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View Poll Results: Could a FPV supercar end the war | |||
Yep, that will finish the argument | 20 | 20.62% | |
Nup, the war will go on forever. | 77 | 79.38% | |
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22-08-2010, 11:35 AM | #1 | ||
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Ok, I will try this again as the first one got derailed by those suffering from one or more of the various pro/anti GTHO fixations.
The miami GTs are imminent and as other than the $150k W427, the F6 is currently the quickest Australian built car the new GT should be the king of the hill. Of course it is very unlikely that it will be as quick as a W427 and the extra $80k of technology does seem to work rather well. This will ensure that any discussion with a holden bogan will almost always contain several references to "W427 is quicker/faster/gooder/sicker" despite it being significantly dearer. So here is a cunning plan (version 2). The FPV "insert name here than does not have any derivation from GT, GTHO or reference to Bathurst or in fact racing of any kind" Lots of carbon fibre, alloy panels and go fast race track trick stuff. Engine in the "beyond silly" class and cabin fitout that makes an XT look luxurious. Think Falcon meets Lotus Exige and Porsche GT2. How about "Fastest 4 door production car in the world" (where have I heard that before?) Cost: $300,000 to $500,000 per unit. Each is hand crafted and built AFTER it is paid for in full so there will be no discounting. Something like the SVT GT40, a special impractical car for those with too much money. It may even be exportable to UK and other RHD countries that miss out on a lot of the LHD supercars. They will sell stuff all of them and will draw the scrooby crabs like free beer at a football match. BUT All they need is to sell ONE to some cashed up bogan and that puts the "vehicle to be named later" and FPV squarely on top. The scroobies can't win because it is far too expensive for average "hoons" and there are too many powerful people who like their lambos/ferarris etc. to allow the wowsers to cause any grief at the supercar end of the market. The only reply "team B" can make is to build something similar and as these are just silly there will no longer be any real relevance. This will put any future HSV/FPV vehicle that is grossly more expensive than GTS/GT-H/Grange/F6 into the same group as GT40 or ZR1. Argument solved (or more accurately, dissolved ) So is this a cunning plan? Or not...... P.S. The name of this car can only be made up from 22 letters as T O H & G are prohibited. P.P.S. This is totally hypothetical and extremely unlikely to actually happen. Last edited by flappist; 22-08-2010 at 11:43 AM. |
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