Quote Originally Posted by Alastor View Post
The downside as you mentioned is an increase in brake disc and pad wear. But they just may consider those consumables and the trade off acceptable. Also, I wonder what they expect the average customer will do with the car. If one hard lap can destroy a set of discs and pads, then they must not expect much track use. Seems like a curious conclusions when selling a supercar, but maybe that is true.
If a 210bhp hot hatch can cook its brakes on the open road I'd be much more worried with a 600bhp sportscar. It's not about consumables, but about arriving at a corner doing 100mph to find you have no brakes.