Sports Car Compact has a list of the top 100 sports compact coupes of all time.All former and current Z owner should be satisfied with the results.Shows how great the Z heritage really is.

 

well.......you never tell us anything about the list???? obviosly we are on it. but what number are we. who is #1. come on man...some details.

 

Guess we have buy the magazine then?

 

Let's just say that 3 generations of the Z are in the top 20.

 

so which number is the 350 ?!

 

Don't leave us in suspense. Just post the numbers for all the generations...please. Maybe you could post the whole list

 

#11 350z and #1 evo 8

 

#1 Evo 8? You've got to be shitting me.

 

nope..i read it too..i was almost expecting the riceboy srt4 to beat the Z just cuz people are ghey like that but yea the evo won and the z's made top 20 and the skylines didnt even beat the z from what i remember

 

here's the top 20

#20 67-69 Toyota 2000GT
#19 93-96 Mazda RX-7 Turbo
#18 90-94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
#17 04-present Mazda RX-8
#16 03-present Dodge Neon SRT-4
#15 90-present Acura NSX
#14 70-73 Datsun 240 Z
#13 90-96 Nissan 300 ZX twin turbo
#12 03-present subaru WRX STI
#11 03-present Nissan 350Z
#10 85-87 Toyota corolla GT-S
#9 68-73 Datsun 510
#8 68-03 Austin mini cooper
#7 90-94 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R-32)
#6 94-98 Toyota Supra Turbo
#5 75-85 Volkswagen GTI
#4 97-01 Acura Integra Type R
#3 02-present Subaru WRX
#2 92-95 Honda civic
#1 03-present Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII

And for #1 they say "The best-driving sport compact yet devised
and the vanguard of small-car performance into the 21st century.Never has voiding a warranty been so much fun."

For # 11 they say "Just when it seemed the Z-car was dead,it
roared back,better than ever."

 

I obviously don't understand what they are considering on this list. 92-95 Honda civic??? And I'm still CONFUSED as to why the Evo 8 is number one!!!

 

Its the "Greatest sport compact cars of all time" Is the 100 list

And the reason for the Evo ,And for #1 they say
"The best-driving sport compact yet devised
and the vanguard of small-car performance into the 21st century.Never has voiding a warranty been so much fun."


But this has me even more confused the STI is #12 and WRX #3 so they consider the wrx better than the STI? And the skyline R-34 is #37? This stuff befuddles me

 

Uh uh huh uh... you said befuddle Uh uh huh uh uh....


It's a ricer magazine, what do you expect?

 

That's a complete ricer's list. EVO #1... LOL!

I'll bet I can think of at least a dozen cars I'd place before the EVO. IMO, R34 should have taken #1.

 

CIVIC???!!! CMONNNNNNNNNNnn... Wow... civic got second... errr we are talking stock here right??? There is no point in mentioning this list. I am not bashing it because the 350 isnt #1 or something, but cmon civic in second?? and the sti lower than the wrx. Is this by price??? Then civic would be first...

 

I can understand that, the Civic is the catalyst that got a lot of people into sport compacts.

 

When did the evo 8 start being a coupe?

 

Weird list . . . Evo 8, yeah sure I'll take that I guess, I would have placed a few cars in some different spots. Oh, and I would have gotten rid of the civic all together. Unless Honda released some turbo version we dont know about then I can't understand. And as for the comment about being able to understand that because it gets a lot of people into the sport, I'd agree. Getting people into the sport doesn't make it a good care though, influential yes, second best sports coupe, not at all.

 

I don't think it was about performance. Rather, I think they were taking into consideration the vehicles impact on the marketplace and the culture. Since the Skylines (and Silvias) never made it to U.S. soil, they would obviously have less influence, and be placed lower on the list. Since they said the Civic was basically responsible for starting the import craze, they gave it serious points.

That is just about the only thing that would make sense to me.

Who knows? How a VW got #5 is beyond me. But, the #2 Civic is by far the biggest indication this has nothing to do with performance.

Who cares what SCC thinks anyway?

 

I actually agree with a lot of the list, especially #2 (zips up flame suit). If it was not for the 92 civic and all the money thrown into those cars, the import scene would have never happened.

Yeah theres tons of shitty products from the likes of APC and Street Glo, but it all perpetuates the industry. You may not want to admit it, but you can thank the 92 Civic for paving the way. Every single import drag event in the 90's was dominated by these civics. Like them or not, they're the reason this whole scene exploded.

I also don't have a problem with the Mitsu being #1. If I was 19 again, I would think this was the greatest car every made. So would you.

Okay, now feel free to give me ****.