The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
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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
#2Should be required reading for any future Oracle customer.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#3Hmm,
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 hand-made Pentium would set you back a lot more than 3X the cost of a factory built one.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#4Hmm, 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…
A hand-made Pentium would be impossible to make, just like much other modern tech where building the tools and process to create the end product is more important and costly than the actual end product.
What I'd like to know is how much this custom made car cost.
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#5The book binding is awesome in and of itself... This particular example is a bit extreme, but if your going to make a physical book, make it worthwhile!
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#6Ultimate car is imho bit of an overstatement, but it's still extremely nice craftsmanship.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#7Hmm, 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…
A hand-made Pentium would be impossible to make, just like much other modern tech where building the tools and process to create the end product is more important and costly than the actual end product. What I'd like to know is how much this custom made car cost.
Indeed. There was an article posted here not long ago about Dubai which included a photo of a solid gold Mercedes. This car is understated by Dubai standards.
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#8Hmm, 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…
It looks like they're made in Poland, which probably keeps the cost down a lot.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#9Actually, I was really disappointed. The engine bay shot killed it for me, those K&N filters on top of the rocker covers, silly anodised aluminium pressure fittings and the crazy angled radiator support just lack symmetry and grace.
The whole thing says to me that it was a whole lot of work, for not a whole lot of excellence.
Still though, I bet it goes faster than my car.
Re: The Art of Engineering - Building the ultimate car for Larry Ellison
#10Hmm, 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…
It looks like they're made in Poland, which probably keeps the cost down a lot.
You mean this?