Because in a high powered car even a small mistake in rev-matching can lead to a significant drag (and possibly locking) of the driven wheels. There's even a drifting technique called "shift-lock" in which the driver downshifts without rev-matching, dropping the clutch and causing a brief lockup or at least changing…

To save the bottom end of the engine? The crank/rods/pistons will see the highest loads when you let off the throttle at high rpms, which is why you see a lot of engines break 'in the traps'. As soon as "safety clutches" were available for our racing transmissions in the early 90's, we had them installed. This is…

The 40-valve V8 of the Ferrari F355.

Ok John, so tell me how long do the tires last with your car and at top speed? The reason why the Veyron is limited is because they know the limits of everything with the car. Sides the car is more GT car. They didnt just take a Lotus, shove a Corvette motor in it, give it MORE POWER, then sell it to the public…

Hideous. From every single angle.

I think Jalopnik is loosing it.