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Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy {Autoblog}
May 29th 2008 5:32PM I'd like to believe your predictions, John, but every journalist I've read in the past has turned out to be wrong. I've got 20 years worth of assorted R&T and C&D magazines to prove it.
Let's stick to the news and road tests.
Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A engine spied {Autoblog}
May 27th 2008 5:45PM I am basing my information of the pictures provided. Obviously you never saw a aluminum spaceframe before because you would have drawn the same conclusions. I'm speculating about the carbon fiber being structural. But $200K would suggest so.
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FRP stands for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic. I'm guessing (not really guessing) that you don't know much about composites.
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it is true we don't know much about LFA. But any IQ above 100 can piece together details about the LFA with information provided.
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concept cars have next to nothing in common with production vechicles. Will you be suprised that when the Camaro hits the road it is not made up of 5000 lbs of clay and that it doesn't transform into a friendly robot?
Hyundai to spend $80m on Genesis sedan launch, pre-sales top 700 so far {Autoblog}
May 26th 2008 7:03PM You forgot to mention that the m45x was the cheapest of the bunch ;-)
Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A engine spied {Autoblog}
May 26th 2008 6:52PM Looking at the engine bay you can see aluminum extrusions. The body panels appear to be molded carbon fiber composite. So the LFA is carbon fiber over an aluminum spaceframe. That answers the $200K+ question.
It should as good as, if not better than, a f430 or a gallardo.
Artega GT production beginning this summer, convertible version planned {Autoblog}
May 7th 2008 10:08AM Nice car. I wonder if Fisker stole any ideas for this one.
Your oil dollars at work - $9.8 million license plate auction in the UAE {Autoblog}
May 6th 2008 11:24AM Actually these plates indicate royal status as low numbered plates are reserved for members of the royal family. When other cars see these plates on the road they are required to move out of the way. I can see someone paying some cash for plates like these.
Now paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a novelty plate like "F1" that don't confer any special benefits makes no sense at all.
Your oil dollars at work - $9.8 million license plate auction in the UAE {Autoblog}
May 6th 2008 11:16AM
It says a TOTAL of $9.8 million. Not $9.8 million for one plate.
What about the guy who paid $675K for a Delaware plate? Or the low numbered liscence plates being auctioned in Cape Cod this summer?
Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 8:53PM Edit: Oops...GT-R
Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 8:51PM Corvette owners with tearing RED eyes and pale WHITE faces when a GT-E beats them black and BLUE.
PWND!
Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 7:56PM Just though I'd join the fray and address the regular posters here ( @naggs, whynotls7, dolemite, etc.)
Everyone keeps asking how 480 Hp can be so fast. The genius of the GT-R is the not in the turbos or AWD. It lies in the computer controled dynamics. In as sense, the car drives itself or rather, it makes you a better driver by controlling things better than you can. That's it. Just like 6 automated DSG gears can shift faster than a 6 speed manual shifted by Micheal Schumacher.
The corvette is an awesome car but the GT-R might as well be from outer space.
As an aside, I remember when my mom's "383 Chevy Malibu with Lan-a-dau top" (her words) would end up on peoples lawns with just a bit of frost on the ground (80's). I now see big V8 rwd cars plowing through the NYC winters with only the slightest bit of slip, all thanks to computer controls.
