A floating roll-cage just means it’s not welded directly to the chassis but probably bolted on via rubber bushings. Totally plausible that such a setup would be able to provide rigidity in the event of a crash/rollover while still not contributing to torsional stiffness. Seems only fair to counter the added dead…

That is very true, but there’s only so much you can get by tuning the stock turbo before you can only get more boost with a larger turbo kit. And that also only gets you so far until the bottom end needs upgrading. But you’re right if in terms of a ~50hp increase a tune and some bolt-ons can get you out of a stock…

Well maybe don’t drive up Mt. Everest? You do have a point about altitude, but it does affect turbo cars too (to a lesser extent). Even if the peak stays roughly the same, if boost builds later in the rev range and falls off sooner, your average power being made can drop quite a bit.

In the drag racing world it’s all about making it into the next lowest second “bracket”, and rounding doesn’t really come into play.

A supercharged Coyote could make 550hp all day long, but I feel like 550hp is really pushing the limits of what the Ecoboost can handle without further upgraded internals. Plus an absolute base-spec Ecoboost with 550hp would not nearly have the chassis and drivetrain to handle that power.

P100D is about $130k, and given how heavily upgraded it is and the relatively limited production I could see the Demon being over $100k. So definitely not twice the price.

The fastest Tesla is still a 800lb heavier 5/7 seat sedan on all-season tires, and yet manages to match the Demon’s 0-60 time with drag radials, race gas, and on a prepared strip.

Aside from one lame and obviously sarcastic joke, all the comments on that particular reddit page were about disagreeing with the content and delivery of the arguments in the original article, with absolutely none of that being attributed to the author’s gender. Jalopnik seldom gets any love on Reddit (and vice versa)…

Not like Audi needs it anymore.

10% of 1500hp is 150hp, you can definitely break the speed limit and hit “arrest-me” velocities in even a 150hp car.

Besides, this is far cheaper than the 911R, that was basically a GT3RS that sacrificed much of its aero and mechanical grip in exchange for the 6speed, all while being even more expensive.

I really liked Harris since before he ever joined Top Gear, but I think you’re right in that he doesn’t quite feel in his element interacting with the other two just yet. His solo films have always been top quality in my mind, where he comes off as anything but boring. Not just blasting around in a million dollar…

I think the ratings are low because the season 23 turned away a lot of fans and it will take a good few episodes for people to start tuning in again. The people who watched it might think it a million times better than season 23 and even perhaps like it over many parts of old Top Gear and the new Grand Tour, but most…

Seems like it was slammed in a way that it didn’t close fully. What really causes the damage is when an incorrectly closed hood catches the wind like a sail at highway speeds and flies open into the windshield.

Except Rob is more the sort to spend months building really awesome highly tuned cars (typically an RX-7) documenting and sharing his journey along the way. Yes he’s probably come from a lot of money and not everyone likes his personality, but the dude’s pretty damn genuine and passionate about his hobby.

The top 3 fastest accelerating production cars (if you’re referring to a certain trio) are hybrid because they are technological showcases and halo vehicles that are an indicator of where the futures of their brands may likely be headed. They are insanely fast accelerating because they have ~900hp, moderate weight,…

When you’re remotely near the levels of thrust seen in top tier drag racing, 100% torque off the line means that you blow your run and probably blow your tires off too. Any drag car that has an appropriate transmission is already pretty well designed for letting you build up and hold the perfect amount of torque to…

Yeah, it’s kinda like saying we should fix F1 by ditching F1 cars for a slower open wheeler like F3 or something

This is already faster than the Aventador SV, which is a more powerful version of the Aventador with bigger, stickier tires, much better suspension, and significantly more downforce. The SV that’s only a couple seconds behind the $900k, 900hp Porsche 918 hypercar, which I really doubt you’d say is just pretty and…

The new ST is down a cylinder but the drop in displacement from 1.6L to 1.5L would be hardly noticeable, especially on a turbocharged car that would make the same amount of power on-boost anyways.