Ludicrous road car....

[Gruntfuggly]

Check out this bad boy...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2934839.htm

[Finman]

No price! $2 million to build.

Visited their garage last year - amazing cars.

Now anyone know tonights lottery numbers?

Rich

[Tamiya1/10]

I bet a fully loaded 911 Turbo S at US$179K or the US$108k Nissan GT-R will beat this 962 and can take either of the two cars to work each day without breaking a sweat. The 962 at $2.0 mil a pop is best to let your friend(s) own it but you get to drive. You got to a well heeled true 962 fan to spend that kind of money.

[Grastens]

I bet a fully loaded 911 Turbo S at US$179K or the US$108k Nissan GT-R will beat this 962 and can take either of the two cars to work each day without breaking a sweat. The 962 at $2.0 mil a pop is best to let your friend(s) own it but you get to drive. You got to a well heeled true 962 fan to spend that kind of money.

Maybe not in the right hands... Either one of the road cars you listed seems infinitely more accessible than a road-going 962!

I wonder if the new owner will make it a trailer queen, if one is found.

[djmcnz]

So it's apparently available for £325,000 (here) which I think is still way too much for a 20 year old bespoke car with questionable provenance. Spare parts anyone?

And I'm sure a GT-R or 458 would spank it around a track.

[bromvw]

this is a full on race car with a few bits to make it road legal - sorry to say it but with that power to weight ratio it will spank any 911 , GT-R or for that matter just about any road car .

[djmcnz]

this is a full on race car with a few bits to make it road legal - sorry to say it but with that power to weight ratio it will spank any 911 , GT-R or for that matter just about any road car .

I don't think so with a 20 year old flexible aluminium chassis that never did corners very well to begin with... as Pirelli says "power is nothing without control". Also it's further compromised by making it road legal. I bet it can't even keep up with a good Lotus around a demanding track.

And does it still weigh 830Kg with the extra seats, air-con etc, etc? I somehow doubt it, possibly closer to a ton which is still good but remember both the current GT-R and 458 have more power than this car.

Throwing power at something like this is no parallel to 20 years of advancement in componentry, materials, electronic and aerodynamics I'm afraid. I'm no automotive engineer but I'd put $1 on it...

[Butler]

I'd be inclined to agree with djmcnz, however in this case, would this car be similar to a 956......

http://en.wikipedia....rdschleife_only

I could be completely wrong.

[djmcnz]

Supplimentary information for road cars (note the tyre information as that makes a huge difference): http://en.wikipedia....gring_lap_times

Not sure why the Ferrari 599XX isn't on that list: 6:58:16 Ferrari 599XX 700 hp/1521 kg RWD Raffaele de Simone 23 April 2010

Edit: answer is that the 599XX was on slicks and wasn't road legal.

[Tamiya1/10]

Throwing power at something like this is no parallel to 20 years of advancement in componentry, materials, electronic and aerodynamics I'm afraid. I'm no automotive engineer but I'd put $1 on it...

Double that bet and I'll cover you on that should you be wrong, not likely.

I saw on Top Gear showing few of today's hot hatches just our perform yester year super cars hands down.

For my money is still the WRX STI 5 doors. And if I have lots of money it will be the Porsche Turbo S. No Ferrari or Lambo or Mclaren, don't want to be the "look at me" attraction.

[djmcnz]

Double that bet and I'll cover you on that should you be wrong, not likely.

I saw on Top Gear showing few of today's hot hatches just our perform yester year super cars hands down.

For my money is still the WRX STI 5 doors. And if I have lots of money it will be the Porsche Turbo S. No Ferrari or Lambo or Mclaren, don't want to be the "look at me" attraction.

I'd add an interim step into your mix but still come up with something similar for my personal list:

Mitsi Evo -> BMW M3 -> Porsche Turbo S -> Ferrari 458

Now, I've already owned two of those (indeed I still own one of them) - the latter two are still far, far beyond my reach...

[Butler]

I don't think so with a 20 year old flexible aluminium chassis that never did corners very well to begin with... as Pirelli says "power is nothing without control". Also it's further compromised by making it road legal. I bet it can't even keep up with a good Lotus around a demanding track

Best Lotus shows up as an Exige S, which is 8.25 versus 6.11 of the lap record of the 956, so way off. However we don't know how this 962 compares to an actual 956 race car.

I guess its unlikely we would ever know.

[Gruntfuggly]

We could all chip in and buy it as a community car?

[Tamiya1/10]

Best Lotus shows up as an Exige S, which is 8.25 versus 6.11 of the lap record of the 956, so way off. However we don't know how this 962 compares to an actual 956 race car.

I guess its unlikely we would ever know.

Lotus are great cars with amazing handling, but the tiny engine just cannot run with the big boys with 5.6; 6.3; 7.0 litre engine that develop well over 500hp with enough torque to turn the earth from West to East.

We could all chip in and buy it as a community car?

Sure, TC would need an addtional 1.5 billion members willing to chip in the big bucks, but we will be fighting to keep sher as box art or she should be run or as shelve queen

[djmcnz]

Best Lotus shows up as an Exige S, which is 8.25 versus 6.11 of the lap record of the 956, so way off. However we don't know how this 962 compares to an actual 956 race car.

Lotus are great cars with amazing handling, but the tiny engine just cannot run with the big boys with 5.6; 6.3; 7.0 litre engine that develop well over 500hp with enough torque to turn the earth from West to East.

Absolutely you're both right, yes. My word selection was poor as I was trying to illustrate the relative handling ability of a Lotus... "tight" would have been far better than "demanding"...