Teeb- that is totally not the Guilia anybody meant, their were multiple Guilias, but i guarentee you they didn't mean that one, maybe one of these!
You're right; I double-checked and it turns out I made a mistake in the totting-up process. I've punished myself and corrected the original post. Oddly enough it's none of the Guilias you posted...
And, to say 'sorry for the whoopsy', here's an early update.
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It gets exciting now - every car from here on in had guaranteed at least two different people vote for it. There will be fewer massive updates with 16 cars in it, and hopefully I can give a little more info about each.
Today's Trivia - 54% of the manufacturers whose cars were voted for were European. 30% were American, 14% were Japanese and 2% were Australian.
This was worked out by doing (number of manufacturers from region / total number of manufacturers). It also doesn't tell us much except that there are more small 'cottage industry' manufacturers in Yurp than elsewhere.
11 point cars
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Datsun 240Z - "A Japanese classic, long hood and short rear end, coupled with RWD and a potent engine for the day make this an amazing car. One of the first big import success stories in the US." The 240Z was the first 'Z-car', Nissan/Datsun's line of sports cars. The design was led by Yutaka Katayama (President of Nissan USA), who was in charge of a 10-strong design team.
Originally, Nissan wanted a 2-seater coupe car to act as a 'halo model', to attract buyers to the marque. If you impress them with a sports car, you can flog them a Bluebird and claim it shares the genes. It was worked on originally with Yamaha, but Nissan execs were disappointed in Yamaha's 2 litre engine, and gave up on the concept (designed by the German Albrecht Goertz). Yamaha kept working on it, though, and it ended up as the Toyota 2000GT (albeit redesigned).
The brief for the 240Z was to be stylish, innovative, fast and relatively inexpensive, by sharing parts with other vehicles in the Nissan range. It was a large success for Nissan, and the Z-car range has the honour of being the best-selling sports car*, with over 1,600,000 sales throughout the five generations.
Pure sports car, doesn't include muscle cars
Ferrari F430 - The Ferrari F430 was the replacement to the Ferrari F360. It looks similar, but there are differences to spot - it is more curvaceous, more aerodynamic, and has more downforce. The biggest change is at the rear - the F430 features Enzo-style rear lights and interior vents.
The car has a new joint Ferrari-Maserati developed V8 for power. It's a depature from other Ferrari V8s, which can all trace their roots back to the 50s Dino racing program. It has a 4.3 litre engine capacity, 483 bhp and throws the F430 up to a top speed of 197mph.
The other major new feature for the F430 was the Manettino. A steering wheel - mounted dial which came to the road cars from Ferrari F1 cars, the Manettino allows you to tell the car the conditions, and it adjusts its systems accordingly - the 5 presets are 'ice', 'low grip', 'sport', 'race', and 'cst' - which deactivates all the traction control.
The F430 is now available in coupe, convertible (Spider), GT2 (racing car), GT3 (another racing car) and Scuderia (lighter, more powerful) flavours.