Hey Marcus, I thought I was the only one living in the past. Trevor's
going to get you.
John McEwen
>Warning: Take following with good humor. It is only a mild jab at US
>'sportcar' engineering ;). Oh, and let me just put my trainspotting anorak
>on...
>I think a good douse of innacurate numbers and specs will be required.
>
>> The money from a middle or the road racy European car can buy a
>> Viper over here, and there isn't much to compare there I can tell you!
>
>Whoah....I have to disagree...from what I have read, the viper always
>seems to come last when they test it against euro/jap
>`supercars'. The US answer to handling is to wedge even fatter tires
>under it and hope that that will make it stick...
>
>
>> The list of good powerful well-handling NA cars at low prices is long.
>
>As long as what? I cannot name ONE current US car that is powerful AND
>handles well. Yes, they are all powerful, but the handling sucks because
>they are all too heavy. When you visit the UK next, try a new Caterham
>Superlight R, TVR Cebera (Any TVR for that matter), Marcos, or even a new
>Mini Cooper....they all weigh in at around 2000ib, and the TVRs
>have great stonkin' V8s as well.
>
>To continue my obtuse rant, `Top Gear' (I think it was these guys, it
>is a car TV program) pitted a TVR Cebera (AJP8 V8, 360hp)
>against a Tornado F3 (twin TU19934R, about 16,000ib thrust a piece).
>The TVR won 0-100mph. And it can go around a corner.
>
>Anorak off.
>
>Marcus
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