Re: Best of Top Gear Tonight

In article <3n0tt112fdnndq4lq41ta3buv7fv35uk90@xxxxxxx>,
nospam@xxxxxxxxxx says...
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:02:09 GMT, "steeler" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >"Mark Hewitt" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:drl1t0$2b7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> "Mike" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:sgvrt113dis63b9gnlnug5bf7qlnvs14gi@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>> It is, quite simply, utterly f*cking useless,
> >>
> >> Which is the whole point of it :o)
> >>
> >
> >It is really a PR/engineering exercise. The fact that they are selling so
> >few at a big loss proves that.
>
> PR exercise maybe, but as an engineering exercise it's a failure (at
> least in this engineer's eyes)
>
> Needing 1000bhp to get a car to 252mph when 12 years ago McLaren hit
> 231mph with just 627bhp, with more seats, better storage, nearly half
> the weight, a much more elegant body and at about 1/5 price to build
> shows just how much a failure the Veyron is.
>

Getting from 231mph (actually it was 240.1mph ;) ) to 252mph is not
nearly as simple as it sounds. As an engineer you will know that it
isn't a linear progression, weight has nothing to do with it and it's
all about air displacement/friction. The F1 has an elegant body and is
totally unstable at anything approaching 200mph due to that.

If I had the choice between the two, i'd be rich enough to buy both.
The bugatti is an impressive engineering feat, so was the F1, two
totally different cars though, built for different reasons.

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Trooper
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