A supercar for enthusiasts!!?

ZCanadian · 11-05-2019, 11:34 AM

There is no such thing as a budget hypercar.
Good, fast, cheap - pick any 2.

Cars of this type (and until recently, supercars) are sold almost exclusively to those who only want the cachet of owning the badge. And most are afraid to drive them, either because they cannot handle the car, or they don't want it to lose value by putting miles on the clock. That doesn't really describe a "sportscar enthusiast". Sounds more like a poser to me. Or an art aficionado.

Does the tech trickle down to the masses? Yes and no. Things like structural carbon fibre and drive-by-wire emanate from Formula 1 and super/hypercar design. But hybrid and electrification have been pushed up from the R&D for ordinary cars until they were deemed good enough to be in the 918 Spyder, P1, or LaFerrari and now KERS in F1.

The reason that this particular car is NOT an enthusiasts ride (and why it will not likely ever be built or sell) is because if its price tag, performance numbers, and the comment about it having a 3-pedal manual transmission (option). If you are buying for performance, you aren't getting a clutch pedal. If you are buying for the stick, you don't need to pay for that kind of performance. And if you want real feedback from a car, you don't get one that is tricked out to put down these kinds of numbers.

In short, a Spitfire or P-51D is an enthusiast's airplane. An F-35 is just simply an amazing jet fighter for the job. It doesn't come in a stick shift. LOL

My CDN $0.02

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11-05-2019, 11:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
ZCanadian A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,061 Drives: 2013 370Z Rep Power: 60275	There is no such thing as a budget hypercar. Good, fast, cheap - pick any 2. Cars of this type (and until recently, supercars) are sold almost exclusively to those who only want the cachet of owning the badge. And most are afraid to drive them, either because they cannot handle the car, or they don't want it to lose value by putting miles on the clock. That doesn't really describe a "sportscar enthusiast". Sounds more like a poser to me. Or an art aficionado. Does the tech trickle down to the masses? Yes and no. Things like structural carbon fibre and drive-by-wire emanate from Formula 1 and super/hypercar design. But hybrid and electrification have been pushed up from the R&D for ordinary cars until they were deemed good enough to be in the 918 Spyder, P1, or LaFerrari and now KERS in F1. The reason that this particular car is NOT an enthusiasts ride (and why it will not likely ever be built or sell) is because if its price tag, performance numbers, and the comment about it having a 3-pedal manual transmission (option). If you are buying for performance, you aren't getting a clutch pedal. If you are buying for the stick, you don't need to pay for that kind of performance. And if you want real feedback from a car, you don't get one that is tricked out to put down these kinds of numbers. In short, a Spitfire or P-51D is an enthusiast's airplane. An F-35 is just simply an amazing jet fighter for the job. It doesn't come in a stick shift. LOL My CDN $0.02