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The Paramount Marauder....is on a Top Gear I just watched yesterday.
Richard Hammond driving into a wall. Yes, a wall.
Richard Hammond driving into a wall. Yes, a wall.
You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!
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What is the name of this VW? I read about it on GTP but forgot where and I also forgot what it's called.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72637915@N03/7229501320
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72637915@N03/7229501320
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^ The 'only-in-Brazil' Volkswagen SP2. 
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Thanks! I've been wondering what the hell that was since I saw it.
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May as well bring this thread back. How about this?
A one-off, but sure is interesting.
A one-off, but sure is interesting.
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BT -> Just stumbled at Jalopnik and saw this:
Witt Sea Lion *Worlds fastest amphibious car*
^ And yes, its for sale too!
Looks like a certain RRT4 car, in my opinion. 💡
And I cannot believe these cars were in JGTC: (from a thread in GT6 forum)
This car misses one key component; the flux capacitor.^ Thanks exigeracer! 👍
BT -> Just stumbled at Jalopnik and saw this:
Witt Sea Lion *Worlds fastest amphibious car*
^ And yes, its for sale too!
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I just recently discovered the Dauer 962, when I was doing some research on twin turbocharged supercars of the 80's and 90's.
It has a twin KKK turbocharged Porsche I6, that outputs around 730 HP, and has a top speed of 251.6 MPH, and did I mention it was made back in 1994?
Sadly though, it couldn't qualify for fastest production car, as there was only 14 or so produced, however it did win the 1994 24 hours of Le Mans, in which Dauer entered using a loophole, and it was also one of the last Group C cars ever built.
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This is a GREAT thread. I just bookmarked page 33 so I can pick up where I left off today.
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Awhile back, I was searching for a small jeep or a coupe, like a car, but instead I found this crazy looking car made for sand dunes, offroading, and everyday point AB driving. Introducing the Jeep Renegade Concept;
In my opinion; the ugliest thing on the planet!!!
In my opinion; the ugliest thing on the planet!!!
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The Vanishing Boy-> Well I have a Yamaha, and no its not those Toyota/Lotus/Ford-powered wunder engines...or even the cool three-off OX99-11 concept/prototype:
-> Introducing...
Yamaha AMi
^ It is a (very) unique and (very) rare Kei-Car!!!
No no no sir.! What you have there is a Japanese F40!. I honestly would kill for that car >_>
The wing and rear reminds me of it
I brought this car up in the McLaren P1 thread.
It is also one of my favorite cars and it's probably one of the fastest street legal production cars ever made. It might even be the fastest street legal production car ever made, the one car that may be faster is the Caparo T1 but the Zonda R set a faster time than the T1 on the Top Gear test track. Not that I really think Top Gear lap times mean very much, but I think the Le Mans could be faster than the Zonda R.
Anyway, the Dauer Le Mans was actually the fastest (top speed) production car in the world. Even Gordon Murray admitted there were faster cars than the McLaren F1. In a letter to Evo Magazine Murray stated:
"Firstly, our records are only valid for a true production car which has passed full EEC type approval and emissions testing. There have been several other low volume specials (such as the Porsche 962) that have acheived a higher top speed."
So basically he's saying the 962 is a faster car, but didn't have EEC approval or admissions testing. That is completely irrelevant though because the Le Mans was declared road legal by TÜV, which is much more important.
The only reason it's not commonly listed is because it's either not widely know or, in the case of Wikipedia for example, they only list cars with production numbers higher than 20. I don't really agree with that because I think as long as the car was produced for sale in a quantity greater than one, and it was sold multiple times I think it should count as a production car. Jochen Dauer was actually expecting/hoping (or was at least ready) to sell 50 Le Mans but of course he only sold 12-14 (Official brochure says 13 I believe). The Dauer Le Mans is a production car and was the fastest car in the world at the time of its release.
There were also other street legal 962s, though the Le Mans was likely the best one.
The Koenig C 62 had 800 PS (though it's commonly mistaken to have 588 HP/PS but that's actually KW. 800 PS converts to 789 horsepower, which then converts to 588 KW.)
There is also the DP62 which has 600 horsepower.
And finally there is the the Schuppan 962CR which looks quite a bit different than the other three and also has 600 horsepower.
I apologize to the mods and admins if I am not allowed to post this, but here are some articles about the car:
http://car-builds.com/showthread.php?148-Dauer-Le-Mans-and-Koenig-C-62
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The McLaren still stands as the fastest naturally aspirated car.
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That is very subjective. I can easily say that in terms of relatively modern supercars, the Zonda is just as good looking.
Actually, as far as NA cars are concerned, I'm going to go ahead and claim that I think there are plenty of NA cars that are prettier. '60s Ferraris, Mercedes 300SL, Bugatti Type 57 Atlantique...
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Did not know the E46 Ti existed until yesterday
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If trucks count, I've just got to know this amazing 2400hp DAF 95 Turbotwin X1. Fast but dangerous, It ended up in a deadly accident.
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And this VDS GT 001, a new brand from Belgium?
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If trucks count, I've just got to know this amazing 2400hp DAF 95 Turbotwin X1. Fast but dangerous, It ended up in a deadly accident.
Those thing's were so ridiculously fast.....
They kept up with the Peugeot 405's that year.... Scary.
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If trucks count, I've just got to know this amazing 2400hp DAF 95 Turbotwin X1. Fast but dangerous, It ended up in a deadly accident.
I've actually stood next to the real thing in a museum and it's huge which makes that performance even more impressive (and that clip is legendary).
This is actually the final evolution of the TurboTwin, there was one more before that, both were twin-engined, two engines located in the middle, one driving the rear wheels and the other the front wheels.
First one.
Last one.
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Here's a neat little Polish sports car. It's called Syrena Sport (which would be 'Mermaid' - the origins of this manufacturer's name lie in Warsaw's crest. The place where Syrena cars were manufactured was this city). Only one of those was made in Warsaw's FSO factory in '50s - as far as I know, it went missing or someone scrapped it... Technical, production and political stuff prevented it from going into production.
Here is how it looked back then:
And here is the only 'official' attempt at reconstruction:
If you guys want to learn more about it, just let me know - I'll eagerly translate some stuff from Wikipedia C:
Here is how it looked back then:
And here is the only 'official' attempt at reconstruction:
If you guys want to learn more about it, just let me know - I'll eagerly translate some stuff from Wikipedia C:
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