Future Car - What Car Do You Want?

Gotta love Steve Urkel's BMW

^^ i can dream can't i?

New Brabus tuned Mercedes has 1047lb/ft of torque. Does anyone know what a semi has? It has to be in the same ballpark. There is so much hate and anger in that powerplant, a government out there must be building a case against it.

"The recipe for the E V12 coupe is essentially the same as the one followed to create the E V12 sedan: Take Mercedes’ 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-12 from the S600; enlarge it to 6.3 liters by widening the bore, sliding in new pistons, and popping in a new crankshaft; stir in a unique intake system and new camshafts; and then stuff the thing into an E-class coupe. The result is a 788-hp, 1047-lb-ft Höllenhund that Brabus says will rip and snort its way from 0 to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds, from 0 to 124 mph in 9.9 seconds, and from 0 to 186 mph in 23.9 seconds. Top speed is limited to 217 mph, but the car is capable, the company says, of 230-plus."



http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/2010_brabus_e_v12_coupe-auto_shows

Originally posted by Fluffy Fluffington Originally posted by LOL-i-ZER PEUGEOT SR1 Thats a nice looking machine. Still not convinced the French can actually engineer a vehicle. Still damn sexy.

IS Peugeot that lion icon?  Although I don't see them in the States, they and Renault are very popular in China.

Originally posted by Pinnacle Wanna Ride?

Originally posted by Pinnacle I ordered a '10 R8 a month ago. I should be picking it up in two weeks.

I love the Audi!

Thx 

Car Question?

Is fuel consumption only a function of the accelerator or a combination of both your current RPMs and the accelerator?

I have a manual Acura.

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Necro, 3 weeks until delivery. One week in the shop for customization. I've decided to go with the Abt complete package for the car. Then straight to the track for testing. My buddy, who is a race car driver for BMW, wants to push the car to 190+ on the track. We hope to get some pics, which I'll post on the site.

Originally posted by Ether404 just to back up necro.  here you go. Originally posted by NecroBeestiality I remember that bugatti. The current bugatti Veyron is so over the top that there is a switch in the glove box that activates (by key) the aero kit (spoilers) and allows speeds of over 155 to be reached. Normally it is governed at 155. If you flip the switch and floor the gas at 155, it will push you in the back of your seat until about 220. After 220, the speedo will continue creeping toward the high 250s with the right driver, road and weather conditions. In Dubai they have sheikhs with several veyrons in different colors. I was over there and saw one in all chrome. 100% chrome. The Veyron has 4 turbos and 4 radiators as well. The engine sucks in more air than any other car on the road, apparently the noise of the air entering the engine just behind your head is at times much louder than the 16 Cylinder engine. Yeah. 16 cylinders. I believe they have 8 Ls of displacement but it might be more. The problem with owning car is the cost of ownership.....its gotto be so annoying to drop a thousand dollars for an oil change and tuneup not to metion real maintenance and repair and insurance. Yikes. If I rocked an exotic it would probably be a Audi R8 5.2 like Pinnacle has or even a vintage Ferrari that could be had for under $50,000. Not uber fast but still faster than most cars on the road and anything itialian sounds so  good, you just leave the radio off.

Ha. That's funny because when I wrote that I was pulling all that info from the times I watched and re-watched that on my DVR the first time it aired on BBC America in '07/'08. I will have to rewatch the youtube to see what details I was off on. Nice find. Amazing car. Certainly no Lotus Exige in the twisties but pretty damn good for a car of its weight and power.