#god i love this hypercar

[listenerofpodcasts]

apollo evo transformer sketch,,

[l1veleak]

👂would u like to elaborate on the jota caddy stuff

you’re ASKING me if i want to elaborate on my theories…..

i love silly season. god himself has revealed to me that Pipo Derani might move to wec. walk with me for a moment. back in june (i think) he said he’s leaving axr, NOT cadillac. so that would mean that he would be going to WTR Andretti (they’ll likely also switch to Cadillac i *think*. again my theories) or Jota. now,,a move to WTR is unrealistic because idk if u are familiar with this lore but he’s spent the last five years terrorising both Taylor brothers (who for the record do NOT like him and neither does Filipe tbh 😭😭 but i digress….) so that’s not happening. and that leaves us with jota. and well. i won’t say i’m always spot on with predictions and theories because i’m insane and talk out of my ass. but i think the only lineup that might possibly stay intact is the 01 imsa caddy, Renger and Bourdais. i don’t think Earl and Alex will be split up, but they DO need a third driver for next year so??? again…Pipo..? if not that then Illot, Nato or Stevens. or Phil Hanson even?? he’s good but i don’t see people including him in these conversations 🫠

as for other teams, i don’t know. we might have to consult a crystal ball for this. i also think Nico Müller could join Proton in wec. idk if that’s insane, i think i’m not the only person saying this😭 i have many questions. if Proton gets a second car (something they’ve been discussing apparently) we could see some of porsche’s younger guys there. bc well. why not? imo Preining would be next in line for a hypercar seat. but what do i know. i am a little curious cat who likes to talk and spread misinformation sometimes

this is my fav comment about the whole thing

[imaginativeasianguy]

Thank you for art, God. Here’s to more years of sketches and artwork.

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Hi here are some more cars I’ve thrown together over the past few months

The Tarantino BC19 Adriatico Spyder is a grand touring focused version of the regular BC19, with a retractable hardtop and a gated manual to make the perfect road and day a decadent experience. Minerva’s second favorite car, behind her beloved Superberlinetta. I’ve shown this one on Twitter before, but there are some additional views thrown in to this version you’re seeing here. Another car I showed on Twitter but tweaked a bit for this group picture is the Eastwood Motors Razorback SC, Eastwood’s latest muscle car. One of the manufacturers that defined the muscle car archetype from its birth in the 1960s, Eastwood has spared no expense in making sure that the Razorback is loud, quick, and loves going sideways. The sun might be setting on the traditional American muscle car—considering Eastwood’s own Slade is now rumored to go mid-engine for the next generation—but, with the Razorback SC, Eastwood is making sure it will not ride off into the sunset quietly. Speaking of the Eastwood Motors Slade, that last generation’s also featured here. This is one of the cars I drew in ArtFight, but I never drew it with the door closed or from the front angle, so here it is showcasing just those views. It’s quite difficult compared to a Kusunoki Habu, but like the Habu, the Slade delivers a fantastic balance of casual fun and track readiness, with plenty of variants that dial up the power. Immensely popular—you can’t go three minutes in Amadis County without seeing at least one. Rounding out the three Eastwoods in this upload is the Eastwood Motors Celeritas V-Max. A rare hypercar from the Eastwood stable, the Celeritas V-Max was built with reduced downforce and produces more than 1500 BHP—with a very modified Slade engine as a base, no less—on the quest to do 300 MPH. Modern supercars and hypercars owe a lot to the Fujiwara Anima. Though the Anima is just a sports car, its superb reliability and ease of use made it clear to the world that a mid-engine car didn’t have to be difficult to live with. It set such a high standard for performance cars that Kusunoki keeps one in their museum as a token of their respect and acknowledgement of the Anima’s contribution to the car world. From across the pond, the Rochefort Azore is an important piece of automotive history and Rochefort’s fame, with classic 60s beauty and impressive technology (for its time). As long as you take it for a spin knowing that it’ll win more beauty prizes and gazes than races, you won’t be disappointed. But it’s no bore—its naturally-aspirated V12 sings, and it’s still quite comfortable and spacious (relatively speaking) despite its age. The Mishima Peo is not the quickest car here—in stock form, at least. With a very vibrant and passionate tuning community, it’s not uncommon to find Peos running with extreme engine upgrades or swaps that make them produce three to four times the stock car’s power, and there’s a plethora of bodykits and parts available to modify them into anything from a street car, to a weekend time attack monster, to a professional-grade race car, and anything in between. Shoyuwave’s grassroots (and even top-level) racing just isn’t the same without one of these present. Lastly, the other ArtFight car I made was the Ryberg Thresher. It’s a muscle car debuting in the same decade as the Slade. While the latest Thresher is now mid-engined (and forms the basis for the R427, yet another car I created for ArtFight), the older generations of the Thresher started out as front-engine rear wheel drive machines. Threshers are a little more forgiving to drive than the Slade, but don’t be fooled—they love a good drift and can be very easily persuaded to start one.

What’s your pick from this lot?

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Thanks. Twitter. deviantArt.

[the-firebird69]

Ferrari Roma Spider 2024 review

We would of course offer this there'd be a two door and a 4 door regular sedan it's the same chassis that would be this coupe. And the sedan would be the same chassis and you'd have a couple kits for the sedan and a couple kits for this and it would be the same chassis as the C2 supercar and hypercar and he started flipping out and said you didn't tell me that I said I'm kind of like blocked or something and someone else's idea it might mean. So he said you're speaking like Yoda. And they do that quite often when I'm around Swedish or Swiss or something like that and that's who it is. So he says this is intense and he can't believe the idea he heard his people today saying they're sitting on it and we need it now right now and it's because they preclud and it's because they preclude the max from driving it and they'll be trying to drive their Ferraris and other even Corvette and they wouldn't be able to touch it. A huge number of people might buy it but then it doesn't make sure that the max don't have it. And this is what's going on they think they can find us. This is going to be a huge idea and I'm sending this into the kit car company and Vista fresh right now.

Thor Freya 

This is such an enormous idea I have to tell you we have to help him out but these guys are gonna run around saying it's ours and you're gonna get screwed and it's gonna help us and we kinda have to have them stop doing what they're doing and they don't think they have to and they really do and they're mentally ill. they might have a change of heart but probably not so we have to get working and this will make it happen we are going to move out today in force and we're going to make sure this goes forward and make sure it goes forward in a lot of numbers and the car company and the kit car company are outrageously excited they said breakthrough and it really is and it's starting with the Zeta this is a nice little car but they call it a ute and a sentence seen it before and he said OK it looks like it took took and a lot of people call it that but they're calling him a yute nd ofr years. Due to his age and his orientation meaning that he is us and they're saying this it's outrageous it's a perfect fit and tons and tons of people are seeing it this is code for us a car and we can keep people out and people know who we are anyways and they're moving out it is gigantic gigantic.

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Olympus

And he says Oh my God Thor and Freya are gonna sneak off and have some farford nougat roll and really they make a nougat that's healthy it's a snack and it's a celebration and they have other things that they eat when they're celebrating it's a wonderful day. This is a wonderful kick off and he says we need to make the project vista fresh formal today and he says we're gonna go ahead and do that.

Hera Zues

We're sitting here waiting for it we haven't had that and now it's in and we're going to put it in and we appreciate your help thank you and II say thank you back he says and boy oh boy if you've seen it too and this is great and he says you don't realize it because you're not really stuck here although you probably realize it but really when you're here you got to have something. And this would give you something called recruiting and called being part of something big that's ours. Know what I'm saying I can't believe it.

Kit car group leader and Goddess Wife hahaah one for us ok im a God too damnit lol hahh lol hhaha love we have it yes for all of ours now

we do this now

Olympus

[americanegg]

egg’s digestible guide for attainable rides: cyberpunk 2077

(cheap to mad expensive) post then later a (free quest cars) post

Car Model >  €$ (Fixer). All details about each are my own experience. Location of vehicle by district and waypoint.

(Reminder that if you’re short on eddies you can do Gigs, Sidequests, and “Assault in Progress” mini quests to get rich and level up.)

1. Thorton Galena G240 > €$ 13,000 (Regina)

Rusty hunk of junk but functional, especially after your car gets bodied in the beginning of Act 2. Located in the garage of your apartment building.

2. Makigai MaiMai P126 >  €$ 14,000 (Wakako)

Small. Super fucking small but decent and could turn into a red bullet on the highway at the cost of absolutely no control on your turns. Located in the southern part of Charter Hill, Westbrook sitting neatly in a small parking lot.

3. Mahir Supron FS3 >  €$ 16,000 (Reyes)

Sort of van type situation but compact. Cheap and definitely made of plastic. Like it says that in the lore. Located East from Hargreaves St waypoint in Arroyo.

4. Chevillon Thrax 388 Jefferson >  €$ 17,000 (Padre)

It’s a smooth ride, I’ll give Padre that. Long in length and takes years to turn with but it’s not made for street racing so it’s still decent for traffic and looking like a corpo. Located directly South of the Pumping Station waypoint in Wellsprings.

5. Villefort Columbus V340-F Freight >  €$ 19,000 (Dino)

Another van-type situation with plenty of seating. Could drive your kids to soccer with this one and get there in one piece. Average vehicle overall but can go 210mph if needed. Located SouthWest of the Downtown Central waypoint and sitting in a parking lot.

6. Thorton Galena “Gecko” >  €$ 21,000 (Dakota)

Found in the Badlands this is a great choice for rocky roads at 100mph. Go crazy and go stupid outside the city with this bad boy. Shred rubber and whatnot. Be wary of turns and speed in rocky areas as you can make as much airtime as a dirtbike on a ramp! Located SouthWest of the Old Turbines waypoint in the Eastern Badlands.

This is where Street Cred Level will come into play along with your pocket full of eddies:

(cred = streetcred level)

7. Kaiba Kusanagi CT-3X >  €$ 22,000 > 12 cred (Wakako)

Right after Jackie’s Arch, this is my favorite ride in the game. She’s sleek, perfect for bypassing traffic, and very well-designed. Located in an abandoned parking lot in Japantown, Westbrook directly NorthEast of the Skyline and Salinas waypoint.

8. Archer Quartz EC-L R275 > €$ 29,000 > 12 cred (Regina)

Another great set of wheels for burning rubber and kicking up sand in the Badlands, if you have the eddies for it. Located South of the Offshore St waypoint in Northside and immediately next to a Neutralize the Perps mini quest.

9. Chevillon Emperor 620 Ragnar >  €$ 32,000 > 12 cred (Dino)

First of the heavy duty SUV you acquire at 30k eddies. Didn’t drive this one very much since I’m a small and sleek kinda dude but if you need to ram a taxi or show off to your video game girlfriend your chunky ride, here is the car for you. Located in Corpo Plaza SouthWest of Arasaka Tower waypoint or NorthWest of Reconciliation Park waypoint.

10. Villefort Cortes V5000 Valor >  €$ 37,000 > 12 cred (Padre)

If you want to look like an asshole you can check this one out. Pretty much a bougie limosine type situation. Long car so long turns my guy. Located in Wellsprings, Heywood sitting in a parking lot West of Berkeley & Bay waypoint. 11. Thorton Colby C240T (aka Thorton Colby C125) >  €$ 39,000 > 20 cred (Regina)

Vehicles to pick up your gf/bf and go to a drive-in theater with? This one. Smooth ride with plenty of seating to do you know what at said drive-in theater definitely not watching Bushido 3. Located Northside, Westbrook South of the Docks waypoint in a small parking lot in front of the Ded Zed clothing store.

12. Thorton Colby CX410 Butte (Green) >  €$ 43,000 > 12 cred (Reyes)

Imma be honest... I’m a slut for Thorton car models. This one is straight up satisfying to my ears and eyes. Located in the parking lot of PieZ waypoint in Rancho Coronado, Santo Domingo.

13. Thorton Colby “Little Mule” >  €$ 49,000 > 12 cred (Dakota)

Truckin and fuckin around the Badlands? This is definitely the car for you!  Located near the Sunset Motel parking lot in the Eastern Badlands.

14. Quadra Type-66 Avenger >  €$ 55,000 > 20 cred (Dino)

Remember those Need for Speed games? No? Well imagine it for a second and look at this preem ride. Got that image in your mind? Now look at your wallet. Located West of Metro: Republic Way waypoint tucked under the Empathy club building.

15. Quadra Type-66 “Jen Rowley” (aka Quadra Type-66 640 TS)  >  €$ 58,000 > 20 cred (Reyes)

If you haven’t noticed, Quadra Type-66 are very good at designing cars that make you look like you shred these streets since you were a babe. Like, Baby from Baby Driver would fuck this ride up, you know it choom. Located West of Kendal Park waypoint in Rancho Coronado, no more than 2-minute walk away.

16. Villefort Alvarado V4F 570 Delegate >  €$ 62,000 > 20 cred (Padre)

Another Limo! I’ll be honest, six wheels on a car this low is crazy but Villefort always finds a way. This is the ride you’d drive to your corpo apartment to go pick up your corpo wife so you can take your corpo ride to a nearby corpo restaurant and only drink Spunky Monkey in a wine bottle. Located directly West of the Palms View Way waypoint in The Glen.

17. Herrera Outlaw GTS >  €$ 62,000 > 30 cred (Dino)

Limousine type body but god damn if it ain’t gorgeous to look at. A real sexy piece of wheels, this one. Located in Corpo Plaza, North of Ring Road waypoint. 

18. Quadra Type-66 “Javelina” >  €$ 73,000 > 30 cred (Dakota)

God am I a fan of rides that pick up hefts of sand and dirt? Yeah, I am. Do I love how this car looks? Absolutely. As a Nomad V, is this one of the sexiest rides you can get? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY. Located in Southern Badlands near the Protein Farm waypoint.

19. Mizutani Shion MZ2 >  €$ 75,000 > 30 cred (Regina)

Not gonna lie, this is the car that occupies my headspace every time I boot up Cyberpunk. Maybe it’s the name, maybe it’s the design, maybe it’s the car I would take to my honeymoon, idk. Located in the same garage as the Thorton Galena in Little China, Watson.

20. Quadra Type-66 “Cthulhu” >  €$ 76,000 > No cred requirement (Regina or Sampson)

Condition to receive for free: Sparing Samson in “The Beast In Me” side quest

Okay other than Beast which is a chonky beast this one is a very speedy beast with classic racecar features but bulky armor. The wiki literally says this ride has 666 horsepower so you KNOW this shit is gonna slap as soon as you get in and hear that engine, dawg.  Can be found in Little China, Watson in Megabuilding H10.

21. Brennan Apollo >  €$ 94,000 > 30 cred (Padre)

If you thought Jackie’s ARCH and the Yaiba Kusanagi was sexy boy you will not be disappointed. Smaller and more compact but a speedy on the highways and countryside. Side Effect is you’ll look like the coolest pizza delivery driver in Night City. Located in Vista Del Ray, Heywood a short walk away East of Delamain HQ waypoint. 22. Mizutani Shion “Coyote” >  €$ 115,000 > 20 cred (Dakota)

... Look at her. Just... just look at her. Look at those wheels, that build, the spoiler, look at her! I would own so many Hot Wheels and have her in a display case alright. Like, you know what you’re signing up for at 100k eddies for Dakota. Like this car that was originally used for scooting around the city was LITERALLY modded for the Badlands. As a Nomad this is a must-have. Located in the Eastern Badlands, North of the Sunshine Motel waypoint.

23. Thorton Mackinaw MTL1 >  €$ 128,000 > 30 cred (Reyes)

The most SUV that ever SUV’ed in Night City. Reyes calls you for this one and shit, it’s new, it’s spotless, it’s a shiny new car, and trouncing down Badlands, the streets of Kabuki, Pacifica, name it. This beaut does go maximum of around 150mph but with how big this bad boy is, it can charge through the highways but be wary of how you turn corners! Located around the block from the Red Dirt Bar waypoint to the East in Arroyo, Santo Domingo.

24. Quadra Turbo-R 740 >  €$ 129,000 > 30 cred (Wakako)

TURBO-TASTIC ride. Again, of racecar design, you can almost smell the 1980s nostalgia from the picture alone. Located in the Dynalar building/waypoint in Charter Hill, Westbrook.

25. ARCH Nazaré >  €$ 138,000 > 40 cred (Wakako)

Writing this guide up to this point I have discovered that Old Lady Wakako knows what “fucking nova” means because all the cars she offers are fucking bangers so of COURSE she would offer an ARCH bike like this bumblebee badboy. You can see all the fun bits in and around the bike to know what you’re getting into so expect some hella smooth sailing. Located on the way TO the Drive-In Theatre in the lot of the Gig: A Shrine Defiled. South of Drive-in Theatre, North Oak, Westbrook.

26. Rayfield Caliburn (White) >  €$ 157,000 > 40 cred (Dino)

Dino actually coming in clutch with this last call for vehicles he offers. Like, I had to look up what “hypercar” meant to logistically know how hype this car makes me every time I hit the gas. At high speeds the engines purr like a cat, which is a whole other satisfying experience after driving hunks of junk. Located West of the Corporation St. waypoint in Downtown, City Center.

27. Rayfield Aerondight S9 “Guinevere” >  €$ 225,000 > 50 cred (Wakako)

Um... so... this is- this is the last car from Wakako. I haven’t even gotten to the point of being able to afford this... this... work of art. I can only imagine, with the Rayfield brand, that it’s better than the Caliburn. Which I don’t even think that’s possible but once I buy it I’ll let you know. Located North of the Columbariam or directly West of the North Oak Sign waypoints in North Oak, Westbrook.

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- THEY DIDNT GET IT PHONETIC LETTER WARTERKEY SIX ( ROMAN 9)PASCALBLAZE3@GMAIL.COM/TWITTER TJ - TERRY JUNIOR BIRTHDAY MARCH 11 USS OR USA ?CORRECT SELECTION THE GOD DELUSION - CHAPTER 7 - 3 MORE—XERXES ( SEX=GENDER ) XIEXIE ( I AND E VOWELS LETTER 9 & 5)OOP = 16= 7 OO7 / 2600 OR 1600 - 0016 (ACTIVE) JANIST OR JANISM ?Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins is feeling professional with professor Doctor Dai Gensuier Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins Terry Lee Hawkins Jr. · ALL PRO RAVENDOVE Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins was RavenDove - yin yin / yang RavenDove - yin yin / yang - COLD NUMB AND (LOVIEY DOVIEY) CALCULATED SPELL IT D or L Dove or Love maybe L or D Lover or Dover pythagorean numerology ABC123 Kauffman-Hawkins-Hawk or Hopk -H__kins aw or op and Hopkins signed Booper or just Boop not Book BUT LOKI OR BOOPER SAN with Blaze Pascal. with Terry Lee Hawkins ( male ) Peros Dragonus Kami Aisuru ikigami shinigami HAWKINS HOKINSU/HOKINZU — feeling professional with Terry Lee Hawkins Jr.Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins Terry Lee Hawkins JR ( male ) Peros Dragonus Kami Aisuru ikigami shinigamI GOD NAME LOKI PROFESSIONAL HAWKINS ( KAUFFMAN) TERRY L(via blaze8403)Modus Operandi - GOD OVER MONEY THE LIVES OF MEN AND WOMEN ABOVE MONEY - IN GOD WE TO TRUST - USDA * (MURDA)HONESTY / DISHONESTY - SIDNEY / DISNEY(MONEY-YENOM) (BECK OR BECH ?)—TERRY CHRISTIAN CHRISTEN ANGELOUS LEE KAUFFMAN HAWKINSWORD WORDS poemswords  poemswords -POME-OPME-(OPEM) YES=Y LIKE Y=YES ( N=NO OR NODACHI) (via blaze8403)YIN & YANG ?DAI GENSUI TSU TERI MADOSIER GRAND MASTER GRAND MARTIAL MARSHAL FIELD DOCTOR GENERAL WAR OR WOR - RIGHT AND WRONG C=3 LIKE K=11=2 YAKAZA SOFT SEAT WAY WAR AND T IN TERRY AND H IN HAWKINS Terry Lee Hawkins Jr. · TAO OF TRUE RELIGION CIRCLE — RavenDove - yin yin / yang - D or L Dove or Love maybe L or D Lover or Dover pythagorean numerology ABC123 Kauffman-Hawkins-Hawk or Hopk -H__kins aw or op and Hopkins signed Booper or just Boop not Book.YORK PA - RESPONSIBLE RESPECTING EVERY SERIOUS PERSON ON NOW SERIOUS ISSUE BUT LISTEN ENTIRELY—OPERATIONS(TH OR AH) BOOP ( OOP=OO16=007 )—ENOCH PFL- COM04 TERRY HAWKINS - LEE ( RHEE )HIROHITO COULD SPELL BOOK AND BOOP - ER OR RE -KING MAGIC YEA A GOD KNOW MAGICK - MAGI ?—PKA-TERRY THE TERROR MO IN HOME LIKE HOME PLATE ATE MODUS OPERANDI Terry Lee Hawkins Jr.— - THREE ELEVEN PISCES- OP IN OPERATIONS AND HOPKINS - ( OPP OR OSS - NO HOP OR POP - NOT SPOT STOP POST POTS - TOPS ?)—TERRY LEE HAWKINS - HOPKINS - AND JAPANESE HOKINSU -ME SIR NAMED A CHILD - DATE 10/29/30/2019 T=20=2 E=5 R=18=9 R=18=9 Y=25=7 NOT G OR P—T=20=2 E=5 R=18=9 R=18=9 Y=25=7 NOT G OR P—LI LEE LEI OR RHEE - NAME LEE AMEN OR AMAN ? - THEY DIDNT GET IT PHONETIC LETTER WARTERKEY SIX ( ROMAN 9)PASCALBLAZE3@GMAIL.COMTWITTER TJ - TERRY JUNIOR BIRTHDAY MARCH 11 USS OR USA ?CORRECT SELECTION THE GOD DELUSION - CHAPTER 7 - 3 MORE—XERXES ( SEX=GENDER ) XIEXIE ( I AND E VOWELS LETTER 9 & 5)OOP = 16= 7 OO7 / 2600 OR 1600 - 0016 (ACTIVE) JANIST OR JANISM ?Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins is feeling professional with Philosopher Professor Doctor Dai Gensuier Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins Terry Lee Hawkins Jr. · ALL PRO RAVENDOVE Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins was RavenDove - yin yin / yang RavenDove - yin yin / yang - COLD NUMB AND (LOVIEY DOVIEY) CALCULATED SPELL IT D or L Dove or Love maybe L or D Lover or Dover pythagorean numerology ABC123 Kauffman-Hawkins-Hawk or Hopk -H__kins aw or op and Hopkins signed Booper or just Boop not Book BUT LOKI OR BOOPER SAN with Blaze Pascal. with Terry Lee Hawkins ( male ) Peros Dragonus Kami Aisuru ikigami shinigami HAWKINS HOKINSU/HOKINZU — feeling professional with Terry Lee Hawkins Jr.Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins Terry Lee Hawkins JR ( male ) Peros Dragonus Kami Aisuru ikigami shinigamI TER OR TERRY / - HAWKINS - LETTERS IN SPELLING DAI GENSUI TSU TERI MADOSIER -DAI GENSUMMASIER RANK NATO 50 STARS -DAI-GENSUIER Professor Doctor Dai Gensuier Terry Lee Kauffman Hawkins Terry Lee Hawkins Jr. - Signed Boop not BookRank‎: ‎TEN ( CODELOVE-AI)-star Non-NATO rank‎: ‎O-16 NATO rank‎: ‎OF-15 Next lower rank‎: GENSUIER GENSUIER - AMONG R&R AND SECURITY DETAIL Rank‎: ‎NINE ( CODELOVE-AI)-star Non-NATO rank‎: ‎O-15 NATO rank‎: ‎OF-14 Next lower rank‎: DAI GENSUIA DAI GENSUIA Rank‎: ‎Eight -star Non-NATO rank‎: ‎O-14 NATO rank‎: ‎OF-13 Next lower rank‎: GENSUIA GENSUIA Rank‎: ‎Seven -star Non-NATO rank‎: ‎O-13 NATO rank‎: ‎OF-12 Next lower rank‎: ‎ DAI GENSUi DAI GENSUI Rank‎: ‎SIX -star Non-NATO rank‎: ‎O-12 NATO rank‎: ‎OF-11 Next lower rank‎: ‎Gensui Terry Lee Hawkins Jr.— - THREE ELEVEN PISCES- OP IN OPERATIONS AND HOPKINS - ( OPP OR OSS - NO HOP OR POP - NOT SPOT STOP POST POTS - TOPS ?)—TERRY LEE HAWKINS - HOPKINS - AND JAPANESE HOKINSU -ME SIR NAMED A CHILD - DATE 10/29/30/2019 T=20=2 E=5 R=18=9 R=18=9 Y=25=7 NOT G OR P—T=20=2 E=5 R=18=9 R=18=9 Y=25=7 NOT G OR P—LI LEE LEI OR RHEE - NAME LEE AMEN OR AMAN ? 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Is Drake Canada's coolest car collector? As Canadian rapper Drake so eloquently explained in his hit single ‘God’s Plan’, he only loves his mom and his bed (and he’s sorry to the lovers in his life that don’t make the cut). But Drake has another love that he should’ve added to that list: cars. Likely, the word “car” did sound good in the lyrics, though based on the photos we’ve seen of the 32-year-old’s ever-growing automotive collection, it’s the truth. Really, it’s probably only a matter of time before he opens up a supercar museum of his own in the heart of Toronto. Here are 10 of the more famous cars in Drake’s car collection. Bentley Continental GTC V8 Drake has been spotted in his Bentley Continental GTC V8 around Toronto, but the car is most famous for its appearance in his music video for ‘Started from the Bottom’ in 2013. Devel Sixteen Tony Bet, CEO of Toronto-based Driving Emotions, has helped Drake customize a slew of his machines. Bet even helped Drake import the first Devel Sixteen from Dubai to Toronto, so the musician could feature it in his video for the single ‘I’m Upset’. While the vehicle isn't yet solidly in production, some reports indicate that Drake has already bought #001 of this very exclusive hypercar. View this post on Instagram June 2018 with @champagnepapi on set for “I’m upset” video shoot in Toronto, Canada. I wonder what we were talking about LOL #facts A post shared by Tony Bet (@tonybet) on Feb 18, 2019 at 5:58am PST Ferrari LaFerrari Drake’s is

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No Comparison: Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye vs. Ferrari 812 Superfast

There’s an old joke: You ask, “What’s the difference between an elephant and an ant?” The mark answers, “I don’t know, what’s the difference?” You reply, “Come on, you don’t know the difference between an elephant and an ant?”

News flash: The Ferrari 812 Superfast is a much better automobile than the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye. It just is. I’m mentioning this because Ferrari—like Rolls-Royce and, to a lesser extent, Lamborghini—has this infuriating prohibition against comparison tests. This forbiddance is particularly annoying because modern Ferraris are so good. This 812, the 488, both flavors of Lusso, the new Portofino—I’ve driven them all, and all are wonderful. Nine times out of 10, the prancing horse would mule-kick the competition in the teeth, and that 10th time would be close. So, to reiterate, this ain’t a comparison test, but if it were, the Ferrari stomps the Redeye like an elephant squishes an ant. Chiaro? Prego.

What are you reading then? We car freaks are either living in or just about to enter the end times as far as internal combustion engines are concerned. The automotive world is going electric, and you can’t stop progress. You can, however, toss two fourth-quarter Hail Marys to illustrate just how good our kids ain’t gonna have it.

The Superfast produces 789 horsepower, and Dodge’s super-torquey (707 lb-ft) über Hellcat generates 797 ponies. With the exception of ultra exotics like the 1,479-hp Bugatti Chiron (price tag: starts at $3 million), these two bellowing monsters are the most powerful street cars available for purchase. Both machines are a celebration of what we’ll miss most when they’re gone: big, loud, screaming, thumping, grin-inducing, pupil-dilating, chest-compressing, mother-loving, gasoline-burning engines.

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The question then becomes, what’s it like to drive two cars that possess (within rounding errors) 800 horsepower? More fun than you’re imagining, I promise.

Since the initial Hellcat Challenger with 707 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque was released, the reviews have read essentially like this: “Great gobs of power, Batman, but what the Hellcat needs is better steering, handling, grip, and brakes. Oh—and it could lose some weight.”

To Dodge’s eternal credit, its answer to that near-unanimous, near-ubiquitous criticism: Add more power! (I love that.) Even if nothing good happens in terms of instrumented testing. The Redeye’s 0–60 time actually increases when compared to the Widebody Hellcat Challenger, and although its quarter-mile time drops by a tenth, that’s not something I’d brag about or spend money on. The figure-eight time also shaves a tenth. Braking is greatly improved—104 feet from 60 mph versus 112—so there’s that. Did I mention the Redeye is 32 pounds heavier than the 4,489-pound Widebody Hellcat?

The increase in trap speed is worth analyzing, as it’s an improvement of nearly 3 mph. That means we know that the ever-so-slightly detuned Demon engine under the wide-nostril hood is making the power but the Redeye is even more traction limited (see the 0–60 time) than its little bro. So although stoplight racing might not be the Redeye’s raison d’être, roll-on racing—say, 50 to 150 mph—leaves almost nothing to be desired. Trust me.

I say “almost” because, well, I drove the 812 Superfast. Ferrari lists the top speed as 211 mph, which is pretty fast. But in a world filled with Koenigseggs and the aforementioned Chiron, I wouldn’t call 211 mph “superfast.” I would call the Superfast super quick (which is super-veloce in Italian, but that’s a Lamborghini descriptor and hence verboten).

The sprint to 60 mph takes just 2.8 seconds. Kids raised on Instagram IV drips will scream about how the Tesla Model S 100D Ludicrous+ is quicker (2.3 seconds), as is the Porsche 911 Turbo S (2.5 seconds) and McLaren 720S (2.5 seconds). It’s all a video game at the end of the day. What’s crazy about the 812 is that this bright yellow GT is naturally aspirated, rear-wheel drive, and heavy (3,845 pounds). Look at the only other similarly powered rear-driver I can think of—the 755-horsepower Corvette ZR1. On sticky R-compound tires, the lighter Chevy needs 3.0 seconds to hit 60 mph, and the Corvette out-torques the Ferrari by 185 lb-ft.

Then comes the quarter mile. The 812 Superfast smashes it in 10.4 seconds at 138.6 mph. Bye-bye, Tesla (10.5 seconds at 125.0 mph)! See you later, Porsche (10.6 at 129.6)! The lightweight, twin-turbo 720S is quicker (10.1 seconds at 141.5), but the carbon-tubbed Brit weighs 678 pounds less than the fizzing Italian. The 720S is also the quickest non-million-dollar hybrid hypercar we’ve ever tested, and it’s (probably) underrated by 100 hp. To reiterate how superveloce the 812 Superfast is, the somewhat lighter (3,650 pounds), similarly powerful ZR1 runs the quarter in 10.8 seconds at 133.1 mph.

The Ferrari aces the figure eight in 23.3 seconds, a full second quicker than the Hellcat Redeye. With this metric, the 812 is a half second behind the ZR1 (22.7 seconds), but the Ferrari is on street tires. Pirelli Corsas would probably drop it very close to the magical 22-second barrier, where merely excellent-handling cars are separated from the best there is. Braking from 60 mph is 99 feet, and anything under 100 feet is world class—doubly so on street tires.

OK, so how are these two to drive? What are they like? How do they feel? I entered into these vehicles with a romanticized vision of grand touring: “Dearest Gertrude, I fear that the fear we fear the most has come to pass: Our stores of caviar are depleted. I must venture forth from Paris to Odessa (where else?) to procure more. Keep the bubbles warm and bubbly chilled. Ta!” (Side note: Modern-day Euros would just jet to the Black Sea on Ryanair for 5 euros a leg.)

As such, I assumed that the car to cross the Continent in would be the 812 Superfast. Nope! One thing that surprised me about the duo is that the Dodge is a far superior grand tourer—a more willing, comfortable, and compelling travel partner. Kowalski never had it so good. The Superfast is much less comfortable. And louder. The stereo isn’t as good. The seats are harder and don’t recline. And on and on and on. Still, I can’t remember a super sled that can hit crazy speeds (“Can we just say, ‘No more than 150 mph,’ your honor?”) as quickly and easily. That V-12 just rips.

And the car itself … allow my Head 2 Head co-host Jethro Bovingdon to explain: “Mind a bit blown. Turns like a mid-engine car, slides like an E60 M5, accelerates like a McLaren F1, noise and engine response from the gods.” I concur as he continues: “Utterly astounding that Ferrari’s front-engine ‘GT’ is this sharp and capable. I find it slightly depressing that spending all that money is genuinely worth it (because I can’t afford the interior carbon-fiber trim, let alone the car), but it’s uplifting that Ferrari pushes and pushes to develop something this wild and yet usable.”

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Koenigsegg: Sweden’s Hypercar – /DRIVEN

J. F. MUSIAL: Welcome to Angelholm, Sweden, about anhour north of Copenhagen, and like most European cities,it’s beautiful, both the scenery and the people. Sweden has had a great legacy of innovation design andengineering, especially in aerospace and automotive. Think of Volvo. Think of Saab. But what if you mixed the two, aerospace and automotive?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: I had a lifelong dream to startmy car company and build cars. It started when I was five years old. I mean, I got the question, always, why doyou have this dream?And I couldn’t really answer. I didn’t really know. And then I started thinking. I said, when I was five years, I saw this Norwegian animatedstop motion movie about a bicycle repairman who built afantastic racing car up on a mountaintop in Norway, andtook it to LeMans and won over the establishment. And I was so fascinated by this movie, I remember, when Iwalked out of the movies, that I said to myself, that’s whatI want to do when I grow up. And when you’re like five years old, you don’t reallythink about–fiction or reality. It’s kind of intertwined. And you’re really impressionable. So I think that was what was the triggering me to do thisand it’s just stuck with me. I was kind of pre-programmed to do this from that day on. When I started the company, I was only 22. J. F. MUSIAL: Is that so?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: So I’ve always had a keeninterest for engineering, technical things and workedwith cars and mopeds and boats and electronical things. But I never really started it officially. So we have, of course, a bunch of engineers here that aretrained engineers, but I’m kind of more like an inventoror something like that. So this is our development room for all the carbon fiberparts that we use in our cars, so we have all the technology,all the carbon fiber technologyproprietary to our company. We started developing carbon fiber parts back in 1996 forthe first time. So we have quite a vast experience of specialmanufacturing carbon fiber parts for cars. What you can see here is the material that is the visiblepart of the carbon. It’s kind of a twill weave. And there are different types of carbon fiber. There are uni-directional, different weaves, differentdirections depending on the need, thestiffness, the strength. We always want to optimize to keep the weight down and thecosts down of the carbon fiber and to make the car as lightas possible. So the tools, I would say are either made out of–the tools are large. They’re made out of carbon fiber to make them not toocumbersome and heavy to deal with. And they have exactly the same heat expansion as the partitself, so there needs to be nocompensation for thermal expansion. But smaller parts we machine most of the time straight outof a billet aluminum. So here, for example, we have a lamp clusters. We have turbo tubing. Here we have a tool for intake plenum. So, then we have a lot of turbo tubes made up here. So what you’re seeing here is a vacuum baggingprocess, where we–we only use the most extreme type of carbon fiber materialwhich is called the pre-preg from Advanced Composite Groupin England. And it’s the same material you make–well again, fighter jets or Indy cars, or F1 cars out of. In our carbon fiber monocoque, we actually have aluminumhoneycomb inside. And this is very unusual for a road car. I think, well, let’s say most Formula One carbon tops, theyuse aluminum honeycomb. The advantage of aluminum honeycomb, compared to othertypes of core structures or other types of honeycombmaterials, is that it’s very crash absorbent and it holdsthe pieces together very well in an accident situation. But the negative side is it’s very expensive to work withand takes a long time to implement. And as far as I’m aware, we’re the only road car manufacturerwith a carbon fiber monocoque that actually use aluminumhoneycomb in the monocoque. So it makes it basically safer, extremely strong. But it takes more time and more cost. But I think, in a car like this, that’s acceptable. If you look at these two pieces, they almost have thesame stiffness, but this has the core inside. And this is just solid carbon. So it saves a lot of weight. You maintain the stiffness, but of course, you reduce someof this strength due to that it’s less carbon. But still, it’s massively stronger than anything else ofthe same size, shape and weight. So what we’re seeing here is what we call Station 2. By this time, we’ve made all the carbon fiber bits andpieces and received them from our suppliers. And then we put them on this fixture and pre-fit everythingprior to paint, and make sure everything aligns perfectly. And if there are any specific customer demands to the bodywork, we adjust it here and custom fabricate parts, ifthere’s a need for that. And then we take it all apart and send it to the paint shop. J. F. MUSIAL: Is everything painted here?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Everything is painted here. I jokingly say that when people ask how much can youcustomize, and I say, well, if you pay us enough, we canbuild you a helicopter. J. F. MUSIAL: So I must ask. How old are you?ROBERT BERWANSKI: I’m 24. J. F. MUSIAL: 24 years old and you’re the test driver forKoenigsegg. You must love it. ROBERT BERWANSKI: I love it. I seriously do. J. F. MUSIAL: So this is my first time in a Koenigsegg. Let’s see how it does. ROBERT BERWANSKI: Yeah, I can show you how it runs. That’s the interesting bit. J. F. MUSIAL: Let’s see how it goes. And I love the fact that you have your own private runwayto do whatever you want. ROBERT BERWANSKI: We need that. J. F. MUSIAL: So what do we [INAUDIBLE]?That’s 100 kilometers an hour, right there. In seventh gear, so it’s a seven-speed gear box. ROBERT BERWANSKI: And now we’re on 1,600 revs. J. F. MUSIAL: Got it. ROBERT BERWANSKI: So actually, on the highway, it’s quiteeconomic for the car it is. But you don’t usually do that. Here you have 1,200 horsepower. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: So then we take the parts intoour paint department. You can actually see them spraying it. J. F. MUSIAL: And is any color possible?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Any color is prettymuch possible, yes. We have our own mixing room. We, actually, even come up with our own paint mixtures. We’re very proud of our paint result because we put a lot ofeffort into it. Let’s say that the thickness of the clear coat is aboutthree, four times that of a normal production car. That adds a little bit of weight, but it also means youget a fantastic gloss and the ability to polish for a longtime and polish out scratches and stuff like that. And you get this very deep sensation whenyou look at the car. And there’s a lot of specialist polishing companiesaround the world that work with all these hypercars andmany of them tell us that they really like to work on ourcars because they’re really the top. What I noted was that people close the door like this andthen they want to walk away. They didn’t want to push it down and then push it in. Because a 2-step motion is not natural. J. F. MUSIAL: Especially for a door. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: You’re not used to that. People are used to slamming the door and going. And here you have to push it down and then push it in. So I said, there must be a way that canbe done in one motion. And that’s when I came up with this idea that it’s actuallynot a 2-step process. And most people, at the time, thought that’s impossiblebecause how can you slide in and down at the same timewithout hitting and getting the rubber sealsto seal and so on. And that’s where we have to really engineer the wholeentry of the car to the movement of the hinge, and themovement of the hinge to the entry of the car. A properly engineered part, when you lookat it, looks natural. But to get the complex function looking simple andnatural, that’s really difficult. So we spent thousands of hours developing this hinge. And it’s not only the hinge, it’s how it’s combined withthe whole car. It’s the shape of the door. It’s the angle of the door seals. It’s how the door seals look. It’s how it interacts with the roof, how the door interactswith the roof, how it interacts with thebody, when it’s open. So it’s kind of a parallelogram here, and thenyou have the helical cut gears here, hydraulic damper. The door mounts to this portion here, so when I pushthis in, you can see what it does. ROBERT BERWANSKI: I’ll give it a slow start because the gearbox isn’t finished. Are you ready?J. F. MUSIAL: Let’s go. Oh God. That was incredible. Oh, my God. That was incredible. ROBERT BERWANSKI: So that was 300, and this engine nor gearbox isn’t fine tuned yet. So it will go better and it will shiftfaster when it’s done. J. F. MUSIAL: That’s the fastest I’ve ever been[INAUDIBLE]. Right there. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: So this is, basically, a normalchassis dyno, but what’s pretty cool about it is thatwe have the engine management hooked upto this whole system. So with remote keyboard, when you sit in the car, you canactually program the engine and see what it’s doing. And on these screens, we can get the power and torque andeverything. We can take up to about 1,500 horsepower onthese hydraulic brakes. And we use it for tuning cars, for different types of fuelfor different markets. For example, we had a customer in Brazil who wanted to run onE100 instead of E85. So we made a flex fuel for E100. And then, in certain areas, they havebetter or worse fuels. We kind of buy in the local fuel, make sure the car runsgood on it. J. F. MUSIAL: Do you actually bring the fuel in?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: We do, yes. And then, of course, we have our own airfield which isvery, very convenient. J. F. MUSIAL: For any super car manufacturer, youjust need that air. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Yeah, I think, without that wecould not do what we’re doing. Because we can any–24/7, we can go out high speed testing and really push thingsto the limit, so it’s really, really convenient. In the engine system, we actually have a fewinteresting patents. We’re working very much with the new type of valvetechnology. It’s not implemented in production, butit’s for the future. So we have like 12 patents within the company, within theKoenigsegg group. And then we have turbo patents, a new type ofvariable turbo that very much reduced back pressure whenconnected to catalytic converters, and let’s say,well, puts the spool up point at lower RPM, andgives better response. So if we go around to the other side here, you can seethis little R thing here. That’s actually a flex fuel sensor. So depending on what fuel the driver puts in the tank, itcomes in here and it’s sensed and then the whole enginemanagement is reprogrammed, depending on what’s enteringinto the engine. So the whole fuel management system is geared to handlemassive amounts of fuel. Alcohol has less energy density, so let’s say that ifyou only would run on petrol, the pumps, injectors,everything, is sized for over 2,000 horsepower. But when you run on an alcohol, it’s a good safetymargin, but we can get around 1,200. We didn’t realize it until recently, but this is actuallythe most downsized engine in the world of any productioncar engine. When you think of it, it’s a five liter engine and we havealmost 1,200 horsepower. So you have like 228 horsepower perliter engine volume. That’s 33% percent higher than any otherproduction car in the world. There are 214 Newton meters of torque per liter, which Idon’t know exactly what it equates to in foot-pounds. We have six horsepower per kilo engine weight, which is100% more horsepower per kilo than the nearest otherproduction car engine. J. F. MUSIAL: That’s incredible how it’s sosteady at that speed. Oh, my God. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: That was 315. And you don’t need to hold the steering wheel when you brakeeither because it’s so stable and it’s so high. This is station four, here. SPEAKER 1: Four, okay. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Yes. So here the monocoque comes clear coated in the areasneeded from the paint job. And we fit a lot of wiring harnesses, electrical systems,dry sump tank, oil cooler, air conditioning condenser. This is kind of interesting. We have a lithium iron, not ion, iron battery because it’ssafer, instead of normal lead based batteries. So it basically has half the size and athird of the weight. And we put it very centrally in the car, even though itdoesn’t weigh that much anymore. It’s the center part of the car, to try to keep the massin the center as much as possible. This is also why the fuel tanks are actually inside thecarbon monocoque. So the fuel tanks are in here, the back, and there. And it’s only one piece, like a big horseshoe tank. J. F. MUSIAL: Oh, so they’re all–That’s good to know. They’re all physically connected. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: No, you only fillit up from one point. It’s one huge tank, like that. And this is, as far as we can see, the absolutely bestposition for a fuel tank because it’s, again, central. Most of it is extremely low down and it’s definitely themost safe area of the car. It’s protected by the monocoquebeing inside the monocoque. And that makes it very complex. It’s like, almost, a airplane fuel tank, if you considerthem being in the wings. Even though we don’t have a roof helping out as astiffening structure, as far as we are aware, we have thestiffest carbon monocoque, whether it has a roof or not. Because it actually has 65,000 Newton meters per degree’sdifference. And if you look at how massive these sections are, it becomesunderstandable. Of course, if you would put a fixed roof in it, it would beeven better, but it’s still extremely high. Inside there, we have the honeycomb. And then you have this massive section of 21 layers of carbonfiber, uni-directional in the correct direction. So it just becomes extremely stiff and strong. And the weight of the chassis is under 70 kilos, includingfuel tanks. And this is also pretty extreme. The windshield area and the roll bar,it’s all carbon fiber. There aren’t really any metal parts. Of course, power means heat. And a large portion of our market is in the hot climatelike the Middle East, and so on. And we heard many horror stories about even famousbrands, big car manufacturers havingissues in those regions. Our first customers came from that region and they said,whatever you do, put as big of a water radiator that you can. And we told them, well, OK, we would calculate it. We need a certain size and we’ll test it. And they said, forget about that. Put the biggest you can. Everyone can [INAUDIBLE]. That doesn’t mean anything. Just put a huge one in. So we managed to extend it this much from ourcalculations. We never ever had any issues. Even parts like this that look standard are actuallyspecially manufactured to controlairflow out of the car. This is just a water bottle, but it’s our own. J. F. MUSIAL: Very cool, thank you, Robert. ROBERT BERWANSKI: You’re welcome. I could show you some [INAUDIBLE] as well. J. F. MUSIAL: Sure, why not?ROBERT BERWANSKI: That was 220. J. F. MUSIAL: 220 sideways. You are insane. You have the best job in the entire g-d world. Robert, you really are–at 24 years old, you are one of the luckiest people to everface this earth. ROBERT BERWANSKI: I know. J. F. MUSIAL: You’re very lucky. Thank you so much, Robert. ROBERT BERWANSKI: You’re welcome. J. F. MUSIAL: That was such a pleasure. I’ve never been a car that is that fast atspin and in the turns. It’s incredible. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: The gear box is partiallydeveloped by ourselves. It’s manufactured by a company in Italy, called Sima, andwe’ve developed our own electronic differential. On the side, you can see this black cover. So we can actually adapt the differential lockingdepending, from our own issues, depending on settingof the driver and driver behavior and track and so on. And then, we have here, it’s not mounted right now, but inhere and it sits hydraulic clutch. We call this the first single input shaftdual clutch gear box. When we shift, at the same time as we open the clutchhere, we have this hydraulic clutch sitting on the sameshaft, which works in the opposite direction. It actually cloaks us against the casing to slow down theinput shaft so that we can push the synchros much harderbecause it’s already pre-synchronized. So it basically takes out 2/3 of the synchronization time. So it’s not that it’s zero shifting time,but it’s close to. And it’s so close that you hardly can notice it anymore. J. F. MUSIAL: I always thought it was very cool, this littlegauge on the side. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Right, yes, yes. This is, of course, also completely custom. J. F. MUSIAL: So whose idea was this?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: That was my idea because we neededa custom expansion bottle and it’s pretty much hidden. And normally these are made in plastic, but it didn’t reallymake sense. We used to have one in plastic earlier on, but you would haveto look from the back and you couldn’t see it. And we wanted to fabricate the one that was really moreoptimized to the shape of the carAnd then I came up with–you can actually see the level through a tubewith a glass on it. And here, you can see also a triplex suspension which isone of my ideas I had. And the reason for it, basically, is that the morepower we got–Well, OK, in the engine room you saw the wishbones. And we decided early on not to have anti-squat geometrybecause we have very stiff springs. The car was light and it didn’t squat very much and wewant a little bit of squat for traction. But as the power increased over the years, the carstarted squatting a bit more and more, and to a degree, wefelt it was a little bit too much with thelatest power level. So instead of building in an anti-squat geometry into thesuspension, which has downsides, it actually upsetsother parts of the suspension. I came up with this idea that we put in an anti-squat damperinstead, which we call the triplex suspension. So when it squat, it actually pushes from both sides, and itmeans double the speed compared to thenormal shock absorber. So it calms down the squat, but it doesn’t, in cornering,do anything. You just go sideways. Unless you hit something with one wheel, it starts doing ita little bit. So it’s about fine tune. It’s kind of a new dimension, another dimension of shockabsorbing compared to just having two separate ones. It adds a little bit of weight but it controls the squat andit maintains a very clean, true suspension geometry. You can only drive really fast if you feel safe and it’s easyto control. So you can see how very calm it is withthis enormous power. It’s totally controlled. When we did this world record in braking and acceleration,you can do that record, basically, with a finger onthe steering wheel, full break from 300. It doesn’t do anything like this. It’s just track solid, yeah. ROBERT BERWANSKI: I got it. CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: This is also our own product. We even go in and engineer all the switch gears andeverything inside these paddles because it needs tohave the right feel. I want kind of a trigger feel. You can’t go halfway. It’s either you’ve pushed it or you haven’t, so it’s a veryclear, distinctive feel to it. And then, underneath this leather, it’s actually a foamcore to make a soft grip. And underneath that, it’s a hollow carbon structure madein one piece. This is what we call alignment PDI test driving. Actually this station goes all the way over there becausethat’s the washing area. We have wheel alignment, corner waiting and then a testtrack outdoors. Here we take care of our test cars, our prototypes. We have four service mechanics in here and they also servicecustomer cars, for example, where we have customers wherewe have no dealers, we either fly these guys out there toservice the car or they fly their car here toservice their car. But usually when they take the car here, theyalso upgrade them. We have upgrade programs for the CCA test, the CCR, theCCX, the CCXR. Basically, you can upgrade a CCX to a CCXR. And a gear 2 and a gear R, a CCA test to CCRengine, if you like. And there is some cross, even though there’s big differencesbetween a CCR and a CCX, it’s actually a completely newchassis and completely new body, and a completely newelectronic system. They look similar but are different. But some systems can be adopted backwards, so we keepthe earlier cars really fresh and alive and modern byimplementing the latest technology we have for them. And as it’s being done here at the factory, it’s notbastardizing them. It’s actually original equipment, but it’s makingthem stay alive and fresh. We started producing cars in 2002 and now, it’s 2012, whenwe’ll build over 100 cars this year. But in 2002, we built three cars. In 2003, we built five cars. In 2004, it was seven, eight. So it’s, of course, grown over the years, but on anaverage, around 12. J. F. MUSIAL: So in this year, how many do youthink you will produce?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Hopefully, a little bit more. Yeah. You saw the steering wheel down there and we firstdesigned it to print out, feel it. And then I had some ideas about this shape, so Ireshaped this by hand. And then we have a laser scanner, so we scan that backin, get into the computer, and then print out another one andtest it again until we’re satisfied. So we can go from 3D CAD to physical model, modify it byhand, putting it back in 3D CAD with a hand modifications,re-engineering it, and then out again. And then OK, a couple of iterationsand then we’re done. So it’s really nice to touch and feel and see in reality. It really changes everything. If you only do it on the screen you will never end upexactly how you want it in the end. You have to have this fast, simple process of going fromvirtual reality into reality and then back again. I found a fantastic factory, 10 minutes away from here,which was kind of a rebuilt old farmhouse with the marblefloors and thatched roof and it was like20,000 square feet. It was perfect, and we started there. However, in 2003, we had a fire, so the building gotpretty much destroyed. We managed to save most of the equipment and the parts whileit was in the fire. We just got everything out. And then this was still a military area, so the mayorcame to the site. It was a Saturday, and we were all suited up and said, well,we managed to get most of it out, but now we don’t have abuilding anymore. And he said, I’ll talk to some people at the military base. So we actually got into one of the buildings, next door here,that was already cleared out because theywere shutting down. And that, ironically, was the fire station, used to be thefire station. And we first planned to rebuild our first factorybecause we really liked it. But when we got all the plans for it and how long it wouldtake, it would take one to one half year to get it done. We would have to set up temporarily here. And we did that at the first site. And we realized, if we’re going to make this work, andstart producing cars and then move again, we’re never goingto get it going. And then we had a look here. There were still airplanes in here, and he said, maybe thiscould be something for you. It’s not a quaint and elegant place we used to have, whichwe really liked, but it’s practical. And of course, people think, well, then you got access tothe test track, which is not true, because we already hadaccess to the test track. Actually the gate to the test track is closer to where ourold factory was than where this is. So that had nothing to do with it because it was just nextdoor anyway. But it’s practical. It’s nice. It has the heritage of the airplanes. So we’ve got the ghost. When we moved in here, we got the ghost. J. F. MUSIAL: That was going to be my final question. What is the ghost?CHRISTIAN VON KOENIGSEGG: Yeah, that ghost was on thatwall when we came in here, and you see these lines, here onthe floor, it’s where they taxied in the airplanes. And that’s actually the symbol for this squadron that used tobe here, which was the oldest airplane squadron or fightersquadron in Sweden, from the ’30s or something. And they were called the ghost because before, they had akind of modern aviation electronics and so on. They just flew on their senses and they took off before dawn. And people could only hear them and not see them. And then they came back after dusk, so they heard theseairplanes but didn’t see them. And of course, airplane was quite a new thing then. So they were called the Ghost. So they have adopted this symbol. And for some reason, very early on, they adopted theslogan, the show must go on. And they wrote that on their airplane, in English even. Then the show stopped. And we came here and some of the people working there withairplanes said, please can’t you continue our tradition?Put our ghost on your card. Then the show will go on. And we said OK, yes. So we said, every car we will build here we will put theghost on to honor the squadron. So that’s the story.

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2017 SEMA Show Hits, Misses, and, Revelations

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—SEMA is always good for sporting unusual takes on automobiles. In the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, you’ll walk countless alleyways and corridors, pushing past the throngs of seemingly endless tuners from around the world, your mouth agape from the ridiculously modified machines that feel as if they sprout from Hollywood director Tim Burton’s nightmarish imagination.

However, amongst the lifted “bro-trucks” that’ll never see an ounce of mud, the slammed supercars that’d rip off the entire underside of the car if they ever encountered a leaf, and the reappearance of Under Glo, there are a host of classics, JDM imports, German-luxury, and supercars that are tastefully composed.

Here’s what we thought was rad, head scratching, and downright bad.

Miss: Hennessey debuting a 1:1 plastic Venom F5

Hennessey’s vision for the 1,600 horsepower, 300 mph Venom F5 is purely a theory. The car the brand debuted at SEMA was a plastic toy that just merely resembled what the F5 is supposed to look like. It did not run. There was no interior and the company’s claim that Bugatti and Koenigsegg haven’t chased Hennessey’s Venom GT top speed record because those cars can’t hit it is asinine. It’s a fake car, just like fake news.

–Jonathon Klein

The Venom F5 should’ve been called a concept car as it’s writing a $1.6 million dollar check it might not cash, yet. It’s a lot of hype, not a lot of hypercar. The design looks great, but at this point, it’s more of an art project than a work of engineering.

—Billy Rehbock

Hit: Toyota’s Time-Attack Grocery Getter

It has 600 horsepower, 550 lb-ft of torque, 23psi of boost, and a gold-plated engine bay. What’s not to love about a time-attack C-HR CUV? It looks the business, the footage of it driving around the track is too-legit-to-quit, and it’s likely the only CUV I’d buy as it’s less of a grocery-getter and more of a beast of the green hell.

–B.R.

Hit: A mullet gone vegan

The 4th generation Camaro is the unloved step-child of the Camaro lineup. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and as rigid as a boiled piece of lasagna. Add an engine lineup that barely made enough power to get it over a small hill, and you quickly understand why no one mods them. Thankfully, someone did and this monster Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge entry is my perfect piece of ‘80’s hair metal. I want it. I need to find the person that owns it and offer them a Billy Ray Cyrus album in trade.

—JK

Hit: Finding forbidden fruit

We’ve missed the Ranger. It’s been gone for too long. Now we know Ford’s bringing it back to the U.S. and spy shots of the Ranger Raptor have me thirsting for my go in the mid-size pre-runner. Out of the blue, a wild Ranger appeared as we walked the convention floor. It was lovely and made me even more ready for when Ford finally brings the new Ranger to our shores.

–B.R.

Miss: A Camaro by another name

Why Trans-Am’ing a Camaro is still a thing, I cannot fathom. For the uninitiated, Trans-Am Depot takes a brand new Camaro, reshells it with a bad interpretation of an original Trans-Am, and sells them for around $75,000 each. It doesn’t look good and I can’t believe people are still buying them.

—J.K.

Miss: Weaponized Jeeps. You’re not a Navy Seal.

“It’s just a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t get” is an excuse that doesn’t cut it when a Jeep has a .50 caliber sniper rifle atop its roof. One particular offender had two fake mini-guns coming out of its hood rigged up to its turbos. It’s currently my computer’s background to remind me to never stray from the light.

–B.R.

Hit: Let’s go camping in Mongolia

For those wishing to go off map, off-grid, and generally, very lost, you need to check out the absolutely ridiculous and gargantuan Earth Roamer XV-XD. It costs $1.5 million, its 35 feet long, and weighs about as much as an elephant. However, inside the massive overlanding truck, you get a full kitchen, full-size shower, a 10-point Bose surround sound system, and two king size beds. It will also go over any terrain you find. Lewis and Clark eat your heart out.

—J.K.

Bonus Round: What the hell were they thinking?

Look, Spawn was a great graphic novel. McFarlane is an amazing story teller and Spawn’s story is compelling. That doesn’t translate to the horrendously wrapped, Under Glo’d, chained, wide-bodied, Mustang with rims that over-hang the tires, and a yellow and green engine bay. It’s not bad in a traditional sense of bad. But bad as in, “Why god, why? Why have you forsaken my eyes? What have I done to deserve this hell?”

—J.K.

Subtlety is lost on its creators. Sometimes, this could be a good thing. But when modifications render a car undriveable, it really defeats the purpose of motorizing a vehicle in the first place. The labeling of “Spawn on the side of the car,” perfectly defines that this is a being from hell and there’s evil incarnate under its awful hood. If one car perfectly summarizes the goofiness and terribleness I’ve heard that is sometimes brought to SEMA, this is the car.

–B.R.

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2017 SEMA Show Hits, Misses, and, Revelations

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—SEMA is always good for sporting unusual takes on automobiles. In the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, you’ll walk countless alleyways and corridors, pushing past the throngs of seemingly endless tuners from around the world, your mouth agape from the ridiculously modified machines that feel as if they sprout from Hollywood director Tim Burton’s nightmarish imagination.

However, amongst the lifted “bro-trucks” that’ll never see an ounce of mud, the slammed supercars that’d rip off the entire underside of the car if they ever encountered a leaf, and the reappearance of Under Glo, there are a host of classics, JDM imports, German-luxury, and supercars that are tastefully composed.

Here’s what we thought was rad, head scratching, and downright bad.

Miss: Hennessey debuting a 1:1 plastic Venom F5

Hennessey’s vision for the 1,600 horsepower, 300 mph Venom F5 is purely a theory. The car the brand debuted at SEMA was a plastic toy that just merely resembled what the F5 is supposed to look like. It did not run. There was no interior and the company’s claim that Bugatti and Koenigsegg haven’t chased Hennessey’s Venom GT top speed record because those cars can’t hit it is asinine. It’s a fake car, just like fake news.

–Jonathon Klein

The Venom F5 should’ve been called a concept car as it’s writing a $1.6 million dollar check it might not cash, yet. It’s a lot of hype, not a lot of hypercar. The design looks great, but at this point, it’s more of an art project than a work of engineering.

—Billy Rehbock

Hit: Toyota’s Time-Attack Grocery Getter

It has 600 horsepower, 550 lb-ft of torque, 23psi of boost, and a gold-plated engine bay. What’s not to love about a time-attack C-HR CUV? It looks the business, the footage of it driving around the track is too-legit-to-quit, and it’s likely the only CUV I’d buy as it’s less of a grocery-getter and more of a beast of the green hell.

–B.R.

Hit: A mullet gone vegan

The 4th generation Camaro is the unloved step-child of the Camaro lineup. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and as rigid as a boiled piece of lasagna. Add an engine lineup that barely made enough power to get it over a small hill, and you quickly understand why no one mods them. Thankfully, someone did and this monster Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge entry is my perfect piece of ‘80’s hair metal. I want it. I need to find the person that owns it and offer them a Billy Ray Cyrus album in trade.

—JK

Hit: Finding forbidden fruit

We’ve missed the Ranger. It’s been gone for too long. Now we know Ford’s bringing it back to the U.S. and spy shots of the Ranger Raptor have me thirsting for my go in the mid-size pre-runner. Out of the blue, a wild Ranger appeared as we walked the convention floor. It was lovely and made me even more ready for when Ford finally brings the new Ranger to our shores.

–B.R.

Miss: A Camaro by another name

Why Trans-Am’ing a Camaro is still a thing, I cannot fathom. For the uninitiated, Trans-Am Depot takes a brand new Camaro, reshells it with a bad interpretation of an original Trans-Am, and sells them for around $75,000 each. It doesn’t look good and I can’t believe people are still buying them.

—J.K.

Miss: Weaponized Jeeps. You’re not a Navy Seal.

“It’s just a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t get” is an excuse that doesn’t cut it when a Jeep has a .50 caliber sniper rifle atop its roof. One particular offender had two fake mini-guns coming out of its hood rigged up to its turbos. It’s currently my computer’s background to remind me to never stray from the light.

–B.R.

Hit: Let’s go camping in Mongolia

For those wishing to go off map, off-grid, and generally, very lost, you need to check out the absolutely ridiculous and gargantuan Earth Roamer XV-XD. It costs $1.5 million, its 35 feet long, and weighs about as much as an elephant. However, inside the massive overlanding truck, you get a full kitchen, full-size shower, a 10-point Bose surround sound system, and two king size beds. It will also go over any terrain you find. Lewis and Clark eat your heart out.

—J.K.

Bonus Round: What the hell were they thinking?

Look, Spawn was a great graphic novel. McFarlane is an amazing story teller and Spawn’s story is compelling. That doesn’t translate to the horrendously wrapped, Under Glo’d, chained, wide-bodied, Mustang with rims that over-hang the tires, and a yellow and green engine bay. It’s not bad in a traditional sense of bad. But bad as in, “Why god, why? Why have you forsaken my eyes? What have I done to deserve this hell?”

—J.K.

Subtlety is lost on its creators. Sometimes, this could be a good thing. But when modifications render a car undriveable, it really defeats the purpose of motorizing a vehicle in the first place. The labeling of “Spawn on the side of the car,” perfectly defines that this is a being from hell and there’s evil incarnate under its awful hood. If one car perfectly summarizes the goofiness and terribleness I’ve heard that is sometimes brought to SEMA, this is the car.

–B.R.

[jonathanbelloblog]

2017 SEMA Show Hits, Misses, and, Revelations

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—SEMA is always good for sporting unusual takes on automobiles. In the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, you’ll walk countless alleyways and corridors, pushing past the throngs of seemingly endless tuners from around the world, your mouth agape from the ridiculously modified machines that feel as if they sprout from Hollywood director Tim Burton’s nightmarish imagination.

However, amongst the lifted “bro-trucks” that’ll never see an ounce of mud, the slammed supercars that’d rip off the entire underside of the car if they ever encountered a leaf, and the reappearance of Under Glo, there are a host of classics, JDM imports, German-luxury, and supercars that are tastefully composed.

Here’s what we thought was rad, head scratching, and downright bad.

Miss: Hennessey debuting a 1:1 plastic Venom F5

Hennessey’s vision for the 1,600 horsepower, 300 mph Venom F5 is purely a theory. The car the brand debuted at SEMA was a plastic toy that just merely resembled what the F5 is supposed to look like. It did not run. There was no interior and the company’s claim that Bugatti and Koenigsegg haven’t chased Hennessey’s Venom GT top speed record because those cars can’t hit it is asinine. It’s a fake car, just like fake news.

–Jonathon Klein

The Venom F5 should’ve been called a concept car as it’s writing a $1.6 million dollar check it might not cash, yet. It’s a lot of hype, not a lot of hypercar. The design looks great, but at this point, it’s more of an art project than a work of engineering.

—Billy Rehbock

Hit: Toyota’s Time-Attack Grocery Getter

It has 600 horsepower, 550 lb-ft of torque, 23psi of boost, and a gold-plated engine bay. What’s not to love about a time-attack C-HR CUV? It looks the business, the footage of it driving around the track is too-legit-to-quit, and it’s likely the only CUV I’d buy as it’s less of a grocery-getter and more of a beast of the green hell.

–B.R.

Hit: A mullet gone vegan

The 4th generation Camaro is the unloved step-child of the Camaro lineup. It’s heavy, cumbersome, and as rigid as a boiled piece of lasagna. Add an engine lineup that barely made enough power to get it over a small hill, and you quickly understand why no one mods them. Thankfully, someone did and this monster Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge entry is my perfect piece of ‘80’s hair metal. I want it. I need to find the person that owns it and offer them a Billy Ray Cyrus album in trade.

—JK

Hit: Finding forbidden fruit

We’ve missed the Ranger. It’s been gone for too long. Now we know Ford’s bringing it back to the U.S. and spy shots of the Ranger Raptor have me thirsting for my go in the mid-size pre-runner. Out of the blue, a wild Ranger appeared as we walked the convention floor. It was lovely and made me even more ready for when Ford finally brings the new Ranger to our shores.

–B.R.

Miss: A Camaro by another name

Why Trans-Am’ing a Camaro is still a thing, I cannot fathom. For the uninitiated, Trans-Am Depot takes a brand new Camaro, reshells it with a bad interpretation of an original Trans-Am, and sells them for around $75,000 each. It doesn’t look good and I can’t believe people are still buying them.

—J.K.

Miss: Weaponized Jeeps. You’re not a Navy Seal.

“It’s just a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t get” is an excuse that doesn’t cut it when a Jeep has a .50 caliber sniper rifle atop its roof. One particular offender had two fake mini-guns coming out of its hood rigged up to its turbos. It’s currently my computer’s background to remind me to never stray from the light.

–B.R.

Hit: Let’s go camping in Mongolia

For those wishing to go off map, off-grid, and generally, very lost, you need to check out the absolutely ridiculous and gargantuan Earth Roamer XV-XD. It costs $1.5 million, its 35 feet long, and weighs about as much as an elephant. However, inside the massive overlanding truck, you get a full kitchen, full-size shower, a 10-point Bose surround sound system, and two king size beds. It will also go over any terrain you find. Lewis and Clark eat your heart out.

—J.K.

Bonus Round: What the hell were they thinking?

Look, Spawn was a great graphic novel. McFarlane is an amazing story teller and Spawn’s story is compelling. That doesn’t translate to the horrendously wrapped, Under Glo’d, chained, wide-bodied, Mustang with rims that over-hang the tires, and a yellow and green engine bay. It’s not bad in a traditional sense of bad. But bad as in, “Why god, why? Why have you forsaken my eyes? What have I done to deserve this hell?”

—J.K.

Subtlety is lost on its creators. Sometimes, this could be a good thing. But when modifications render a car undriveable, it really defeats the purpose of motorizing a vehicle in the first place. The labeling of “Spawn on the side of the car,” perfectly defines that this is a being from hell and there’s evil incarnate under its awful hood. If one car perfectly summarizes the goofiness and terribleness I’ve heard that is sometimes brought to SEMA, this is the car.

–B.R.