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    Orange Color Goes Faster?

    For Lexus it seems, yes...
    Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition Laps Nordschleife in 7:14 | The Lexus Enthusiast

    Maybe if they sell more cars in that color as opposed to Beige they may suck less...
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    Porsche called and said, 'Lies, all lies!'.

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    Handling for cars with engine in the right place must be foreign to their testers....

    I think this could just be a tire upgrade though....maybe the Ring edition LFA comes with those Pilot Sport Cup again like the 2012 Z06....which I think went 20 sec faster with those...
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    THe Dutch have orange as the national racing colour...you may draw your own conclusions.
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    So if the Donkervroot(sp?) were Orange it may be even faster?
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    The Spyker that won Le Mans was orange.

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    Porsche used to have orange as their racing colour.
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    The Dutch Space Shuttle was orange.

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    The Buggati Veyron Super Sport has orange.

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    This Pinto is orange
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Porsche used to have orange as their racing colour.
    when Porsches were orange they were raced by Racing Team Holland (Gijs van Lennep, Ben Pon, etc.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    when Porsches were orange they were raced by Racing Team Holland (Gijs van Lennep, Ben Pon, etc.)
    And by the works racing team.

    Bjorn Waldegaard, Gerard Larousse, Vic Elford,...
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    If I'm not mistaken, McLaren's team color is orange.

    So there you go, its an incredibly fast color.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    And by the works racing team.

    Bjorn Waldegaard, Gerard Larousse, Vic Elford,...
    that is Rallye, not racing...
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    Well, it is a form of motorsport, or it was at least...
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