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252mph, New Production car speed record

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 14:56
by chemicalcode
Check this out, the Mclaren finally gets knocked off the top spot :shock:

http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/carnews5sep05/

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 15:25
by =|Gigiani|=
Yeah dat car is awesome and damn fast

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 17:04
by Fishwhiz
wow.. bu i think its illegal probab ly.

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 17:11
by chemicalcode
well it won't be illegal, but I doubt if any of the customers who've ordered one will ever get it that fast :wink:

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 19:37
by Focer
Yeah... I feel sorry for McLaren F1, but it was up on the top for a pretty long time, and besides, McLaren is getting old :?

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:20
by corvyz6
i agree with u focer, but i still like McLaren's looks!

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:29
by Focer
Tell me who doesn't :D

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:31
by korge
Focer wrote:Tell me who doesn't :D
Me.





































j/k :P

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:33
by PSZeTa
I wonder how that thing corners with that weight. _O-

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:42
by ^Sparco^
who cares 'bout corners?

It's the perfect dragster

Posted: 05 Sep 2005, 23:50
by WhereIsTheNsx
where the hell you gonna drive that thing, might as well leave it on the track

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 00:13
by PSZeTa
^Sparco^ wrote:who cares 'bout corners?

It's the perfect dragster
I do.

I don't want to fly off the road.

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 02:36
by Focer
I don't think that people would buy that hell of expencive car just to drag, and if you can't drive fast on streets, then why buy all that power.(Probably just to show off)

Unlike ferrari or porsche. You can take them to the track , car show, and drag strip, and just cruise.

Re: 252mph, New Production car speed record

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 03:00
by donaldgladden
chemicalcode wrote:Check this out, the Mclaren finally gets knocked off the top spot :shock:

http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/carnews5sep05/
i hate to end the comotion but Mclaren been knocked of the top spot with the fastest Supercar when Bugatti Unleashed the Veyron. please if im wrong dont be afraid to flame me. i can take it :roll:

sorry but i forgot to add that that was nearly 2 years after Mclaren started production of the F1

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 03:38
by boganbusman
PSZeTa wrote:I wonder how that thing corners with that weight. _O-
Considering that it's the most expensive car in the world, I'm sure it corners pretty well :wink:

I mean even the Maybach can out-corner a Corvette. :!:

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 03:39
by TheStig
^Sparco^ wrote: It's the perfect dragster
perfect dragster??? I doubt it...

In acceleration weight is as important as is HP!

I don't know what the exact power to weight ratio is but it isn't as high as with some other cars.

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 09:31
by bashderq
1000 HP can cure anything :lol:

this car sure will rock the supercar world, but imo, the McLaren is the most memorable one...i quote from a magazine, " Perhaps the road-car legend of them all" 8)

btw : the McLaren is 3rd fastest, the 2nd now being the Koenigsegg CCR

Re: 252mph, New Production car speed record

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 09:51
by chemicalcode
donaldgladden wrote:
chemicalcode wrote:Check this out, the Mclaren finally gets knocked off the top spot :shock:

http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/carnews5sep05/
i hate to end the comotion but Mclaren been knocked of the top spot with the fastest Supercar when Bugatti Unleashed the Veyron. please if im wrong dont be afraid to flame me. i can take it :roll:

sorry but i forgot to add that that was nearly 2 years after Mclaren started production of the F1
I'm sure your right, the car has been in testing for a while and it's always been faster than the mclaren. But quite frankly I got excited cos it goes over 250mph, thats the big acheivement. Athough if you asked any punter on the street what the fastest car in the world is, they'd still say Mclaren. But what can I say, I don't really follow supercar testings so it was news to me :) :wink:

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 12:07
by master m
TheStig wrote: In acceleration weight is as important as is HP!

I don't know what the exact power to weight ratio is but it isn't as high as with some other cars.
I did some calculation for you Stiggy.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4:
1900 kg & 990 hp = 1.919 kg/hp.

Mclaren F1:
1140kg & 627hp = 18181 kg/hp

Exige:
870kg & 190hp = 4,58kg/hp

So the McLaren is better :D

Re: 252mph, New Production car speed record

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 13:57
by donaldgladden
chemicalcode wrote:
donaldgladden wrote:
chemicalcode wrote:Check this out, the Mclaren finally gets knocked off the top spot :shock:

http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/carnews5sep05/
i hate to end the comotion but Mclaren been knocked of the top spot with the fastest Supercar when Bugatti Unleashed the Veyron. please if im wrong dont be afraid to flame me. i can take it :roll:

sorry but i forgot to add that that was nearly 2 years after Mclaren started production of the F1
I'm sure your right, the car has been in testing for a while and it's always been faster than the mclaren. But quite frankly I got excited cos it goes over 250mph, thats the big acheivement. Athough if you asked any punter on the street what the fastest car in the world is, they'd still say Mclaren. But what can I say, I don't really follow supercar testings so it was news to me :) :wink:


not your fault i watch Autoweek all the time :lol:

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 19:26
by ^Sparco^
It will be owned by this one:

270mph

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 19:29
by Prelude
WoW, dude! I can't believe that the technics improved to this level :lol:

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 20:22
by =|Gigiani|=
Yeah but dat is only a project........:(

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 21:00
by WhereIsTheNsx
wait i thought the koinsegg cc knocked mclaren off the top, (read the avatar, don't flame)

Posted: 06 Sep 2005, 21:14
by =|Gigiani|=
seems dat th veyron is faster