Mazda 787B
Toyota GT-One TSO20
Nissan R390 GT1
Porsche 962
Audi R8
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Bentley Speed 8
Porsche 917 (or 917K)
Audi R10 TDi
Mercedes-Benz Sauber C9
Peugeot 905
Audi R15 TDi
Aston Martin Lola LMP
Panoz LMP-01
Cadillac LMP
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And IIRC it was still used in a very heavily modified form thanks to a loophole in the rules in the early 80's, by Kremer I think.
EDIT The 917, that is.
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I voted for the 908, just having seen it making minced meat of the R15 this weekend, what they actually should have done in Le Mans as well, were it not for a number coincidental failures.
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Their Le Mans debacle, inexcusable, IMO, for a 4 year old car.....How they managed to find new shit to break after 4 years is beyond me...
908 is probably the fastest car after 1970, chicane or not(I am sure its a 400+kph car if were to run on that track). But the car never fully realized its potential. It won Le Mans once, when it really should have won it 4 times. R10 had no business beating it, but it always did find way to win over the much faster car. Comparatively, cars like R8 fully lived up to its potential and beyond, winning the race even after the car was crippled much of its speed. I think the stats was that the car won 70% of the races it entered or something, NEVER had an engine failure.....It was the fastest car of its time, and it was also the most reliable.....
Last edited by RacingManiac; 09-13-2010 at 01:09 PM.
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"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
sounds like the start of a hell of a conspiracy theory.
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Wellt he missing ones have already been mentioned and I am ( as usual ) dusmayed at lack of recognition when France makes cars that can win.. and other "heroic efforts".
So M670, winning 3 years running. AND without the "benefit" that the GT40 had in getting it's multiple wins by flooding the field Besides, that V12 is THE most evocative souding engine out there
What about the Alpine(-Renault) A442 ? Again ONLY brought to the track to save French national pride and the company did what was asked of them to win. Another great sound from the turbo era. 2litre 500hp ( aside ... topped at >235 mph on Mulsanne the fastest Renault ever including the F1 entries. )
and yes the 787B should be in every poll EVER on Le Mans car for the engineering, the sound and the story
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The sound and the story yes, the engineering is meh....as far as its peer goes it was nothing special. Rotaries' been around for a while, and was never particularly competitive. It won through some unusual circumstances and it happens to be reliable enough to hold off the faster cars...
Historically its definitely an important win, but if you are just comparing cars, IMO its nothing special, aside from the 4 rotor...
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