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Jonny Nox posted:Canada never got the Sierra. No, but we got the Merkur XR4TI
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InitialDave posted:South Africa didn't get the 2.8 Cologne, they had the old 3.0 Essex instead, which is a bloody solid lump, but not the last word in output. The 2.3 turbo from the XR4Ti was kind of just a US thing, that car getting the 2.8 "originally", and the Cosworths were something else entirely compared to the generic Sierra, you couldn't get those engines in the cooking models.  I loving love those things, I think they look quite a bit better than the ones with the split windows, and consider how bonkers that had to look in '85. The base RS were like 200hp and the limited RS500 a bit more, though in practice people managed to get pretty insane performance out of them. My parents had a Scorpio with the 2.8 Cologne, it was ridiculously well equipped for the time (everything fully electric, including rear seat adjustment, AC, cruise) , comfortable and a decent amount of power.
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mobby_6kl posted:Besides the US 2.3 turbo XR4Ti there were also Cosworth-YBD based version with the giant wing in Europe: InitialDave posted:the Cosworths were something else entirely compared to the generic Sierra, you couldn't get those engines in the cooking models. The XR4i/Ti twin rear windows were unique to that model, I'm not entirely sure why they did it, as it looks kind of awkward, but ah well. The 200bhp standard Cossie was quite detuned, hence being so easy to turn the wick up - really, you're just derestricting it back to "normal". The RS500 was full-balls homologation special with an unused 8 injector setup, bigger turbo, better intercooler and all the Group A gubbins to be able to declared the same as the raced example for certification purposes, so theres a lot of potential locked into them.
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Jonny Nox posted:Canada never got the Sierra. The US did. They just called it a Merkur XR4Ti. e: f, b, like a rented mule.
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A high school buddy of mine's dad had a Mclaren F1. I wish I was more of a car guy at the time.
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InitialDave posted:Does anyone actually read my posts? No, sorry 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:The XJ220? that's the one  it looks awesome but idk anything interesting about it spec wise NoWake posted:This is the out of a new Jeep Trailhawk something... even sitting at my desk this looks way too distracting. I feel like I'd need to park it before trying to adjust the temperature. No wonder lane-keep and auto-brake are being implemented in newer cars, it's the only thing keeping people out of preventable accidents. the thing that sucks about these newer cars is that it is very hard to find good aftermarket alternatives that are under $500. with those lovely old chrysler ones, you can just walk into a store like Best Buy or go online and find a cheap replacement that lights up with rainbow lights and does everything you want from charging your phone to even playing DVDs in some cases
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Thief posted:that's the one
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NoWake posted:This is the out of a new Jeep Trailhawk something... even sitting at my desk this looks way too distracting. I feel like I'd need to park it before trying to adjust the temperature. No wonder lane-keep and auto-brake are being implemented in newer cars, it's the only thing keeping people out of preventable accidents. There are temp up/down buttons below the screen. Shittier than dials, but better than fiddling with a touch screen. 
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XJ220 content! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7ZPeF6faG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVBGFnPUe-4 Tax The Rich is AI as gently caress. It's a pity he doesn't post content more often.
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Fo3 posted:So we didn't get any FWD euro derived fords like escort or sierra in the 80s And yet NZ did get the Sierra, with wagons being assembled locally from CKD kits because there was initially no Telstar wagon. Aussie wagon buyers went for Falcon's but the NZ market preferred the smaller size wagons. The Prime Minister even drove one, at least until he appeared on TV drunk as gently caress and called a snap election. Fuckin' Ford drivers.
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they're actually driving the poo poo out of that thing are you sure this isn't forza horizon gameplay footage?
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Thief posted:they're actually driving the poo poo out of that thing Tax the rich owns
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This thread is making me want to dig out the old Need for Speed 2: SE game. Has the GT90, McLaren F1, Jaguar XJ220 and though it hasn't been talked about recently AI favorite Lotus Esprit.
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Cage posted:This thread is making me want to dig out the old Need for Speed 2: SE game. Has the GT90, McLaren F1, Jaguar XJ220 and though it hasn't been talked about recently AI favorite Lotus Esprit. That game was great and enabled me to answer a question when Jeremy Clarkson asked how fast the F1's top speed was at a Top Gear Live show. 232mph 😎
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Cage posted:This thread is making me want to dig out the old Need for Speed 2: SE game. Has the GT90, McLaren F1, Jaguar XJ220 and though it hasn't been talked about recently AI favorite Lotus Esprit. The cheat codes for that game were awesome too. TREXME. E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivz1YKT9iT0 Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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Oh man, I totally forgot about that. Great if you ever wanted to test the driving characteristics of crate 1, or a rock.Olympic Mathlete posted:That game was great and enabled me to answer a question when Jeremy Clarkson asked how fast the F1's top speed was at a Top Gear Live show. 232mph 😎
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Olympic Mathlete posted:That game was great and enabled me to answer a question when Jeremy Clarkson asked how fast the F1's top speed was at a Top Gear Live show. 232mph 😎 Actually its top speed was 240.1mph.
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I've always liked that, with it now being something of an open secret you're not meant to discuss that car manufacturers might slightly optimise their cars for things like record attempts, Jaguar's XJ220 top speed run involved a straight up "gently caress it, we're gonna decat this bitch".
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Olympic Mathlete posted:That game was great and enabled me to answer a question when Jeremy Clarkson asked how fast the F1's top speed was at a Top Gear Live show. 232mph 😎 Still the world's fastest NA production car. It took turbos to beat it. 
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Mad Dragon posted:Still the world's fastest NA production car. It took turbos to beat it. And the most expensive to maintain https://youtu.be/EsKDGdcb6BQ
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drgitlin posted:Actually its top speed was 240.1mph. Go tell that to Clarkson, 240mph was in 1998, car had been around 6 years at that point and did 232 prior to that. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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Mad Dragon posted:Still the world's fastest NA production car. It took turbos to beat it. I And I think it will retain that title since no one is willing to make a 1,100 kg car now without turbos. loving weird how you can go to chevrolet and get 11 fully optioned out Z06s for the price (inflation accounted) of a single F1. Cost $815,000 back then, with inflation thats $1,243,999.66. . (I know you cant put a price on romance but come on thats >7000 horsepowers worth of Z06s.)
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Cage posted:This thread is making me want to dig out the old Need for Speed 2: SE game. Has the GT90, McLaren F1, Jaguar XJ220 and though it hasn't been talked about recently AI favorite Lotus Esprit. And the Ford Indigo! 
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RIP Dodge Copperhead
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Holy poo poo, the nostalgia in these last few posts. I haven't thought about NFS2 in 15 years.
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My all-time favorite concept that never got made is the TVR Speed 12. Approx 1000hp, 1000kg, 7.3l v12, no abs no traction control.
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On the subject, Mclaren just announced the Senna today https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2019-mclaren-senna-hypercar-official-photos-and-info-news 789hp in 2641lbs No hybrid stuff or AWD or anything silly. Except the lower door windows, those are pretty silly.
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Puddin posted:My all-time favorite concept that never got made is the TVR Speed 12. The one road car they built and sold is still around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BR1lx4tD_Y
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Powershift posted:On the subject, Mclaren just announced the Senna today Wrong thread don’t troll
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Bape Culture posted:Wrong thread don’t troll Wrong thread if they don't homologate it for GTE
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Powershift posted:On the subject, Mclaren just announced the Senna today The lower door windows are to make it easier to line up with the parking spot when reversing at Cars & Coffee.
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Swan necks have hit production cars, sheit
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InitialDave posted:The thing is they really did build it, but then promptly decided when it was driven that it was just too much, so cancelled the idea of a production run, only building a few for racing. I know they made the one and it got binned, but I more meant that it didn't get a bunch of them made. From the videos of it it sounds monstrous I just wish they were more of them out there. It was about 10 years ahead of its time. If they had gone about it in the mid 2000s, it most likely would have taken off.
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Powershift posted:On the subject, Mclaren just announced the Senna today It's kinda mind bogglign that they boast it's nearly 200 kgs less than any of their other cars, it's indeed a light car... and yet STILL nearly 200kgs heavier than the car it clearly harkens back to.
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Safety is weight
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BlackMK4 posted:Safety is weight What's the point of calling it Senna if you don't die driving it?
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Powershift posted:What's the point of calling it Senna if you don't die driving it?  that's dark
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Powershift posted:What's the point of calling it Senna if you don't die driving it? 
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