Your Holy Grail?
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What's your holy grail?
The car I want doesn't exist, does yours? If you could ask a manufacturer to build a custom spec. daily driver what would it consist of?
If I could ask any manufacturer to build me a car this is what I'd want:
BMW
M2 coupe proportions and body styling
4wd with 30/70 split F/R with active diff switchable to 100% rear. LSD in the rear.
A 'special' and characterful engine. Maybe a small capacity V8 with a supercharger. I want strong but (but not overly dominating) midrange for flexibility but with a 8k top end which pulls hard right to the limiter. Thinking 350bhp/300ftlb.
A three stage switchable exhaust. Mode 1 = subtle and quiet, Mode 2 = noisyish but restrained, Mode 3 = noisy with bangs/pops and crackles.
High quality club sport spec interior. Two comfortable bucket seats, trimmed roll cage. Minimal sound deadening, just enough to make a motorway schlep comfortable with a great stereo.
1200kg, pointy front end with a playful rear, sensible wheel diameter and width.
Heated seats and cruise control.
40mpg on a run and £30/£35k purchase price with great residuals.
Also to add:
Manual with the gearshift quality and pedal placement from a Cayman S.
Ability to mount a tow-bar ball for carrying bikes!
The Holy Grail!!
The car I want doesn't exist, does yours? If you could ask a manufacturer to build a custom spec. daily driver what would it consist of?
If I could ask any manufacturer to build me a car this is what I'd want:
BMW
M2 coupe proportions and body styling
4wd with 30/70 split F/R with active diff switchable to 100% rear. LSD in the rear.
A 'special' and characterful engine. Maybe a small capacity V8 with a supercharger. I want strong but (but not overly dominating) midrange for flexibility but with a 8k top end which pulls hard right to the limiter. Thinking 350bhp/300ftlb.
A three stage switchable exhaust. Mode 1 = subtle and quiet, Mode 2 = noisyish but restrained, Mode 3 = noisy with bangs/pops and crackles.
High quality club sport spec interior. Two comfortable bucket seats, trimmed roll cage. Minimal sound deadening, just enough to make a motorway schlep comfortable with a great stereo.
1200kg, pointy front end with a playful rear, sensible wheel diameter and width.
Heated seats and cruise control.
40mpg on a run and £30/£35k purchase price with great residuals.
Also to add:
Manual with the gearshift quality and pedal placement from a Cayman S.
Ability to mount a tow-bar ball for carrying bikes!
The Holy Grail!!
Edited by John Laverick on Wednesday 20th September 17:09
HedgeyGedgey said:
You want a supercharged v8 with only 350bhp?!?!?!
I think 350bhp and 300 ft/lb shifting 1200kg would be a sweet spot between usability and exploitability on the road.Wouldn't have to be a small capacity supercharged V8 it was just an idea. The engines soundtrack and characteristics are what's important.
At the min I'd love a mclaren p1 with the mclaren F1 v12 no hybrid or batteries and tuned to around 900hp But a nice interior so you have the pace but a comfortable interior to go on road trips
Oh and getting rid of all the batteries and hybrid tech try and save a couple of hundred kilo
Oh and getting rid of all the batteries and hybrid tech try and save a couple of hundred kilo
Edited by lee_fr200 on Wednesday 20th September 17:06
John Laverick said:
I think 350bhp and 300 ft/lb shifting 1200kg would be a sweet spot between usability and exploitability on the road.
Wouldn't have to be a small capacity supercharged V8 it was just an idea. The engines soundtrack and characteristics are what's important.
350 is when remapped golfs will leave you behind!Wouldn't have to be a small capacity supercharged V8 it was just an idea. The engines soundtrack and characteristics are what's important.
John Laverick said:
Everybody suggesting super cars ..... I was thinking of a daily driver but keep them coming!
No, the Evora is the everyday driver, compromise car, otherwise it would have been an Exige.A BRZ with a flat 6 would be a less exotic option, something like a Cayman 981 2.7 would do.
Come to think of it a 1200kg Cayman with sensible gear ratios and an LSD without having to pay through the nose for the Porsche options list would do too.
A lightweight 2 series with a revvy low capacity V8 is a good shout though.
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