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kota · 7th January 2006, 22:13

Famous designer of the Mclaren F1 looks at the car that beat his record-breaking car by 12mph:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....5&print_page=y

"Weight saving should be by design and not a post process. Weight is the car designer's biggest enemy. It works against you in every single aspect of vehicle dynamics. Power-to-weight ratio is one of the most misunderstood figures in the auto-motive world. Achieving a good power-to-weight figure by applying huge horsepower to a heavy car is in no way the same thing as achieving the same ratio with a very light car. For all its 1001 hp, the Veyron falls short of a McLaren F1's power-to-weight."

Funny he should mention weight when the bloated SLR weighs in at 37xx lbs. I agree with him in theory and wish other car company's would put it into practice.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....8&print_page=y

7th January 2006, 22:13	#1 (permalink)
kota Junior Member, warming up (<31 posts) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Gordon Murray on the Veyron Famous designer of the Mclaren F1 looks at the car that beat his record-breaking car by 12mph: http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....5&print_page=y "Weight saving should be by design and not a post process. Weight is the car designer's biggest enemy. It works against you in every single aspect of vehicle dynamics. Power-to-weight ratio is one of the most misunderstood figures in the auto-motive world. Achieving a good power-to-weight figure by applying huge horsepower to a heavy car is in no way the same thing as achieving the same ratio with a very light car. For all its 1001 hp, the Veyron falls short of a McLaren F1's power-to-weight." Funny he should mention weight when the bloated SLR weighs in at 37xx lbs. I agree with him in theory and wish other car company's would put it into practice. http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....8&print_page=y