RE: Spanish Flyer on the way
Discussion
Another 'digital' supercar announcement. If you are doing the job properly (as a low volume manufacturer) there is at least two years worth of development work from mule to production - but all of that is money spent without earning a penny. Type approval can easily take 2 years alone - and several vehicles. At least Ascari did the development bit right, the fact that the owner didn't want to sell any was another thing altogether!
Will anyone really want that car (however good it ends up looking in real life) - with what is now an old engine?
Will anyone really want that car (however good it ends up looking in real life) - with what is now an old engine?
Edited by captain jack on Thursday 26th March 15:43
odyssey2200 said:
Oh Dear, here we go again.
In 6 months time we will be asking
"I wonder what happene to that Spanish car?"
Why no pics of a real car?
because none actually exist?
There is pictures of what looks like a real car on Drivers Republic in testing. There is some also not real ones!In 6 months time we will be asking
"I wonder what happene to that Spanish car?"
Why no pics of a real car?
because none actually exist?
splodge s4 said:
STOP! go back to the top & read all your comments again. Its like reading the front pages of the bloody tabloids. Come on party people lets have some positives here, seems finding the negative in everything is the norm now & unfortunately has spread to PH. 
Actually now I've re-read the comments not everyone is negative!
Trouble is anyone can cobble together a picture of a supercar on computer and say "This is what we are going to make". Engineering it for production is something entirely different and objectives are incredibly hard to achieve even with a multi-million pound budget. And sales of unknown marques are even harder to achieve...Actually now I've re-read the comments not everyone is negative!
Edited by splodge s4 on Thursday 26th March 15:07
Belfast Boy said:
Alias CAD and Bunkspeed lets see the real thing.
bad alias at that. this is very amateur in both concept and execution, i'm guessing a student/hobbyist 'designer' produced that. there is no finesse or interesting features at all. why these people don't get a real designer (like Ascari did) to style these projects i don't know, most of them would probably do it for free because it's a cool project! it's obviously a massive task to get the engineering package working etc., such a shame to spoil it by making it look like a bad 90's kit-car.The age and origin of base engine matters a great deal. I'm afraid that the general concencus is that 'new' supercar marques using other peoples engines is not good form. Their perception seems to be that a Ferrari has a Ferrari engine, Porsche a Porsche, etc, etc. Clearly there are exceptions where the engine is not bespoke but has come from someone else (McLaren F1-BMW, etc) - the most credible in recent times being the Pagani Mercedes.
The Viper engine has been used in various other peoples cars over the years - that doesn't give it kudos in the supercar sector. The Rover engine is somewhat different as it has never been placed in a car with such a high pricetag.
If the whole vehicle is mega then people forget the engine quite easily!
The Viper engine has been used in various other peoples cars over the years - that doesn't give it kudos in the supercar sector. The Rover engine is somewhat different as it has never been placed in a car with such a high pricetag.
If the whole vehicle is mega then people forget the engine quite easily!
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