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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1162 on: March 25, 2023, 08:33:58 AM »
My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law

And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits

Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime

Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase

Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside


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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1163 on: March 25, 2023, 08:36:59 AM »
I know that one
so does Badge
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1164 on: March 30, 2023, 11:31:39 AM »
First Ride: 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray Goes from Quiet to Riot (caranddriver.com)

 There's a weird blend of pushrod V-8 roar and George Jetson's Flying Car noise broadcasting through the cabin. Chevrolet claims the E-Ray will reach 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and cover the quarter-mile in 10.5 seconds, making it potentially the quickest Corvette to roll off the Bowling Green, Kentucky, production line. The electric motor exits the party at 150 mph, as that's all its gearing will allow. Chevrolet claims the top speed is above 180 mph.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1165 on: April 07, 2023, 09:20:36 AM »
Top 10 Fastest Accelerating SUVs 0-60 MPH Ever Tested by MotorTrend

The Quickest SUVs to 60 MPH
  • 10. 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, 3.4 Seconds
  • 9. 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, 3.3 Seconds
  • 8. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, 3.3 Seconds
  • 7. 2020 BMW X6 M Competition, 3.3 Seconds
  • 6. 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo, 3.2 Seconds
  • 5. 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S Coupe, 3.2 Seconds
  • 4. 2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Coupe, 3.2 Seconds
  • 3. 2016 Tesla Model X P90D, 3.2 Seconds
  • 2. 2020 Bentley Bentayga Speed, 3.1 Seconds
  • 1. 2019 Lamborghini Urus, 3.0 Seconds



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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1166 on: April 07, 2023, 10:13:02 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 07, 2023, 09:20:36 AM
Top 10 Fastest Accelerating SUVs 0-60 MPH Ever Tested by MotorTrend

he Quickest SUVs to 60 MPH
  • 10. 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, 3.4 Seconds
  • 9. 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, 3.3 Seconds
  • 8. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, 3.3 Seconds
  • 7. 2020 BMW X6 M Competition, 3.3 Seconds
  • 6. 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo, 3.2 Seconds
  • 5. 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S Coupe, 3.2 Seconds
  • 4. 2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Coupe, 3.2 Seconds
  • 3. 2016 Tesla Model X P90D, 3.2 Seconds
  • 2. 2020 Bentley Bentayga Speed, 3.1 Seconds
  • 1. 2019 Lamborghini Urus, 3.0 Seconds




Nice list.  I have owned two vehicles on this list. Number 10 the hellcat Durango and number eight jeep Cherokee track hawk. As far as bang for the buck, if you look at prices, these are probably two of the best.

also of note, number seven on the list, the X6M competition is the same 0 to 60 time I get in my current vehicle which is the BMW X3M competition.  Traded The hellcat Durango for this vehicle which gets about 22 Mpg as opposed to 12-13, and will run Vicious circles around it on a road course.

I also have an Audi SQ8 which came from the factory with about 510 hp and ran in the high threes for the 0 to 60 run. I have tuned it and put Katlas down pipes, so now it’s about 750 hp and I’ve got it as low as 3.4 seconds in the 0 to 60
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1167 on: April 07, 2023, 10:30:23 AM »
Bentley & Lamborghini SUVs?
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1168 on: April 07, 2023, 10:32:08 AM »
Everybody makes them now.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1169 on: April 07, 2023, 10:42:21 AM »
because everyone wants them now

well, not everyone, but I'm a shrinking minority
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1170 on: April 07, 2023, 11:11:39 AM »
Yeah, and they are usually the higher profit item versus sedans.  I think Cadillac loses money on sedans, still.  GM overall may lose money on sedans.

Trucks and SUVs.

You rarely see'em in Europe, especially trucks.  They are a North America thing largely.  Europe uses small vans for working folk and station wagons for families.

Now my wife wants one but has agreed to wait, for now.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1171 on: April 07, 2023, 11:40:02 AM »
Misnamed list. Those are the quickest CUVs from 0-60. 
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« Reply #1172 on: April 07, 2023, 12:13:51 PM »
Yeah, I think the "Crossover" category is all but gone these days, but that's how I'd classify all of these.

For me, SUVs are still built on truck chassis.  Anything unibody and car-based, is a crossover or CUV or something else.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1173 on: April 07, 2023, 12:13:55 PM »
they really do need a better name

"X" utility vehicle 
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« Reply #1174 on: April 07, 2023, 12:21:00 PM »
A decade or so ago, I think it was BMW tried to brand their crossovers as "SAV" or "Sport Activity Vehicle."  I suppose they felt that the word "utility" was beneath them, as a luxury brand.  It obviously didn't stick.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1175 on: April 07, 2023, 12:42:43 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on April 07, 2023, 12:21:00 PM
A decade or so ago, I think it was BMW tried to brand their crossovers as "SAV" or "Sport Activity Vehicle."  I suppose they felt that the word "utility" was beneath them, as a luxury brand.  It obviously didn't stick.
They still do.


All BMWs - SAVs | BMW USA

I've been looking at the X1, though as noted, I've been able to delay this a while.  I hope.

I hope/expect in 3-4-5 years either all electric will be practical OR I'd get a plug in hybrid.  The Days of sporty driving are gone.
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