Originally Posted by
Man of Steel
I believe it would be better to cut down the weight on new supercars then going for extreme output figures. Although I have no doubt it will handle and perform like a dream, the Veyron is a pig at +2.000 kg.
In the future, shy of the 1,000,000 bhpz monsters that will inevitably be created as engines get better, I think for acceleration lighter weight, as MoS says, will be the way to go. Also, if top speed is the desire, I think frontal areas will have to go down. The current crop of hypercars are so wide that they probably have a similar frontal areas to some sedans.
After all, the GT40 went 200mph with only 350-400hp because of its small frontal size, bikes get to 60 in -1.5 seconds with only 100hp, and Formula One Air Racers go almost 300mph with only 100hp, in addition to pulling 6 Gs.
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I know these are all apples to hypercars' oranges, but they show that power need not be the only way to speed.
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