Originally posted by Kalfireth
As for the FTO... well thats a little odd. You see in Worthing where I live (a little town on the south coast of England... or a shopping mall if you're American).. there's at least three FTOs.. one silver, one black and one red. Not that they aren't nice looking cars - but they're not unique by any means.
Raa Tor'h, perhaps where you live things are a little different - but to me those look like your average company issue Mercedes.... there's at least 7 cars that look like them on company hire in the car park of the company I work for. They're not ugly but they're not interesting to look at either.
FTO's aren't unique because they were sold by you. That's like you seeing a Nissan Skyline or Silvia in Japan. On the otherhand, should someone drive a Skyline down the streets in America, it'll get all kinds of looks. They simply aren't available here.
And despite how it sometimes feels, America is a big place, and it's speckled with areas of extreme wealth, surrounded in a flood of mid-to-lower income areas. I live outside NYC. All I see are BMW's, Mercedes, Jaguars, Porsches, and maybe one or two Vipers from time to time. Should someone drive a TVR (No matter how hideous I think it is) down the streets here, I'll gawk. Same as if someone ever drives an FTO here.
Also, my tastes aren't that expensive. I like the sleek lines f the FTO. I like the 2-litre Mivec V6. I love everything about it. But it wasn't fair that Mitsubishi North America only offered the Eclipse for American drivers. Built by Chrysler, of all companies, too.
