Your dream car

Post Reply New Topic

Sunrise W12

Il Tempo Gigante:



Lotus Seven / Caterham Superseven:



Lotus Europa:



Delorean DMC-12:



Lamborghini Miura:



AC Cobra:

Last edited by Reodor_Felgen on 22 Oct 2007, 3:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Not bad! Allthough cars equiped by big block engines are famous for their understeering.

I don't have a dream car, though I would like a Mk1 Ford Focus

This is true, plus many of them were huge and had thin wheels totally unfit for the size of the car (look at the stock tires of a Dodge Charger 1966, for example). But the Camaro Super Yenko was all built for race purposes. It was not manufactured by Chevy ; Don Yenko designed it and sold it with lots of special features normal Camaros didnt have (think Shelby's Mustangs). First, the block engine was in aluminium, which is about 2,5 times lighter than steel. This dramatically reduced the weight of the car, thus it had had a better steering. The Camaro Super Yenko was also equipped with power-steering and race suspensions. About only 250 were ever sold, and today you can buy one at around 100,000 USD.

Note that I would never have such a car, even if I was multi-millionaire. Riding a 427in. engine car is just agaisnt my environnemental values. If I ever win the lottery, I'd probably buy a Mazda RX-8 for the summer (coolest engine ever, only 1,3 L or so but can deliver nearly 250h.p.), and a Volvo S-60 for the winter.

The Mazda RX-8 is powered by a 1,3 liters Wankel engine. Wankel engines are built differently than ordinary piston engines. Instead of pistons and cylinders, they use combustion chambers with rotors.

They are cheap to build when it comes to horsepowers, and takes much less place, but they use a lot of gasoline, and don't offer much torque. The Mazda RX-7 engine (which is also 1,3 liters) can be tuned to over 700 bhp. I bet the RX-8 can be tuned to even more (unless it's the same engine block, that is).

The Mazda RX-8 doesnt use that much of gasoline, compared to many sports car (Corvettes, Mustangs, Nissan 350Z, etc) : it uses 12,8 L/100km in the city, and 9,2 L/100km on the road... sorry for using the metric system (thats what Im used to), but this is comparable to a car provided with an average V6 engine, say a Nissan Maxima or Honda Accord V6. The current American models offer 232hp, but with such a small engine and light weight its performances are similar to cars that have 300hp. With such a light weight, not much torque is needed anyways, and the steering is quite amazing. Plus it just looks very good : I'm already quite tired to see the new Mustangs, and don't pay much attention to them anymore, but I never grow tired of seeing Mazda-RX8s on the street.

I can't believe no one has mentioned the DeLorean from BTTF. As a persoanl fave, though it would have to be the Batmobile from the Animated Series, that Dark-Deco style is superb. Make it into a real car!

koenigsegg CCXr. 1018hp e85 powered twin-supercharged v8 in an all carbon fiber body....

Lexus LS460L. Its so nice, and way cheaper than the other cars in its class.

Here are mine...

Pagani Zonda F
Koenigsegg CCX
Audi R8
Porche 911 GT3
Rolls Royce Phantom
and then... the great! the powerful!
Bugatti Veyron

Here's one: 1953 Ferrari 342 America.
Nice, eh??

Can I change my mind? First person to guess what this is gets a virtual cookie.

If I were to get a car, I would want an '87 Firebird.

Or . . .