RE: Paris 2012: Bentley Continental GT3 Racer
Discussion
I'd have this GT3 day and night! This is just a phenomenal looking beast. Not a huge fan of the road GT, but after having had one for a 6 months I was a little sad to see it go. A few cars are like that, you don't like them when others have them, but get some good time with them and they grow on you a bit.
Chris Stott said:
Looks nice and good for Bentley given their distant herritage in motorsport.
But how on earth are they going to make this competitive given the road car weighs 2,350kg? They'll need to shed somehwre near 1,000kg - how do you possibly lose >40% of the road cars weight? It doesn't need a diet, it needs a gastric band and 2 months of liposuction.
I guess removing all the luxury gubbins and their big motors, building the shell from composite as well as replacing all the glass and smaller and lighter fluid tanks could be a very big start on such a heavy initial car?But how on earth are they going to make this competitive given the road car weighs 2,350kg? They'll need to shed somehwre near 1,000kg - how do you possibly lose >40% of the road cars weight? It doesn't need a diet, it needs a gastric band and 2 months of liposuction.
DonkeyApple said:
Chris Stott said:
Looks nice and good for Bentley given their distant herritage in motorsport.
But how on earth are they going to make this competitive given the road car weighs 2,350kg? They'll need to shed somehwre near 1,000kg - how do you possibly lose >40% of the road cars weight? It doesn't need a diet, it needs a gastric band and 2 months of liposuction.
I guess removing all the luxury gubbins and their big motors, building the shell from composite as well as replacing all the glass and smaller and lighter fluid tanks could be a very big start on such a heavy initial car?But how on earth are they going to make this competitive given the road car weighs 2,350kg? They'll need to shed somehwre near 1,000kg - how do you possibly lose >40% of the road cars weight? It doesn't need a diet, it needs a gastric band and 2 months of liposuction.
Being 2 feet lower doesn't save much weight in a bit less glass and less air in the cabin.
And to think that some of you folks probably accuse us Yanks who cheer for the Corvette race cars as being a little less than objective. Bentley needs racing as much as a fish needs a bicycle. And the result proves it. It's hideous, completely unrelated to the street-going walnut and carbon version and without some rules accommodation will beat out most of the DNF's.
I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
Verde said:
And to think that some of you folks probably accuse us Yanks who cheer for the Corvette race cars as being a little less than objective. Bentley needs racing as much as a fish needs a bicycle. And the result proves it. It's hideous, completely unrelated to the street-going walnut and carbon version and without some rules accommodation will beat out most of the DNF's.
I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
Most motorsport derivatives are entirely unrelated to the production car. Audi's Le Mans cars aren't even vagueley related nor do they look like production cars. It's not about the car, it's about perception and of the marque as a sporting brand (which historically is what Bentley were). Ultimately, the Continenetal style Bentleys are 200mph cars which many people still fail to grasp.I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
Verde said:
And to think that some of you folks probably accuse us Yanks who cheer for the Corvette race cars as being a little less than objective. Bentley needs racing as much as a fish needs a bicycle. And the result proves it. It's hideous, completely unrelated to the street-going walnut and carbon version and without some rules accommodation will beat out most of the DNF's.
I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
Much reading to do, you have.I know you folks love the mark, and I actually think that some of their sedate sedans as well as some of their crazy turbo convertibles are quite appealing. But this is just wrong.
V
Verde said:
And to think that some of you folks probably accuse us Yanks who cheer for the Corvette race cars as being a little less than objective.
That's quite a chip you have there fella!I don't know anyone who sneers at the corvettes, they are flipping fast and it stands to reason that americans would get behind the 'home team'
As it happens, i too could think of more natural base material for a GT3 racer than the bentley, but it will certainly add to the eclectic mix of metal in the paddock, and for that we should ALL applaud it's inclusion
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