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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    Well, if it could do what the car in the photo below is doing, I may be impressed.

    BTW, what is the full name of the car in your photo?
    With 400bhp it most definitely can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    Well, if it could do what the car in the photo below is doing, I may be impressed.

    BTW, what is the full name of the car in your photo?
    It is a Maserati Quattroporte...and traction control will avoid spoiling rubber in the way you apparently like it. It does the EVO track in Bedfordshire in 1 minute 28.3 seconds. For comparison, a Bentley Continental GT took 4 seconds more, a Chrysler 300C Hemi managed 1.34.6.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    With 400bhp it most definitely can.
    Not necessarily. Some high-horsepower engines are a little short on low end torque.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    It is a Maserati Quattroporte...and traction control will avoid spoiling rubber in the way you apparently like it. It does the EVO track in Bedfordshire in 1 minute 28.3 seconds. For comparison, a Bentley Continental GT took 4 seconds more, a Chrysler 300C Hemi managed 1.34.6.....
    Let's see some burnout pics! (Just disconnect the traction control.)

    Would that be a late-model 300C?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    Let's see some burnout pics!
    can you read?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    Not necessarily. Some high-horsepower engines are a little short on low end torque.
    Actually with 450Nm, for its size, the Maserati V8 is remarkably torquey.
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    Would that be a late-model 300C?
    Yes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post

    Would that be a late-model 300C?
    the current model. Maybe you will be more convinced if you know that a Porsche Carrera 997 took also half a second more for that lap....
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    the current model. Maybe you will be more convinced if you know that a Porsche Carrera 997 took also half a second more for that lap....
    This may surprise you, but many people aren't concerned that the Maserati was 4-6 seconds faster on a track than a Bentley or a 300C. At $100,000+, it cost a lot of money to get that extra 4-6 second faster speed!

    And a Maserati is not a muscle car by American definitions because a muscle car does not have an extremely high price (muscle cars were/are affordable).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Actually with 450Nm, for its size, the Maserati V8 is remarkably torquey.
    I've read 339 lbs-ft torque at 4,750 rpm. As I figured, the maximum torque comes in at a relatively high rpm. The maximum torque on classic muscle cars was at about 3,000-3,500 rpm, but I'm not sure about modern muscle cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    This may surprise you, but many people aren't concerned that the Maserati was 4-6 seconds faster on a track than a Bentley or a 300C. At $100,000+, it cost a lot of money to get that extra 4-6 second faster speed!

    And a Maserati is not a muscle car by American definitions because a muscle car does not have an extremely high price (muscle cars were/are affordable).
    I showed you a yellow luxury car that accelrates like a muscle car and handles much better....just to point out that your choice for the use of yellow for cars is debatable....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    I've read 339 lbs-ft torque at 4,750 rpm. As I figured, the maximum torque comes in at a relatively high rpm. The maximum torque on classic muscle cars was at about 3,000-3,500 rpm, but I'm not sure about modern muscle cars.
    For a 4.2-litre engine it still is remarkable. And anyway as Pieter said that's not the point of the big Maser.
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    Best:
    Black
    White
    Blue or Red depending on car.

    Worst:
    Silver
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    Lighter shades of blue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    I showed you a yellow luxury car that accelrates like a muscle car and handles much better....just to point out that your choice for the use of yellow for cars is debatable....
    At $100,000, it doesn't really matter how well it accelerates or handles (for the majority of people who can't afford to buy one, that is). And if 4-6 seconds faster is "handling much better," what would 2 second faster be? Much, much better?

    And the one you posted- I think it would look better in black!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fleet 500 View Post
    At $100,000, it doesn't really matter how well it accelerates or handles (for the majority of people who can't afford to buy one, that is). And if 4-6 seconds faster is "handling much better," what would 2 second faster be? Much, much better?

    And the one you posted- I think it would look better in black!
    black is for taxis and hearses...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    For a 4.2-litre engine it still is remarkable.
    It comes at a sacrifice, though.

    And anyway as Pieter said that's not the point of the big Maser.
    My two Cadillacs weren't meant to burn rubber, either. But they can. Just another benefit of an engine with a lot of low-end torque.
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