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Re: Sports Car International Supercar Test (F1, Veyron, Enzo, CGT, Zonda F & CCX) - 05-05-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarek View Post
Wow harsh,honestly i don't think that it's engine or gearbox is a joke at all,the tranny shifts fast enough for an engine with that enormous torque and the engine is already more powerful than some of the cars in that test and it is made of the highest exotic CF in the business the only area it lacks in is the handling but it's afront engined and all others are rear engined so at the end it's pretty much supercar to me
May sound a bit harsh but...especially the tranny...C'mon, no throttle-blips and no torque-converter bridging... it's highly unsporty in the feeling. Such an old-school W124-like tranny has no place in a supercar. Even in the W204 it feels outdated, and here we don't even consider throttle-blips.

The drivetrain is not the best, and the fact that it's front-engined is not an excuse.

Fact is, this car has some rather big flaws, and thus can't pretend to be one of the very best supercars ever made. It's a fabulous car, but on on the same level as a CGT od an F1. IMO at least.
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