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    Thanks f6hellcat13.

    Yeah, I'm also more of a Chapman / Murray type, regarding weight.
    Do you know maybe what super/hyper/mega car has the lowest drag coefficient? I think McLaren F1 has one of the lowest ones, but dont know for newer production...

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    Quote Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13 View Post
    Welcome DogZy!

    The One:1 is nice exercise in numerical symmetry if nothing else, though despite measuring their power-to-weight ratio in hp/kg, they decided to give it a megawatt of power. I like that Koenigsegg is persevering with purely-gasoline powered cars, even if their cars aren't necessarily to my taste.

    As I said above, I am still waiting for the 200-300hp 200mph car. If someone put a real engine (Hayabusa or similar) in a VW XL1 and turboed it, I think those stats could be realized.
    Given it's drag-adjusted frontal area, an XL1 would need to produce 300lb (1.3 kN) of thrust at 200mph to maintain steady state. That seems feasible. Even with driveline losses and whatnot, I think that should be achievable.

    EDIT: For comparison, the Veyron needs 800lb (3.6 kN) of thrust to go 200 mph.
    Well maybe this is it:

    Ermini Seiottosei Barchetta looks into the past to relaunch a brand - Autoblog

    It only does 168mph, but the top speed is electronically limited, so with it removed who knows what it could do...
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