"ricer" crew here *waves*. I sort of agree with you, in as far that the label "pro touring" should be limited to earlier versions of classic american muscle cars. Kind of like how "street rods" specifically refers to pre 194~ (forget which year exactly...) vehicles. But it's really hard to know where to draw the line, as I've seen some pretty quality vehicles that didn't fit this category, yet were still built in the pro-touring style. For example, a "pro-touring" fox-bodied mustang would be pushing it, I think. Or last gen camaro. I think "g-machine" can fit those (if they handle) but not pro-touring.
I wish I had the money to be able to build up my dream pro-touring car, but for right now I don't, so a slightly cheaper way to get a pretty decent handling sporty-ish car for me was to go Japanese for awhile (driving a 2002 acura rsx-s currently).
To each their own, but imho, to be a true car enthusiast you can't totally limit yourself to one genre or style...
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