Talk:Sleeper (car)/Comments

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The "sleeper car" article seems to be way too specific in places it needn't be. I agree with the points made in the other postings. At the risk of sounding redundant, a sleeper car is a "sleeper" because it is intentionally made so. Pulling the badges off a fast car isn't what making a sleeper is all about. The 96' Impalla, for instance, is a fairly unassuming vehicle with decent performance potential, but that doesn't make it a sleeper. Factory built "sleepers" are a completely differant category of vehicle and exist, often, for very differant reasons than a home brewed sleeper. For example, it was common practice in the 1960's for American manufacturers to slot race caliber engines into normal production cars for homolugation purposes. This created a sleeper but of a very differant nature than, say, an acura with a hidden turbo or a mustang with a hidden NO2 plate. In short, the article shouldn't list cars that are considered sleepers, especially the SRT-8 Charger because that's not going to fool anyone, and more research might be due before declaring a 1980's Mercedes the first "Super Sleeper" (ever heard of a COPO camero-look it up).

(65Glassback 21:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC))