@Frost Face: "Actually, Koenigsegg doesn't use ford engines anymore.... but nice try."
@Frost Face: "Actually, Koenigsegg doesn't use ford engines anymore.... but nice try."
@GoatBoy: "What about a small-block Chevy doesn't seem thoroughbred?"
@GoatBoy: Hey, a brotha's gotta reprezent.
What can I say? -I'm a romantic at heart. I prefer the notion of a great engineer (say, someone like Vittorio Jano) starting with a clean sheet of paper and coming up with a unique engine for a new car project.
This is a Viagra ad, right?
Beauty is in the eye of the, etc., but I have to agree with commenter 4 above me that the 507 is aesthetically nearly perfect; definitely in the top 5 for me. I'd say it's tied with the Aurelia Spyder; the Aurelia has a better tail, the 507, a better nose. Contemporary Maseratis and Ferraris didn't have slender…
Meh — these are all compromise-cars. Koenigsegg uses a Ford-based engine, the Bugatti is only so in name, and this "Shelby Supercars" is clearly trying to trade on Carroll Shelby's obsolete name-power. Its engine is just a modified Corvette, and it's hardly an inspiring-looking car. *yawn*