Wednesday 8th January 2003

Big Metal

V16 motor from Cadillac and a 590bhp V10 saloon from Ford. America has gone power crazy!

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[thirsty]

What a load of anti American crap. Geeeee.. no comments about some of the engines coming out of Germany lately? What about the new Bentley, and Rolls? They don't exactly have four bangers do they? Did anyone take notice of the monstracity called a Bugatti? How about the Maybach (sp?)

For once the American car industry is starting to experiment with some cool, (although some quirky) designs, and this is what they get.

Those cars are cool to look at, and shows that someone is having fun at the design studios.

[gtir]

Ohh ohh, I hope Bush has not seen this.
"Gentlemen, we really need to invade iraq ASAP"

[LotusV8]

IM from USA and I think its is riduculous the amount of HP these engines are putting out. Its not necessary to ANY degree for normal cars for normal people to have 16 cylinders and 500 bhp.

[Johnny Freon]

True, true. But these are evidently abnormal cars for abnormal people, and there is probably a market.

J

[gnomesmith]

LotusV8 said: IM from USA and I think its is riduculous the amount of HP these engines are putting out. Its not necessary to ANY degree for normal cars for normal people to have 16 cylinders and 500 bhp.

Do I detect a subtle irony?

[workshy fopp]

I love the look of the Ford. A bit like the Green Hornets car with a bit of FBI stealth thrown in. I'd have one.

[victormeldrew]

Baker arrived at the fresh perspective for a modern 427 by studying Ford’s iconic sedans like the Galaxie, Fairlane and LTD of the 1960s and by watching American films of the 1970s like Scorsese’s Mean Streets and Taxi Driver.

From the rear 3/4 view he could well have been studying the Audi A8. Very Germanic.

I'm a fan of big American cars and engines, and their manufacture is easier to justify than say a Lambo, so why not. And imagine a plastic sports car based around that V16!!.

[LotusV8]

gnomesmith - Iro?y? Where and how?

[MEMSDesign]

What a load of anti American crap

I didn't read it that way at all. Do the words 'chip' and 'shoulder' mean anything to you?

[hertsbiker]

I LIKE IT. Too bad if no one else does.

[FYRHWK1]

LotusV8 said: IM from USA and I think its is riduculous the amount of HP these engines are putting out. Its not necessary to ANY degree for normal cars for normal people to have 16 cylinders and 500 bhp.

is it really about the amount of cylinders or power? i saw no such complaints when the bugatti veyron came out, but more and more people claim the Sixteen "won't be able to handle it" what makes you say 16 cylinders and 1000 BHP/Bft/lb is too much? gearing is a great regulator in the automotive world, you could run incredibly wide gearing, coupled with Displacment on Demand and the low RPM's the car would be spinning it would get fairly good mileage along with it.

it's about image, personally it doesnt matter since the average joe wont even look at one of these cars, those who drive it will likely have plenty of training and be cheauferring people around. you won't see a 16 year old kid in one.