audiobliss
10-06-2006, 03:45 PM
In my November issue of Motor Trend, there is one page set aside to discuss Gordon Murray's Caparo. (Gordon Murray was the force behind the McLaren F1.) I just can't comprehend such a car as the Caparo. No, of course I can't comprehend it. I can't even fathom it. I really can't. You've got the world of 540ci blown and injected big blocks, ripping up tarmac at idle they're so fierce, and you've got mega-revving little four-bangers that can zip down the track, too. But now you've got this: a 2.4 liter supercharged V8 that makes 480hp at 10,500rpm. I *cannot* fathom an engine like that. Not even my imagination can lead me to some preconceived notion of what it may be like. I'm clueless. (Wanna quote that gain, Brett? :p) I'm shocked. I'm in disbelief. I'm in awe. I want to see/hear one!!
Also, as the article points out, it does 0-60 in 2.5, 0-100 in 5.5, and can pull up to 3g during cornering and braking. Oh, and it only weighs 1040 pounds dry. :eek: That's double the horsepower to weight ratio of the Bugatti Veyron, for a third the price: $312,000. And the US distributor is in Atlanta, GA...I think I'm going to have to take a trip to GA!!
Anyhoo, to save you from having read any more of my writing...here's the article I scanned out of Motor Trend.
Motor Trend, November, Vol 58, No 11, page 28.
Also, as the article points out, it does 0-60 in 2.5, 0-100 in 5.5, and can pull up to 3g during cornering and braking. Oh, and it only weighs 1040 pounds dry. :eek: That's double the horsepower to weight ratio of the Bugatti Veyron, for a third the price: $312,000. And the US distributor is in Atlanta, GA...I think I'm going to have to take a trip to GA!!
Anyhoo, to save you from having read any more of my writing...here's the article I scanned out of Motor Trend.
Motor Trend, November, Vol 58, No 11, page 28.