Random Car Facts

[RDF97]

For a fairly long time of about 10 years, the Vauxhall Calibra had the world record for lowest drag co-efficient on a production car.

What holds it now?

 

[Beeblebrox237]

What holds it now?

Probably the Volkswagen XL1, if you call it a production car.

 

[Vantage7825]

Probably the Volkswagen XL1, if you call it a production car.

I think the GM EV-1 is... If that was considered production.

 

[Joey D]

I think the GM EV-1 is... If that was considered production.

I believe you're right, I think it was under .20.

*Per Wiki it's .195 and close behind it is something called the Tatra T77A, the Mercedes CLA, and the Model S.

 

[Sage Ages]

The most powerful diesel production car ever sold was the Audi Q7 V12 TDI at 493hp.

I don't think people buy diesels for horsepower.

 

[Pupik]

I'd have said the catch would be getting all the oil and fuel from the top of the tanks into the feeds at the bottom. And since oil is purged from the bottom of the pistons gravitationally even in dry sumped cars, that too.

I recall Honda developed their old (1987-88) 1.5 turbo V6 engines with four oil pumps, so it's not completely fantasy...just sort of useless vestigial technology which would add extra weight.

 

[Lotus Exige S]

I don't think people buy diesels for horsepower.

for the huge torque more ;likely!

 

[Murcie_LP640]

...which is why the Q7 has 1000Nm of it .

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I think the GM EV-1 is... If that was considered production.

I believe you're right, I think it was under .20.

*Per Wiki it's .195 and close behind it is something called the Tatra T77A, the Mercedes CLA, and the Model S.

The XL1 has a drag coefficient of 0.186.

 

[GranTurismo916]

The NHTSA Tesla ranked the Model S 5.4 stars for crash safety. The NHTSA's maximum is 5.0, so unfortunately Tesla can only say that it has a 5 star rating.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/nhtsa-clarifies-tesla-model-s-crash-test-results/

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Some of the 1999-2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobras had Independent Rear Suspension.

 

[Vic Reign93]

The NHTSA ranked the Tesla Model S 5.4 stars for crash safety. The maximum is 5.0.

Not only that, it did what the Ford GT also did in the safety tests, it broke the roof crushing machine.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Vic, that's been said already and I'll say this again; that's what I call "Built Ford Tough".

 

[Vic Reign93]

Vic, that's been said already and I'll say this again; that's what I call "Built Ford Tough".

I knew it was already said, I just used it as a reference for the Model S which did the same feat.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I knew it was already said, I just used it as a reference for the Model S which did the same feat.

oh. alright then. That's still very tough.

 

[Sage Ages]

I knew it was already said, I just used it as a reference for the Model S which did the same feat.

Built coil tough?

 

[SlipZtrEm]

The NHTSA ranked the Tesla Model S 5.4 stars for crash safety. The maximum is 5.0.

No, the NHTSA didn't rank it 5.4. Tesla ranked the Model S at 5.4.

 

[White & Nerdy]

McLaren F1 is apparently another inexplicably tough car. I think I read somewhere that, during development, a tester had a nasty multi-rollover crash and walked away with no/minor injuries despite wearing only a T-shirt and jeans. When it was crash-tested, the damage stopped forward of the front wheels.

 

[Vantage7825]

McLaren F1 is apparently another inexplicably tough car. I think I read somewhere that, during development, a tester had a nasty multi-rollover crash and walked away with no/minor injuries despite wearing only a T-shirt and jeans. When it was crash-tested, the damage stopped forward of the front wheels.

The problem with this is that your head would hit the steering wheel and split open before you realized you were in a crash.

 

[White & Nerdy]

The car's safety levels were first proved when during a testing in Namibia in April 1993, a test driver wearing just shorts and t-shirt hit a rock and rolled the first prototype car several times. The driver managed to escape unscathed. Later in the year, the second prototype (XP2) was especially built for crashtesting and passed with the front wheel arch untouched.

Make of that what you will. You might be right.

 

[GranTurismo916]

No, the NHTSA didn't rank it 5.4. Tesla ranked the Model S at 5.4.

Thanks, changed the wording.

 

[Thatman]

Turbo FC Rx7s came with both steel and aluminum hoods.
Random car fact was delivered.

 

[Sage Ages]

Late 80's - early 90's Dodge Caravans were turbocharged.

 

[Wolfe]

McLaren F1 is apparently another inexplicably tough car.

As I recall it was the first production car to use a carbon tub for the chassis. That's why -- Formula 1 cars demonstrate the strength of that design, shedding everything except for the central cocoon in spectacular accidents, and allowing the driver to walk away.

 

[Slash]

Late 80's - early 90's Dodge Caravans were turbocharged.

That was only for one I4 engine offered, there was 3 others as well as 2 V6's. I owned a 1990 Grand Caravan with the biggest engine offered, the 3.3L V6 and a 1994. I currently have a 1999.

 

[Badasp5.0]

Some of the 1999-2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobras had Independent Rear Suspension.

SOME?

All the the SVT Cobras made from 99 to 04 had IRS.
Also SVE (SVTs engineering arm) had produced a IRS for the 07+ GT500 but it was canceled due to cost concerns.

(the '07+ GT500 is a product of SVT, Shelby had nothing do to with any of the engineering of the car and is bulit on the normal Mustang line @ Flat Rock MI NOT the Shelby American Factory in Las Vegas NV )

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

SOME?

All the the SVT Cobras made from 99 to 04 had IRS.
Also SVE (SVTs engineering arm) had produced a IRS for the 07+ GT500 but it was canceled due to cost concerns.

(the '07+ GT500 is a product of SVT, Shelby had nothing do to with any of the engineering of the car and is bulit on the normal Mustang line @ Flat Rock MI NOT the Shelby American Factory in Las Vegas NV )

I'm saying some, because I've heard that some came with a live rear axle or that people did constant LRA conversions for drag racing.

 

[Badasp5.0]

I'm saying some, because I've heard that some came with a live rear axle or that people did constant LRA conversions for drag racing.

None from the factory came with a live axle is my point. Tons of people converted with the use of a GT rear end. Hell a friend of mine in Houston got IRS on his '00 GT by trading a '03 Cobra Owner rear ends. That Cobra IRS will go into any of the 79 to 04 Mustangs.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Diane Krey-Wesley, the woman who portrayed Mary in the Kenmeri Skyline commercial, now lives in California.

Her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/joendiane

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

None from the factory came with a live axle is my point. Tons of people converted with the use of a GT rear end. Hell a friend of mine in Houston got IRS on his '00 GT by trading a '03 Cobra Owner rear ends. That Cobra IRS will go into any of the 79 to 04 Mustangs.

Awesome, that's good to know. I always wondered why the S197 mustangs didn't come with IRS, I wish they originally did.