Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, I remember my affair with a '72 Europa... I remember it in much the same terms as my first wife. The exquisite wonders occasionally flashing through the suffering;^) Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Jan 29, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Don Dory wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information