If Faraday was to build a mass market car, or a premium like Tesla, it could make sense as there is a market for it. But, frankly, tell me who would buy a $1M car with 1000 HP, doing a sub 3 0-60, with an autonomous software that would respect speed limits, and thus making no noise at all ?
If Bernie’s always been identified as F1’s biggest problem, he’s also the one who made the F1 something professionnal. The solution is not to remove Bernie.
The 2005 rules made among the fastest cars ever. If fast cars are needed, the 2005 rulebook should be opened.
Definitely, the SR-71 is the closest attempt at building an alien spaceship.
Defeating Isis will take more than special forces.
If we are ever to achieve a day in this sport where women compete on equal terms with men, then it follows that the barometer we use to judge success must also be equal.
These customers just don’t mind this kind of gap. Usually, there’s at least $50.000 in optionnal equipment, such as leather-covered air-vents...
Please someone, make a “Nope, nope” gif. Please...
The GTR-LM, whose 2015 record is quite laughable, remains a potent concept. At Le Mans, it suffered from the lack of development of its hybrid system, so it had to run as a thermic-only, with two major drawbacks :
“Le Mans” made a huge flop, while it obviously doesn’t appear in this list. Think about it for a moment.
In French, FIAT means “Ferraille Italienne Assemblée à Turin” which can be translated into : Italian rusty tin poorly put together in Torino...
A friend of mine who changes his car very often, DeMuro-like, usually creates fake cheaper listings in the same area when he’s buying, and more expensive listings when he’s selling. Same kind of car, same engine, slightly varying mileage, etc... And he manages to change VERY often, believe me...
BMW N47 and N57 diesel engines (4 and 6 cylinders). BMW, so proud of its timing chain design, put the timing chain on the cockpit side of the engine. And there’s a major design flaw on the chain tensioning device. Which causes head and valves disasters (due to the diesel compression ratios), usually around 50-80.000…
The key point being “they aren’t idiots”.
Doing every step of the list usually enables you to ask for a MSRP worth profits.
Peugeot’s 2015 308 GTI sports 270hp out of its turbocharged 1.6 four pot. For a retail car. This is pretty much the definition of a hot hatch.