Let me think about it...I'm traveling at 400 km/h...do I want ABS?
F+++ yeah.
ASR? oh eyah.
ESP? that too Sir.
Do I want to die? not yet.
Don't know if you know this (I'm sure you don't) but having the ABS sorted right is a damn difficult thing, and so are ASR and ESP. Not using them to have a "driver car" is the stupidest excuse to hide the fact they didn't have the resources/money to have them.
It's a driver car, you say? And what about the camera instead of the rear view mirror? Good old drivers used to open the door of their Diablos to get the view of what they were about to hit.
The HP/kg ratio is pointless, as there are plenty of tuned cars with more than the Aero, and they don't wave their dicks for it (and they are quite into showing off).
I don't even know how that they dare to call this car a production car given they didn't even reach a double digit production run to date.
Life isn't made about stupid records to show off in your lonely factory where no one comes in to say "hey, is that a Fiero kit car?! LOL".
KFL Racing Enterprises - Kicking your ass since 2008
*cough* http://theitalianjunkyard.blogspot.com/ *cough*
.....and nobody cares. seriously. It's like people looked at all that, thought "huh, that's nice" and went and bought a veryon instead.
or... they recognise the limitations of making 1000hp useable <- key word here
to make it palatable to customers. i think the sales reflect that.
agreed.
SSC was designed only to go fast.
the bugatti was designed to go fast... as well as being a luzury GT car, and being useable, and not looking completely hideous.
5 cars sold and one demonstrator.
8 cars they promised their investors they're gonna sell. honest.
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
ABS, Traction control, and power steering are assists. And im pretty sure if a company is building the worlds fastest production car money isnt a problem. And you didnt read this link did you...Very Fast Cars: The SSC Ultimate Aero Becomes the World's Fastest Car
wait so formula one drivers aren't race drivers?
no seriously, i want to see where you are going with this
what is this i don't even
did you quote the wrong person? i don't even remember saying those weren't assists, refresh my memory
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Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
I guess this agrees with my point that there's a difference between like and respect.
If you really are a 10th grader and you use phrases like "read very good", then yes, the Europeans are right and we are doomed. As I said in our PM bitch-fest, please, use some kind of spell/grammar check.
But back to my main point - down payments don't equal sold or delivered. Jaguar had a whole bunch of those for the XJ220 that were cancelled. I guess they "sold" a lot of them.
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
but you said a real race car doesn't need assists.....
oh you guys should read that article, it's hilarious.
Achieving the record wasn't just a matter of bragging rights (yes it was), though. For company founder Jerod Shelby it was a business decision. From early on Shelby, who started the West Richland (Wash.) company in 2000, decided that he had to break the production car top-speed record in order to establish credibility for his infant company. "No one is going to buy a $600,000 car they never heard of," he says.(you got that right, although you'll find a lot of people won't pay 600k for a car they HAVE heard of)
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
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