Cars, Man

[StarHalo]

8.4 L V10 makes 640 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque, the most torque of any naturally-aspirated production engine. Launch control is new, as is a GTS package which features power options and leather everything interior.

[trevordurden]

Those cars are just toys. This is a REAL car:



Unfortunately I don't know the name of it, otherwise I'd build 3 of them.

[orbital]

^GTS

Am I the only person on the planet who despises chrome wheels?!?

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[StarHalo]

Am I the only person on the planet who despises chrome wheels?!?

It's polished aluminum, also available in gloss or matte black. Base model will be five-spoke, the GTS will be the above-pictured split six-spoke, and the SRT track package will get its own unique superlight wheels.

Edit: More power and less weight over the old Viper means this new one has a better power-to-weight ratio than a Corvette ZR1 or a Lambo Aventador..

The GTS package includes a Harman Kardon 36 volt, 18 speaker sound system - side exhaust and windows down be damned, you're gonna hear it:

[Monocrom]

I'm happy they put the emergency brake towards the passenger side. In the past Chrysler has screwed up in that regard.

[StarHalo]

RIP Ferdinand Porsche

[orbital]

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The Porsche 961,..a cross between a 959 & 962



^^^ If they only continued this racing platform

[Gregozedobe]

Those cars are just toys. This is a REAL car:



Unfortunately I don't know the name of it, otherwise I'd build 3 of them.

That is a cut-down (really cut-down !) BMC mini (or one of the many badge-engineered variants). The donor car was designed by Alec Issigonis, was one of the first truly efficiently-packaged FWD cars, and the predecessor to many a FWD "hatch". Put a hotted up Cooper S engine into something that small and light and you could have some fun (and probably scare yourself witless as well).

[TEEJ]

I think it just needs a hole in the floor for your feet, a la the Flintstones...or pedals?

[StarHalo]

At yesterday's Gran Turismo Nurburgring supercar meet, one of the owners (not a pro or amateur driver, just a car owner) drove his Koenigsegg Agera R to 250 mph on the main straight.

[Empath]

A few posts dealing in political rhetoric were removed.

[StarHalo]

Take your Honda CR-V to the Nurburgring! (and leave it there!) Skip to 1:00..

[StarHalo]

Mazda 3 problem solved: just body color paint the grille:

[StarHalo]

True story: Maybach is offering a $100,000 instant rebate on the purchase of any Maybach through the end of the year, possibly the largest rebate offer in history.

[Monocrom]

Where's my checkbook?!

[StarHalo]

Beijing Auto Show preview; Lamborghini SUV:

[Monocrom]

Oh Hell No!!!!

Will that abomination go away if I throw some Holy Water on it? A company known for making Super Cars that push the envelope of performance, coming out with an SUV?? Whoever thought that up, should be fired! . . . After being brutally beaten with a rubber hose.

[mossyoak]

Oh Hell No!!!!

Will that abomination go away if I throw some Holy Water on it? A company known for making Super Cars that push the envelope of performance, coming out with an SUV?? Whoever thought that up, should be fired! . . . After being brutally beaten with a rubber hose.

you act like this is something new for lamborghini.

[StarHalo]

you act like this is something new for lamborghini.

I'd be a lot more comfortable with it if it were the new LM 002; in many ways it's inevitable that they have at least one SUV - Porsche's Cayenne by itself represents half of all Porsche sales, so there's no way any manufacturer could just overlook the segment (which is ironic since this SUV will be built on the Cayenne platform, it will actually draw off some Porsche buyers..)

[orbital]

you act like this is something new for lamborghini.

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I saw the LM002 at Pike's Peak Hill Climb in the late 80's,
think it was one of the first in the US.

...it would have been fast if it weighed 2500 lbs. less

[Monocrom]

you act like this is something new for lamborghini.

Nope! More along the lines of they made the same mistake already, and now should know better. Should have learned from the last time. But here they are, doing it again. It's one thing if someone messes up because they honestly don't know any better. Quite a bit different though if they do.

[tino_ale]

Doesn't change the fact that it will most probably be a commercial success

[Monocrom]

Doesn't change the fact that it will most probably be a commercial success

Yup . . . Plenty of sad, pathetic, wanna-bees out there who would shake in their boots if they climbed into a real Lambo. They tend not to be very forgiving if you make a mistake. Requires some real skill to drive one properly. With an SUV, all you need to do is go in a straight line. The adult equivalent of bolting on training wheels to a child's Schwinn.

[orbital]

Yup . . . Plenty of sad, pathetic, wanna-bees out there who would shake in their boots if they climbed into a real Lambo. They tend not to be very forgiving if you make a mistake. Requires some real skill to drive one properly. With an SUV, all you need to do is go in a straight line. The adult equivalent of bolting on training wheels to a child's Schwinn.

Porsche Cayenne @ Nurburgring w/o training wheels.

^ Take note of the proper apexing

[deckofficer]

I'd like to give this one a go..

[StarHalo]

I'd like to give this one a go..

11.1@112 is unbeatable against those 2006 models, but don't try it against the current crop of supercars. I'd still go for one though, there definitely need to be more electric track toy cars..

Edit: Now that I look it up, the Porsche can manage a 11.2 second run, but only from an almost impossible perfect launch from a dead stop; that's probably why the Porsche driver opted for the rolling start, but it's ultimately slower that way.

[deckofficer]

11.1@112 is unbeatable against those 2006 models, but don't try it against the current crop of supercars. I'd still go for one though, there definitely need to be more electric track toy cars..

Yep, that ride's battery bank could power some LEDs.

[StarHalo]

Yep, that ride's battery bank could power some LEDs.

I'd think this '34 Ford with 800 electric horsepower would be more your style..

[EZO]

Concept Cars of the Past

[StarHalo]

Concept Cars of the Past

Still waiting on those big fins..