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Post #385,343 by Another Scott 1/15/14 9:47:57 PM Reply	Maybe. ;-) There might be none left by then... http://www.topgear.c...etroit-2014-01-15 So what's the brief for the next Veyron? Forget McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari, says Dr Schreiber. All the next Veyron has to worry about is... the current one. "It has to redefine the benchmarks," he states firmly, "and the benchmark today is still the current Veyron. We are already working on it." Will the Veyron, like the McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari, utilise hybrid power in pursuit of ultimate speed? "Maybe," smiles Dr Schreiber. "But it's too early to open the door and show you what we have planned. For now we have to keep the focus on the current Veyron, and help people to understand that this really is the last opportunity to get the car, which will have run for ten years from 2005-2015. Then we will close this chapter and open another one." Dr Schreiber confirmed that just 43 of the Veyron's total 450-car production run remain up for grabs, including the remaining three of Bugatti's six-strong ÂLegends' series. "The 300 coupés have sold out. We announced we would only make 150 roadsters, and we only have 43 left. People are becoming increasingly conscious that their opportunity to buy a Veyron is running out..." It's too much. A Lotus 2-Eleven seems more interesting to me - http://en.wikipedia....ki/Lotus_2-Eleven Cheers, Scott.
Post #385,350 by Ashton 1/16/14 12:02:45 AM Reply	Bargain! (Of course, getting Vuitton to make fitted-luggage for this Really-tricked-out Bug-eye-Sprite sized screamer might pose some problems.) This formula also accords with my bias re bikes: Lighter is Better. You need less power/torque from the engine-now-'device-complex' and smaller tires, thus--unsprung weight, and all which ensues. It's bloody-amazing the options one could now wish-for [and expect to get delivered!] amidst all the 'energy-mixes' either already announced or, sure to be driving entrepreneurs batshit-crazy. Torque: (is all ye need to know); what you Want is the unflappable curve of a steam-engine/ie its electric-motor analogue. Screw 'HP'--it is Aways about, can you reach tire-adhesion limits? at-will/any 'speed' you're willing to pay for. (Braking, ditto--with superb 'feel' of the micro-clues you Are on the edge.) Suspension: I'd like to see a marriage of the truly-innovative hydraulic suspension of my bevy of Citroëns, such that one can dial-in instantly: a soft, Detroit-like but with-Handling lead-barge --> on to various degrees of balls-out hooning. No experience yet of the eptness of various 'driver-assist' suspension + brakes + power-override gadgetry, but the ergonomics can only improve, maybe to the point of doing an IOM 'tour'? with the car saving you from a variety of expectable errors.. (but never: All of such!) Ah well, maybe a vertical arabesque--directly ^to^ the ~solar-powered multi-fan helicopter thing. Have to find out what's happening lately to the hi-tech Carter-copter touted in these pages by ?? from Oz, eons back. (to whom I sent many 'lectronic goodies, way-back.) 400 mph @ 50K altitude (!) was target. http://www.flyingmag...00-mph-helicopter IIRC he was insulted-away from here via a series of hyperbolic CRC nasty-posts. (Alas, those e-mails are on another HD.) So then.. whither? in 3-D, shall our Want!s invade our What-If?s
Post #385,358 by Another Scott 1/16/14 8:08:35 AM Reply	Doug Marker https://www.google.c...y.org+doug+marker He was a character - lots of good stories and not afraid to bring out the hammer in an argument. ;-) It would be interesting to hear what he's been up to. Cheers, Scott.
Post #385,399 by Ashton 1/16/14 9:05:02 PM Reply	Ah yess.. had the Doug.. Sample Blast-from-the Past: http://forum.iwethey....iwt?postid=71636 !3 years ... and marlowe still has tons of company :-/ ..with the same message as My Gramma, dead.. lo these many years Broken record.

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