More horsepower, probably more weight, but 4HD traction off the line. I’m picking the horse till it runs out of gears.

The aerodynamic design came from the designer, Lefebvre, being an aeronautics engineer. They actually wind tunnel tested the thing, and gave it modern details like a flat undertray and gutterless A pillars. Its Cd was about 0.45, compared to the typical 0.6+ of the day, and it would have been lower if they’d thought…

The answer to that one’s been in my username for a couple of years now.

P1 Nomad. Just sayin’...

Nah, one of their other differentiators is they don’t like 4WD. They should stick with the existing drivetrain and just Ariel Nomad-ize it. Take the base tub and power train, jack it up, leave the cladding and most of the interior off, soften the suspension and increase its travel, throw some off-road rubber on it,…

“It still requires rotation”

Pick your light bulb....

It’s very good at what it was designed to do - be an exclusive statement piece.

Except you just know the 71's OS is going to slow it down after the 72 comes out; “to maximise operating life”. Better get air traffic control to do the famous speed check before and after.

If you want randomly scattered gauges you really need a TVR Cerbera. Clock and fuel gauge UNDER the steering wheel, so your big brass TVR owner balls can see how much longer the fun’s going to last.

Insane from a drivers point of view too. I remember an interview with a driver where he was saying lag was so severe that that in the hairpins you needed to go to full throttle while still under full braking, so that the boost would be coming on as you hit the apex.

Even the BMW only made it “for a little while”. I believe the qualifying spec engines were rated at 1400hp for 3 minutes. Out lap, fast lap, in lap, replace engine, try again. F1’s approach to controlling costs was a little different back then...

Counter-counterpoint: show me the modern turbo engine that puts out close to ONE THOUSAND horsepower per liter.

It’s also an Americanism. In other Anglo countries, they’re (we’re) petrolheads.

Or as Martin Brundle (I think) put it: when you can spin your tires at the end of the Mulsanne Straight, only then do you have enough horsepower.

Really interesting question. Here in New Zealand we have a thing called the “Consumer Guarantees Act” which basically says it doesn’t matter what the manufacturers warrantee is, the product must be fit for purpose and must last “a reasonable time”, and that this is the retailers problem not the manufacturer’s. Which…

Pretty similar to OE Renault 5 Gordini wheels. Except for added weirdness those only have 3 studs

In Japan and Australasia they did pretty much that, initially. The 86RC model had steel wheels, no stereo, no a/c, unpainted bumpers, and a bunch of other “you’re going to replace that anyway” bits either deleted or de-specced, and was a fair bit cheaper than the ordinary base model.

Bobak Ferdowsi. Bobak Ferdowsi is STEMpunk.

An S2000’s a great car - or more specifically an amazing engine in a decent car - but I still wouldn’t have picked one over my 86. Soft top and inadequate trunk would have killed it for me - the 86 is my sole car so I need a degree of practicality, and I track it so I want the better rollover protection. Plus I’d feel…