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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
People wanted the Supra because if you put $10-15k into it in overnight parts from Japan then you will demolish all including a Ferrari. If you spend $10k on the Eclipse you don’t beat a RX7, and your floorboards could pop off at high speeds. The Jetta didn’t get a following either because you will just slightly lose to a S2000 with $100k into a built SR20 motor.
Actually the Eclipses had a great following until the next gen came out and even the second movie couldn’t save them. But that green Eclipse has been copied probably more than any other car from the movie. It was even given more screen time in the cult teenage classic Sex Drive seen racing the GTO here:
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My first Japanese car that wasn't a rotted out 6+ year old beater (yes the 70s ones would rot through in under 5 years) in the late 70s was a 91 Talon TSi AWD. I was on a DSM fanboi on a forum before many here were born! It was copied more because you could get them dirt cheap for a while there.
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TylerLieberman any background on that one? I don't remember which.