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Originally Posted by JoeHahn
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Originally Posted by Sir_GT
Watch. It'll never crack 240, and it'll not accelerate faster than an Enzo. It'll be the biggest, most worthless, flop. Ever.
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You're dreaming, this car will destroy the Enzo in straight line performance. Bias aside, you would have seen that... |
Nope, you're the one that's dreaming. The Veyron will be the biggest case of "pure hype, never right" ever. Modern day cars are too heavy to crack 3 seconds, as most F1 engineers will tell you. You have to drop below the magic 1k weight, to crack 3 seconds, and the Veyron almost weighs twice that. Why do you think the F40 and F50 are still incredibly quick compared to the Enzo? Why do you think the Macca can't be beaten? Modern day production cars have too many safety requirements placed on them, adding to their weight, limiting their ability to move quickly. The extra bhp gained by the engine only help "catch" the imbalance brought about by legislation. Best way to approach the problem is the way Gordon Murray did with the McLaren: concentrate on keeping everything as light as technologically possible, and try to produce as much as you can from the engine, without adding more weight than expected.
Hence the McLaren F1.
But look at the Veyron: over-riddled with weighty items such as luxury goods, modern safety features, and other unneeded parts. Throw in sub-par engineering, in which the needed power was brought about by adding FOUR turbos, which of course, means that the transmission has to be beefed up, which means more weight, which again, translates to demerits for the car's targeted performance goal.
Why do you think the Enzo's design was pretty much constructed in a wind tunnel and a carbon fibre plant? It was built with speed in mind, nothing else.
The Veyron will never out-accelerate the Enzo, and it will not crack 240. Mark my words.