What Are Your Favorite Cars?

[Bcahn836]

JEEP HURRICANE




BEEP BEEP

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

JEEP HURRICANE

that was an amazing concept. will it ever go into production though?

[Winged Wonder]

Toyota MR2 - 2nd Generation


i'm a hardcore Toyota fan.. everyone in my family owns one... and my dream car is an electric blue either 1st or 2nd generation MR2... ^_^ i cant stand the Spyders, though... They look too much like Porshes... and i've taken a disliking to anything thats not hardtop. (t-tops are fine though. ) ...plus, i love covert lights. (they're cute, i'm sorry!)

some people actually think of MR2s as exotics.. but they're not really. they're just rare imports... regardless.. most of you have great taste. ^_^

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Winged Wonder

most of you have great taste. ^_^

yes I'm surprised it's not swamped with rice. all they are good for is a meal. plus the lug nuts on any real truck has more torque then what the rice makes.

[IraJason]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

that was an amazing concept. will it ever go into production though?

Probably not, but the Jeep Hurricane was an engineering marvel. Pretty much 0 degree turning radius, two independant Hemi V-8s producing a combined 700 hp, being able to turn off cylinders when they weren't nesessary, it truly was a masterpiece of enginneering.

I think they made it as more of a proof of concept for many things then being an actual production car. If I remember correctly, Jeep was able to make quite a few patents off of it.

But since so many people posted the original GT 500, here is the modern interpretation of the legendary classic.

[dlavery]

2007 Shelby Cobra GT500KR <drool>

[Arkorobotics]

I love German, American, Swiss, and Italian engineering.. but when I comes to nice looking cars that are handmade it has to be the Ferrari F430 :UBER DROOL:

[Crash101]

Originally Posted by IraJason

But since so many people posted the original GT 500, here is the modern interpretation of the legendary classic.

Only one person put an original GT 500, but modern is still all good. Still cant beat the original. I know that the new gt 500 pump's put 300hp

[Beth Sweet]

My perfect car...

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/i...s04_01_800.jpg

http://www.montecarloclub.com/Monthl...%20Fr ont.jpg

[Matt Attallah]

My current car...



More pictures of her here! -->http://www.cardomain.com/ride/821748

O - and the Chrysler ME412 - that's the car to beat!!

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Crash101

Only one person put an original GT 500, but modern is still all good. Still cant beat the original. I know that the new gt 500 pump's put 300hp

Actually, the current Mustang GT shoves out 300+HP, while the 2007 Shelby GT500KR will be 450+HP (Ford is still trying to see if they can get it to the magic 500HP in time for production). And, yeah, that will beat the original - even Carroll Shelby says so. But for pure rattle-your-teeth-till-they-fall-out raw power that you could feel and the whole neighborhood could hear, the orginal Shelby GT500KR will always be hard to top!

-dave

[Matt Attallah]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Actually, the current Mustang GT shoves out 300+HP, while the 2007 Shelby GT500KR will be 450+HP (Ford is still trying to see if they can get it to the magic 500HP in time for production)....

Ford and Shelby would LOVE to have that 500 mean more than 1 thing - so I think they WILL have it hit 500 rated hp (I think they are going to underrate it a little)

I'm not worried - and that'll be the street car to beat in that price range...

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Matt Attallah

Ford and Shelby would LOVE to have that 500 mean more than 1 thing - so I think they WILL have it hit 500 rated hp (I think they are going to underrate it a little)

I'm not worried - and that'll be the street car to beat in that price range...

Hau Thai-Tang - head of Ford SVT - gave an interview in (I think it was) Road & Track about the new Shelby right after it was unveiled at the New York Auto Show. They asked him directly about the HP rating. He said that the then-current build was a strong 450HP, and they still had a lot of performance squeezing to do. All he would admit is that it would be "well over the current 450HP rating." It certainly seems like they are sniffing after 500HP to me.

Now all I need is a really good friend at Ford that can get a break on the price for me...

-dave

[IraJason]

Originally Posted by Crash101

Only one person put an original GT 500, but modern is still all good. Still cant beat the original. I know that the new gt 500 pump's put 300hp

Oops... Look like I confused my Mustang Boss and Shelby Mustang GT500... As a few people have mentioned at the moment power output is claimed to be about 470 - 480 hp, though Ford claimed the power output for the Ford GT was 550 hp and when it really was closer to 600...

Hitting the 500 hp mark probably isn't that far out and either way, its going to be up there with the Corvettes and Vipers in terms of proformance.

[Matt Attallah]

Originally Posted by IraJason

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Hitting the 500 hp mark probably isn't that far out and either way, its going to be up there with the Corvettes and Vipers in terms of proformance.

Apples and oranges for thoes 2 engines right there...

Vipers use a V-10 with the 8.3 (Not 100% sure and don't feel like checking)

The Z06 uses the LS2 with the V-8 6.0

The mustang will be using (if I still rember this correctly) the 5.4 supercharged...

3 Completely different engines to me. The drawback to a super charger is get up to highway speeds - and then stomp on it and see how fast you go.