the fly. Especially journalistic prose, which is jam packed with lavish lexicon usage and quirky sentence composition. __________________ don't you think if I was wrong, I'd know it?

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SUB-FT86 86 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Drives: 2013 Toyota 86 2.0T (Asphalt) Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 3,129 Thanks: 126 Thanked 527 Times in 296 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	It was hard reading that terrible English translation. My head hurts now.

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Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	^ It kind of amazes me that Google translations have not really improved over the years - guess they aren't putting any resources into it.

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racerkyo XIII Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 98 Supra na auto Location: Seattle Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	blah. the car was not made to be fast. it was made to be fun, gas efficent, and affordable

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