Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? 2010 Will be a Bad Year for Sportscar Fans

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Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? 2010 Will be a Bad Year for Sportscar Fans

May 8th, 2009 by Ross Edwards Edit |

In 1997 Paula Cole asked “Where have all the cowboys gone?” She was talking about a husband who turned out to not be as spectacular as she had hoped. Twelve years later, we’re left asking the same question, this time about the auto industry. The first thing to leave a carmaker’s lineup in the face of a recession is the excitement and adventure.

You already know that the Dodge Viper, Pontiac G8, Pontiac Solstice, Cadillac XLR and Honda S2000 are not long for this world. Here’s a rundown of some more cowboy cars that will saddle up for the last time soon.

The Audi R8 TDi has been cancelled even before it got a chance to change our perceptions about diesel. The R8 TDI was originally planned to borrow technology from the Lemans winning Audi diesel racecars, and in the process show America that diesel is not just for work trucks. According to Autoexpress, Audi has decided that it would cost too much to make the giant V12 diesel engine fit into the R8, and they couldn’t sell enough to recoup their losses.

Chevrolet’s Impala SS won’t be sold after 2009. The Impala SS featured a 303 hp version of Chevy’s 5.3 liter LS series V8. Rbarrios on the GM Insider forums was the first to discover the SS’ demise.

The four door Cobalt SS will be unavailable after 2009. So if you like the 260 hp turbocharged engine but don’t want the aggressive cop-magnet body styling of the coupe, grab one soon.
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[fat_kid]

its going to be a sad time but i think it will get better, like the gas crisis 20-30 years ago, after that happened they started making badass cars again

[Daledoe]

The Audi R8 is the only car out of them that I will miss~

[Nortad]

a diesel audi r8 is the only car i WONT miss out them

[skyline180000]

Originally Posted by fat_kid

its going to be a sad time but i think it will get better, like the gas crisis 20-30 years ago, after that happened they started making badass cars again

but like the gas crisis of the seventies it will take a decade or two until they make those badass cars again IF they make badass cars again. Carbon Tax, Scrappage programs, Hybrids, Diesels, Greenhouse gasses, and Arabs may change all of our high power sports cars forever????

[fat_kid]

it will never go back to the way it was, but it may get better