RE: Brabham BT62 road car to cost ?1.15 million

[mat205125]

Sandpit Steve said:

Personally, if I had a spare million, I’d buy 20 last-season F3 cars and invite a few friends around for a race.

This is exactly the logic in my mind, when these ridiculous track day toys are proposed.

The cost of that car will buy a brand spanking new 911 Cup car, followed by half a decade of running the car in the BTCC support races, along with as many hours of tuition, testing, development, and whatever other guest races you chose to ship the car out to.

I'm sure that I'd ne a much more effective millionaire than those who seem to have the means to buy these follys

[binnerboy]

this is aimed at the people for whom the FXX-K makes sense so applying logic doesn't really work.

I saw the BT62 going up the hill at FOS last weekend and I loved it. If I was in the market for one of these sorts of cars it would be top of my list.


just below some form of circuit racing

[High Roller]

Looks great and is no doubt fast as eff. Therefore the 7.6 this story is scoring at the time of writing probably indicates that, like me, PHers consider the price is too high. It would be hugely frustrating and probably very difficult to drive this car on the road and there are plenty of other marques who would be only too happy to take (less of) your money for a gentleman's racing car. It seems like manufacturers feel they have to price their cars over £1 million just to be taken seriously by collectors these days.

[SturdyHSV]

I'm still quite impressed at the power figure from what is surely a breathed on Coyote lump.

Especially as it would thus have the highest specific torque output of an NA petrol, beating the 458 by a few Nm / couple of lb ft.

Is this just because it doesn't bother with emissions regs?

Edited by SturdyHSV on Wednesday 30th October 14:21

[C.MW]

In my mind the ultimate track only car has always been an Ultima, but this looks good too. Now only if I could afford & put up with the time and cost associated with having it on a trailer, towing it to the track and back for every track day I attend...

Edited by C.MW on Thursday 31st October 00:13

[mat205125]

C.MW said:

In my mind the ultimate track only car has always been an Ultima, but this looks good too. Now only if I could afford & put up with the time and cost associated with having it on a trailer, towing it to the track and back for every track day I attend...

.... and the Ultima would be giving more thrills, scares and heart in mount moments for a fraction of the price.

The Brabham driver would be lapping the Ultima every 5th lap, maybe, and smashing it's driver's organs with much higher Gs, however ultimately (pun intended), who's having more fun????

[MDL111]

mat205125 said:

C.MW said:

In my mind the ultimate track only car has always been an Ultima, but this looks good too. Now only if I could afford & put up with the time and cost associated with having it on a trailer, towing it to the track and back for every track day I attend...

.... and the Ultima would be giving more thrills, scares and heart in mount moments for a fraction of the price.

The Brabham driver would be lapping the Ultima every 5th lap, maybe, and smashing it's driver's organs with much higher Gs, however ultimately (pun intended), who's having more fun????

or a Broadley T76 for a fraction of the price (and probably about double of a factory built Ultima) - looks better too imo