turbospec29 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 The OG of all these "dream" cars... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/McLaren_F1_LM.jpg /thread!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1647545496 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 The OG of all these "dream" cars... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/McLaren_F1_LM.jpg /thread!!! Truer words have never been spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 If you're talkin Bugatti the eb110 in my opinion is hands down the one to own. It is way more sexy That Lambo rip off, not a chance in hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Funny, the Veyron goes as fast, doesn't look as hideous, and manages to generate downforce. The Veyron has variable geometry. When it makes it is set for top-speed mode, the wing retracts, front vents are shut, and the suspesnion is lowered. It is not generating the same downforce for the speed runs that it is during regular driving. Also, the Veyron looks good only from an engineering standpoint; if it didn't do everythign it does, it would be ugly. So they felt it was a good idea to have a tail-happy supercar because a wing would make it less pretty? (in their eyes) Yep. They wanted the fastest car in the world, not ht efastest track car in the world, and they wanted it to look good. Look at the massive amount of VAG money it took to beat them. .... and keep the car straight when it is in the air. Exactly, like an airplane. The principals of both are exactly the same, just motivated in different directions. I brought up Lola and other Lemans Prototype designers as an example of people who KNOW aero using what you called 'ricey' design on a full-bodied car.But those are, in fact, poor examples, because they are bound by the rules of their class. High performance street cars are where the best work can be done, because they can essentialy make the car whatever shape they want. Pagani made a shape that stands out, but not because it's pretty. The Pagani flows, the Koenigsegg looks cobbled together.I disagree and submit the opposite. Pagani's lines do anything but flow. Thanks to the Stig. If Top Gear hadn't flung one off the Test Track, I bet the CCXR wouldn't have a wing.correct, because they never had plans to make a race car out of it. They responded to public critisism because they had to. It's Top Gear, they've got a bit of pull. BTW, the CCXR is a step or two beyond the Top Gear Wing. It's clad with a revised air dam with added splitter, and a rear diffuser.... and ugly bare carbon fiber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 The Veyron, in my mind, is just a gimmick car meant to give stiffies to little boys and men with bottomless pockets. http://smiliesftw.com/x/huge_ugh.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 When it comes to OG of dream cars, i think this is a little more OG than an F1 http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/01/06-lamborghini-miura-concept/1966%20Lamborghini%20Miura-lg.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 http://smiliesftw.com/x/huge_ugh.gif You're so gay for saying that. IT's not a rip off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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