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Old 01-07-2007, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Kariba
I have always been interested in the comparitive performance of various cars and smile when I see how slow the revered classics (MGB???) really are. The E type Jaguar may be an exception.
Welcome to UCP, and yes the "revered" classics are slow but like the MGB hardly designed for the dragstrip. It would run away from a contemporary Cadillac on any English country road....
Pity such lists never include braking performance, because that it is where progress has really improved.
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