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Chad Stapleton
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support the US motor industry...
1000 bhp
0-100 mph in 4.9 sec
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=21664
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Bob Ogden
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| Not until I see the Top Gear tests. |
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Michael Boone
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Just waiting for the check from the Lotto to come! 
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Chad Stapleton
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Bob Ogden wrote: | | Not until I see the Top Gear tests. |
Its American....you know what they will think !
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Alan Dove
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| Chad Stapleton wrote: | | Bob Ogden wrote: | | Not until I see the Top Gear tests. |
Its American....you know what they will think ! |
They think quite highly of American cars now  Well some of them
That car looks very much like a Lotus Elise on steroids
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Mike Martz
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Bob mentioned Top Gear. For anyone who hasn't seen it, Top Gear is on BBC America and if you love cars (and I think I can safely assume that description fits anyone on this forum) it is the best car show on tv by far.
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Bob Baldwin jr
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Chad : I like the lines on the sideview BUT that frontal view is GAWD AWFULL BUTT STINKING UGLY 
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Chad Stapleton
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Alan Dove wrote: |
That car looks very much like a Lotus Elise on steroids
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The review states that it IS a Lotus Elise..with a Twin turbo Corvette motor shoehorned in the back !...
..so i guess we can assume Bob doesnt like the Lotus ! 
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Greg Nelson
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While cars like this and others Hessensy has built and stuff like the 253mph Veyron, and 235 mph McLaren, Saleen etc. are all fantasy cars for the .01% of them that can afford such a machine, I like Lotus's original concept or better yet Ariel Atom or the KTM Crossbow better, light weight exotic relying on perimeters within the real world, quick to 100, 1G+, 70 to 0 in a flash and 25mpg. All the excessive engineering going into the Veyron to make it go 253 is useless, how about topping out at the standard European 155mph, keep the weigh under 2000lbs and using all their engineering resources to get 25 mpg at 100 mph?
Uh?, .... I must have had a reality blackout, what?.... I love the idea of 1000hp! If I'd change anything it would to be to get rid of the useless passenger seat!
Long live Texans building insane cars!!!
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Bob Baldwin jr
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Not to change the subject but whatever happened to the SALEEN MUSTANGS  At the time I thought they were pretty cool.
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Greg Nelson
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Steve Saleen left the company a few years back and started another. The Old Saleen boys I believe still do Mustangs, but also Camaros and Challengers and other stuff.
I think Steve is working on engineering to Chinese manufacturers and other companies too.
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