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To: Spktyr
Yep. I read up about the Koenigsegg in the Robb Report somewhile back, and it seems like a McLaren F1 beater. Looks quite nice too. But apart from that report I've not heard much about the car (like many exotic Euro cars stuff like the Koenigsegg never hit the US, although on the other hand stuff like our Callaway C12 and the Saleen S7 do not penetrate the Euro market much either ....and sorry for the blasphemy of mentioning the Callaway and the Koenigsegg in the same post ...i know the Callaway is not even deserving to kiss the exhaust of the Koenig, but anyways ....)

As for the Veyron I've read that it has been having some 'issues.' It is apparently 2 yrs late, but i did not know it was due to handling issues. The funny thing is having handling issues in a vehicle that can go from zero to infinity in a gnat's heartbeat is never a good thing.

47 posted on 07/08/2005 6:34:34 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
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To: spetznaz

Apparently the problem with the Veyron is a fundamental one - it's almost as wide as its wheelbase, which leads to some "interesting" characteristics that they are trying to tune out with active handling controls and software.


53 posted on 07/08/2005 6:46:28 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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