1) we are not in 1994 we are in 2010, what they cost new has no bearing, what they cost today is all that counts to me.
2) And every thing else made in 1994 (except maybe volvo lol)
3) hang on you only said 2 things????
3) that is the difference being a pure sports car and a family car with power.
4) the gen 3's put out much more power in the states where omissions standards are much stricter (most go off the california resrtictions which are the tightest in the world i believe)why cant they release the power here, even when we exported the monaro to the states and europe they had more power than we did, in europe they got an option of a super charger from factory, cant be an emission thing there since i believe we use the euro emission rating system.
And for the record the 317 hsv's (not the current ones) put out around 235rwkw, with an exhaust, a mafless tune and a cold air intake they get to about 270rwkw, not all that much considering they weigh 1800+kg.