The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison

Post by ynniv » Wed, Sep 16, 2009, 2:06 PM UTC

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #22

ynniv wrote: post #19

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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

  Veyron:
  P/W ratio: .24
  Price: $1,400,000
  Quarter mile: 10.2

  Ariel Atom:
  P/W ratio: .3
  Price: $65,000
  Quarter mile: 10.4

  Ultima GTR:
  P/W ratio: .333
  Price: ~ $100,000
  Quarter mile: 9.9

Post by ynniv » Wed, Sep 16, 2009, 4:03 PM UTC

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #32

ynniv wrote: post #31

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Glad that you get upvoted for completely missing the point. The parent was surprised that a custom, hand built car could cost $60,000 and have a higher power to weight ratio than a Veyron (the misspelling was accidentally carried from the parent). Veyron: P/W ratio: .24 Price: $1,400,000 Quarter mile: 10.2 Ariel Atom: P/W ratio: .3 Price: $65,000 Quarter mile: 10.4 Ultima GTR: P/W ratio: .333 Price: ~ $100,000 Quarte…

The comparison is irrelevant; I was simply responding to your statement that the Veyron isn't a performance car. The fact that a homebuilt allegedly beats it on a metric or two hardly means that it's no longer a performance car. That's like saying that I can build a model rocket with a higher P/W ratio than an F-22, so the F-22 isn't really a performance jet.