Ultimate car is imho bit of an overstatement, but it's still extremely nice craftsmanship.
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The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
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Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#22Hmm, The whole description seems satisfyingly low tech. The engine is carburetted rather than fuel-injected but it claims a higher power to weight ratio than a Vyron. It's interesting that this company's nearly hand-made cars cost only three times the cost of a factory made Toyota ("Our cars start at $56,995 for the 427 models and $61,995 for the 289 models"). I would have imagined that the ratio was much more - a ha…
The Vyron isn't a performance car. You can easily build an Ultima GTR for less than $100,000 with well over 600 HP. People often mistake expensive with fast, when expensive really means safe, luxurious, flashy and then fast. Ellison's roadster is not safe, or luxurious, but it is flashy and fast. [ http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Content.aspx?f=usaintro ]
When you say "Vyron", I can only assume that you're talking about the Veyron, which decidedly is a performance car:
BHP: > 1000 bhp 0 - 60: 253 mph Braking: 249 mph to 0 in Not a performance car, my ass.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#23Should be required reading for any future Oracle customer.
They might also like to know about his personal fighter jet:
http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0511014&...
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because Ellison demands perfection from his engineers or because then they'll know why Oracle software costs so much?
Are the people who make the decision to go with Oracle more impressed by his success than they are turned off by his opulence?
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#25Good grief. This reminds me of the SNL sketch where Trump is giving his wife a diamond encrusted front door. Point being, this is what you come to when you run out of stuff to spend your money on.
Why have this thing custom built when you could have a Tesla roadster for substantially less? Probably because he already has two of those I guess. To each his own...
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Vyron isn't a performance car. You can easily build an Ultima GTR for less than $100,000 with well over 600 HP. People often mistake expensive with fast, when expensive really means safe, luxurious, flashy and then fast. Ellison's roadster is not safe, or luxurious, but it is flashy and fast. [ http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Content.aspx?f=usaintro ]
When you say "Vyron", I can only assume that you're talking about the Veyron , which decidedly is a performance car: BHP: > 1000 bhp 0 - 60: 253 mph Braking: 249 mph to 0 in Not a performance car, my ass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
Apologies for the poor formatting...meant this:
BHP: > 1000 bhp
0 - 60: 253 mph
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#27Maybe a little nitpicky, but does the font they used in the book seem a little... plain? Maybe it's just the sans serif that's bothering me, but if I were designing a book about the ultimate engineering anything, I'd want to put similar thought into the font face.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because Ellison demands perfection from his engineers or because then they'll know why Oracle software costs so much?
Are the people who make the decision to go with Oracle more impressed by his success than they are turned off by his opulence?
Larry made his money from scratch in one of the most brutally competitive marketplaces in the tech industry. So what if he wants to enjoy some of his wealth now? Same with Richard Branson - or John Carmack.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#29Hmm, The whole description seems satisfyingly low tech. The engine is carburetted rather than fuel-injected but it claims a higher power to weight ratio than a Vyron. It's interesting that this company's nearly hand-made cars cost only three times the cost of a factory made Toyota ("Our cars start at $56,995 for the 427 models and $61,995 for the 289 models"). I would have imagined that the ratio was much more - a ha…
I'm a bit disappointed that it has a carburettor to be honest. The rest of the car is no-expense-spared, state of the art (check out the F1 CVs/driveshafts!), and then to see that they put a carb on it was a let down.
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#30Speaking of building cars for celebrities, Did they ever find a suitable vehicle for Ellen Cleghorne?