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Some raw stats of the 2eleven:
Performance
0-60 mph 3.8 secs (estimated)
0-100 km/h 3.9 secs (estimated)
0-100 mph 9.1 secs (estimated)
(0-160 km/h)
Max Speed 155 mph (250 km/h)
Max Power 255 PS (252 bhp / 188 kw) at 8000 rpm
Max Torque 242 Nm (179 lb/ft) at 7000 rpm
All this from a supercharged and intercool 1796 cc engine on a car weighing in at just 670 kg (1,477 lbs).
This is a car made for the track and the price is a very steep specialist US$97,000.
Oh yet another “naked car” like the Ariel Atom 2, the Lotus 2eleven and the Caparo T1. My mouth is already drooling. At a glance the KTM x-bow looks like an overgrown go-kart… and i am sure that it drives like one. These are the “less is more” cars that i want.
Some quick specs:
This is another of the really cool racing cars for the road. I like this one. The Caparo T1 has 500hp and weighs only 500kg which gives it a phenomenal power to weight ratio. It can reach 160km/h in an amazing (race car like) 5.3secs. More info on the Caparo can be found on Wiki.
This is one exciting machine. http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/04/17-caparo-t1/
From the official Press Release:
The first Caparo T1 prototype will be unveiled at the Top Marques show in Monaco by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II.
Caparo T1 prototypeThe presentation will be witnessed by Angad Paul chief executive of Caparo plc together with Caparo Vehicle Technologies’ design director Ben Scott-Geddes and engineering director Graham Halstead, the two ex-McLaren engineers whose inspiration helped create the car.
The ultra lightweight T1, which weighs less than 500kg, is a British designed 2-seater which has been developed using aerospace and high formula racing technology. The compact V8 engine develops approximately 500 hp and the resultant 1,000 hp-per-tonne power-to-weight ratio enables the T1 to accelerate form 0 to 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds and to from 0 to 100 mph in less than 10 seconds making it the world’s fastest accelerating and braking road car.
It is also fast round corners with 3g braking and cornering ability equivalent to a Le Mans Prototype. The T1’s high power-to-weight ratio delivers phenomenal performance on the track. Similarly, the same principles of lightweight design in a car one-third the weight of the average family saloon combined with a normal 15 gallon (70-litre) fuel tank means a range better than the average car of up to 500 miles (800km) on public highways.
What is a day of posting without a BMW story?
Well here it is – the BMW 335i vs the Audi S5.
I recently read a good article about the McLaren F1. This article got me all excited about the car all over again. You see, it has been 14 years. And the car is still a classic supercar.
The car was produced in 1992. Powered by the legendary BMW 6.1litre V12 pushing 627bhp… the F1 could hit 240mph. Designed as a no compromise supercar, the McLaren F1 had all the dynamics of the best drivers supercar ever built. It was something that could be driven hard on the track (in fact, it won the 24 hours Le Mans on its debut), and (incredibly) it could be driven in town on a daily basis.
“Small, slim, light, and powerful” were words designer and project head Gordon Murray called it. It had a unique central driving position, with a passenger seat on either side (two girlfriends?). Other clever tricks were specially designed luggage compartments which maintained the car’s balance yet provided some handy stowage space.