AU$42,765.45 (adjusted for inflation) for an E49 Charger. Fuck these things were cheap back in the day. AU$4300 back in 1972 and you can have something that can embarrass rich plebs in their Ferraris and Lamborghinis. --- Post updated --- Far too late!
I doubt anyone driving a Ferrari or Lamborghini is going to feel embarrassed about someone driving a Charger. They have a lightweight nimble car that can handle itself on both the corners and straights as well as having a very fashionable leather interior using premium materials. Not to mention that by being more expensive they are more rare and therefore people are more likely to notice them. Yeah, sure you can probably outrun them in a straight line, but under any other circumstance other than price they would hands down have the victory.
Found the loneliest car page on Facebook. the first like was from the creator of the group which isn't me.
don't forget that he was around when Elcos and Rancheros were a thing. That or he was an Australian immigrant.
Gotta hand it to the Citroen WRC car, it may be pretty unreliable in its current iteration but its a tough little car Both of the Citroen drivers crashed on the same corner after hitting the same bump, albeit the other drivers car fared a lot better... The driver in video above had a second big crash later on which forced him to retire from the event. As seen in image below. Also gotta hand it to the mechanics for getting the car fixed in 3 hours. You can see them fix the car in 3 hours here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BTdz4YulbLk/
Prius driver got stuck trying to make a U-turn in the sand trap at Bathurst Lucky the HWP Raptor was there to tow it out
Actually this sounds pretty familiar too. I think it was 1999 Rally China, where Both Fords (McRae and Rådström) broke their suspension at exactly same spot, and both retiredXD
Not a fan of the stupidly long wheelbase, would look much nicer if they shortened the door or something.
The Genesis G80 is getting a sport update for 2018. 3.3L turbo v6 making 365hp and the package includes new trim with bigger rear brakes and retuned suspension. The G80 is still all-steel construction though, no aluminium to be seen. The loaded V8 comes out to 4,567lbs. (not joking. The G90 is a massive 4,905lbs) They need to drop weight to be sporty, their engines make enough power. Next year also brings AWD to all versions of the car as an option. G70 (smaller sedan) comes along in 2018 too. What's exciting about that is the G70 will be the first car to get a Hyundai N version. It'll be something like an M series BMW. Rumors go that either that one or the new Genesis coupe will be getting a 400+hp v6. I'm rooting for Genesis to do well.
I just can't believe that weight figure, not In print at least. Show me that on a scale. Your telling me that car weighs at least 700 pounds more than a 2013 Volvo xc70? Fuck turning who needs it. Of all the machines humans build, why are airplanes, and spacecraft, and everything else getting lighter and more efficient while cars keep getting bigger and clumsier and less well thought out? All of them are more complicated and have less of everything else an engineer goes to school to care about. They break down more, can't be fixed without specialized hardware/software (Porsche charges 20k a year to lease a nerfed version of their diagnostic suite). Even honda can't balance the act anymore. The new civic shares a chassis with the accord and the crv, DISQUALIFIED. Good for driving production costs down, bad for EVERYTHING else. If you ever catch me dead in a post 2010 bloat machine, I was murdered and than dragged into it, because I for damn sure didn't get in under my own free will. Make cars great again. TLDR: cars are getting objectively worse from a utilitarian standpoint, and it's only because we keep asking for it.
Yeah mate. I'll take my ~110hp per tonne 920kg car over one of these beasts any day of the week. Same goes for these so called supercars. Yeah they are pretty fast but if they got rid of all the luxury bullshit they would be much quicker Case in point, the Sesto Elemento.
Not that some Aussie hot rodders don't go out of their way to make people hate them, what with the apparent burnout contests in the middle of residential areas (why would you even), but you know speed enforcement is out of control when highway patrol cars have "DOUBLE THE CONSEQUENCES" written on their back bumpers, along with vanity license plates highlighting the fact that they are, in fact, ultra-fast cars used by the police.
"Double the consequences" is probably for Double demerits, if you're caught doing illegal shit behind the wheel, you lose a certain amount of points on your license. Around the Holidays such as Easter, Christmas, etc, you lose double the points if you're caught.
