Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Would you say the overweight issue is due to slack engineering: by that I mean not finding new materials and design to reduce mass while still including the power accessories that someone with the money to buy one expects. Or, because the market worships top speed and acceleration the increased engine size and required necessary to control the increased power necessarily make large heavy cars. I get the feeling that not enough purchasers would be willing to purchase a Chapman theory vehicle to justify the tooling. Once you add all the luxuries you need more power which makes tires, wheels, suspension larger/heavier ad nauseum. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/29/06, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Well said. Nobody makes Sports Cars any more, they are all overweight > 2 seat limos. The nearest after Lotus and Noble are Porsche, who > still make lightish cars but the rest are overweight, even all the > Ferraris bar one. The fashion is power, but whilst extra power will > get back the acceleration lost to the weight, and give a pointless > increase in never-used top speed, the nimbleness, handling and good > brakes are forever lost :-( > Even the Elise is suffering, the Toyota engined one has been "pimped" > as you put it and is about 15% heavier than the K-series car, sad, > acceleration and top speed notwithstanding. > Frank > > > On 29 Jan, 2006, at 04:37, John Collier wrote: > > > gave the big thumbs up to the Lotus Elise. Why would anyone buy > > anything else if you are in the market for a sports car? Does > > anyone else actually even make a sports car anymore? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >