If you could make one car for one Company what would you do?
Discussion
Every one has their opinions on current and past cars, whether the new Ferrati is too heavy, the GT86 needs more power or just that they wish the GT3 RS was available in a deep purple. Every one has their opinions on slight difference as well as rather big ones, such as what the next car should be from a company.
So if you managed to be the cheif designer from everything from aesthetics wheel base length, what would you build?
You can be as geeky as you like, tiny detail are encouraged, as well as new ideas, so build yourself an engine, go crazy.
For me,
Alfa Romeo.
Sub 800kg light weight road racer, like the old days...
Engine
Mid mounted, small capacity N/A 2.4 V8, 450-500bhp at 10-11000Rpm (yeah baby torque is for cowards)
Drivetrain
Carbon fibre monocoque, Carbon fibre body.
6 speed manual, No PAS, No driver aids,
Wieght 800-900kg, wheelbase 90-92, front track 56, rear 60ish.
Interior
Lots of alcantara, small wheel, low slung buckets, Big rev counter center small speedo to the left of it. Rather spartan feel.
Aesthetics,
Well the 33 stradale is a good basis...
Pirelli corsa of some sort not sure what size, nor the suspension, I'd hand that over to someone with more knoweldge.
Over to you.
So if you managed to be the cheif designer from everything from aesthetics wheel base length, what would you build?
You can be as geeky as you like, tiny detail are encouraged, as well as new ideas, so build yourself an engine, go crazy.
For me,
Alfa Romeo.
Sub 800kg light weight road racer, like the old days...
Engine
Mid mounted, small capacity N/A 2.4 V8, 450-500bhp at 10-11000Rpm (yeah baby torque is for cowards)
Drivetrain
Carbon fibre monocoque, Carbon fibre body.
6 speed manual, No PAS, No driver aids,
Wieght 800-900kg, wheelbase 90-92, front track 56, rear 60ish.
Interior
Lots of alcantara, small wheel, low slung buckets, Big rev counter center small speedo to the left of it. Rather spartan feel.
Aesthetics,
Well the 33 stradale is a good basis...
Pirelli corsa of some sort not sure what size, nor the suspension, I'd hand that over to someone with more knoweldge.
Over to you.
Take one Corvette ZR1, park it at my imaginary skunk works.
Remove any non-essentials from the interior, including the horrid steering wheel. A set of proper bucket seats, a good steering wheel, roll cage.
Bin the exhaust for something obnoxiously loud.
Give it another 120hp for no reason other than my own fetish for silly power and 750bhp sounds better than 630.
Give it a slightly wider track
Make it look like this (the bodykit, not the black everything) with liberal application of carbon fibre:
Then, despite probably being at risk of a witch hunt from just about every 'vette fan, I'd ditch the transmission and fit something more akin to the GTRs
ZR1 FFS is born.
OK, mine's probably far too heavily influenced by what I'd create for me, but I really do wish they'd do a GT2/3 RS type of hardcore track-orientated nutter 'vettes.
Remove any non-essentials from the interior, including the horrid steering wheel. A set of proper bucket seats, a good steering wheel, roll cage.
Bin the exhaust for something obnoxiously loud.
Give it another 120hp for no reason other than my own fetish for silly power and 750bhp sounds better than 630.
Give it a slightly wider track
Make it look like this (the bodykit, not the black everything) with liberal application of carbon fibre:
Then, despite probably being at risk of a witch hunt from just about every 'vette fan, I'd ditch the transmission and fit something more akin to the GTRs
ZR1 FFS is born.
OK, mine's probably far too heavily influenced by what I'd create for me, but I really do wish they'd do a GT2/3 RS type of hardcore track-orientated nutter 'vettes.
Edited by Stu R on Monday 17th September 00:55
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