Thread: Chevy Volt Dubbed Euro Car of the Year

Originally Posted by LaMidRighter

Nothing on the road outperforms the Z series 'Vettes, the damn things pull a G on the skid plate. The writer who issued that should seriously take out a new career. In fact there was a funny story about testing at Neuremburg involving the Porsche engineering team, apparently after the Z06 made it's run they all kind of looked at each other like "Oh ****, now what do we do?'.

Bugatti Veyron

Originally Posted by poweRob

Bugatti Veyron

Yeah, you've got me there. I probably should have qualified that nothing for the price beats the Z line Corvettes, of course if I paid 1M$ for a Veyron it BETTER smoke anything less.

Ok... I'll beat it price and performance...

Ariel Atom

I'm gonna own an Atom one of these days. I promise. Heck, I could probably part out the vette, and be 3/4 the way there....but.................I DO like being able to talk to a passenger while driving......

Also, if you live in Europe, the Porsche 911 is the price/performance bar setter. The turbo model is faster, and just slightly cheaper, than a Z06.






For now. C7 is gonna be out in another year.

Originally Posted by LaMidRighter

Keep in mind that was around 2010 so obviously they had time to figure it out. However I don't think that Porches are as bad as people say they are.

Porches are amazing because they defy logic. Like, you look at a car on paper...you know, tire sizes, hp, drive train, weight, etc...and that will give you a pretty good idea of what a car can do on a track, right? Well, in Porches case, wrong. They do more with less HP than any other car company outside of maybe Lotus. They have more grip with less tire width. They aren't light, yet they can stop faster, and turn harder.

It's an affront to the laws of physics, is what it is.

Originally Posted by KevinKohler

Porches are amazing because they defy logic. Like, you look at a car on paper...you know, tire sizes, hp, drive train, weight, etc...and that will give you a pretty good idea of what a car can do on a track, right? Well, in Porches case, wrong. They do more with less HP than any other car company outside of maybe Lotus. They have more grip with less tire width. They aren't light, yet they can stop faster, and turn harder.

It's an affront to the laws of physics, is what it is.

Reading back, by bad I meant like "BAD!" as in awesome. I really hate Porches, but they do handle well.

Originally Posted by KevinKohler

I'm gonna own an Atom one of these days. I promise. Heck, I could probably part out the vette, and be 3/4 the way there....but.................I DO like being able to talk to a passenger while driving......

Check out this electric car gear head and how he's built an unassuming car into a street legal world record holding speed demon in a tiny old datsun. lol

That's cool, It would be fun to see the new Volvo which has induction motors in all 4 wheels.

Originally Posted by poweRob

Check out this electric car gear head and how he's built an unassuming car into a street legal world record holding speed demon in a tiny old datsun. lol

Too bad he doesn't charge it with solar or wind, then it might be environmentally sound.