Ferrari Mailing List: Re: BUGATTI WOW ! - (NFC)

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:44 AM, E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> You couldn't build the F1 today as it was, and I don't know if the BUG was
> even trying to beat the F1 at it's own game.  The F1 had everything build
> to
> save weight, including the radio.  Even given the BUG's very high levels of
> performance, I think it was still intended as a super fast GT, not a full
> out sports car.


More F50 than F40. Leather seats, regular door handles....closer to being
normal than extreme, I think.

>
>
> I read some pretty impressive stats one, comparing both the F1 to the BUG.
> >From memory, if the BUG were to start off the line from a standstill, and
> at
> the same time, the F1 passed it a 100 mph, the BUG would still beat it to
> 200 mph!  Even with 24 turbos, I'm impressed! ;-)
>

Not to nitpick but I believe it was 120, which is utterly incredible when
it's the damn Mac F1 for c**** sakes!

I also like 0-185 in 15 seconds....that's another one that takes time to
wrap your head around. :)


>
> Building a car that can do big numbers isn't a big deal, almost any company
> can do it today.  A good number of Mercedes AMG models will break 200 mph
> if
> you take the limiters off them.  The real trick, is designing it so you can
> poke along in traffic with 1000 hp under you, and not have every pothole
> you
> hit require a trip to the dentist.
>
> If you're looking for 250 mph plus from 600 hp, that's going to be one very
> light car, with NO down force designed into it for high speed stability.
> That's the only way your going too see those kinds of numbers from 600 hp.
> That formula scared the crap out of most 917 drivers in the day, and you
> can
> bet, you'll never see a road car build and released to the public with
> those
> kinds of instabilities.  It's just not going to happen.
>

Agreed. The CGT and Enzo are already too dangerous for most people as it is,
and they're pigs by comparison to what's being proposed here.

The V's ability to go 254 just might get exercised by a real super ballsy
guy somewhere in the US's southwest with a 25 mile straight just to say he
could do it. So yeah, it's impractical in most cases, because having to take
a road car to a race track with heavy safety measures to do something kind
of defeats the purpose IMHO.

But for $1.5M I'd just enjoy that hyper level of acceleration between 80-150
and then back down to 80, over and over again. 180-200 might not be so scary
if it didn't take an hour to reach like every supercar these days still
needs. :)

FG