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Old 12-10-2007 | 01:55 PM
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what i do wanna know is, why are these cars so damn heavy with all carbon frame?

thsy're almost 3000lbs (the gt, enzo, etc.)

rx8 is around that. i don't get it.

i'd expect 2000lbs at the least with all carbon. rx8, if you change up the frame to carbon, it'd weigh lot less than those two and will have all amenities and will be able to seat 4.
Old 12-10-2007 | 03:36 PM
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It screams supercar...


Anything over 200K, i dont want to be regular
Old 12-10-2007 | 04:50 PM
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Definitely the Zonda F. It's faster, it's rare, etc.

If I had to actually pay for a supercar? It would be the Ford GT40. A simple pulley change, and the car is making more power than the Zonda F.
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:15 PM
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Porsche all day long, the Zonda is faster but i just love the way the GT looks
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SlayerRX8
Definitely the Zonda F. It's faster, it's rare, etc.

If I had to actually pay for a supercar? It would be the Ford GT40. A simple pulley change, and the car is making more power than the Zonda F.
wait a second, since when is the carrera gt not rare? lol... and do you mean ford gt, or gt40? i think the gt...
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:38 PM
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Relative to the Zonda, the Carrera GT is not rare. I think I read somewhere that the Carrera GT sold more than the Enzo, Maclaren F1 and Zonda combined.
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by stickmantijuana
what i do wanna know is, why are these cars so damn heavy with all carbon frame?

thsy're almost 3000lbs (the gt, enzo, etc.)

rx8 is around that. i don't get it.

i'd expect 2000lbs at the least with all carbon. rx8, if you change up the frame to carbon, it'd weigh lot less than those two and will have all amenities and will be able to seat 4.
I would think, at least in the case of the Zonda, that having a giant V12 would have something to do with it. The Zonda only weighs 2700 lbs, and I would guess the V12 weighs pretty darn close to 700lbs.
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:49 PM
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does it really matter to you if they made 500 or 20? seriously though, the numbers are very different, but think across the whole world. do you really care that there would be just that many more in the world? at that point, buy the car that you want--not because it is rare. its that if you know porsche delivers with their boxster, they have to deliver with a care more than 30 times the price...lol
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:57 PM
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i just want to say, that if you are spending that kind of cash, you KNOW what you want. but im impartial to either one. the are both amazing
Old 12-10-2007 | 05:58 PM
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zonda F, hands down

how can you say no to that...

Old 12-10-2007 | 06:00 PM
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wow. that is breathtaking. BUT kind of girly
Old 12-10-2007 | 06:01 PM
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zonda F, hands down

how can you say no to that...


Errr.... NO. In about 8 years this interior is as dated as the Countach. But that thing in the middle of the seat may interest females.
Old 12-10-2007 | 06:23 PM
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i think the porsche interior will age faster than the zonda, (but maybe not the red interior)

think 80s spacy designs, italian leather never goes out of style

Old 12-10-2007 | 06:37 PM
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i read wrong...so what if they sold a lot more than 500
Old 12-10-2007 | 07:02 PM
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ok, seeing that interior, I am definitly X2 on the porsche
Old 12-10-2007 | 09:37 PM
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porche for looks, zonda F for performance
Old 12-10-2007 | 10:00 PM
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ooh damn it..i love both of 'em
Old 12-11-2007 | 02:27 AM
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wait a second, since when is the carrera gt not rare? lol... and do you mean ford gt, or gt40? i think the gt...
I mean the GT. Called it the GT40 to make sure everyone knows I don't mean a mustang.

And the Carrera GT is rare, but I've seen a couple on the street. I've never seen a Zonda in person.
Old 12-11-2007 | 04:54 AM
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Carrera GT hands down I see one at least once a week and I love the sound and looks of them
Old 12-11-2007 | 08:54 AM
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I realize it's different strokes for different folks, yada yada, but I can't help but think that people just have no idea about the level of detail and thought the Zonda has been designed with.

I mean, the cars are built one at a time, by hand and every detail is customizable.

Don't get me wrong, the CGT is an incredible car, but the Zonda is just in another league, it's art on wheels.
Old 12-11-2007 | 10:34 AM
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and that V12 is amazing. but then the GT sounds so cool
Old 12-11-2007 | 10:45 AM
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if they can customize the seat and don't put red in, I'm down for zonda, lower roof line too pls
Old 12-11-2007 | 12:18 PM
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I just hate those silly quad exhaust pipes of the Zonda. Too Flash Gordon for me.
Old 12-11-2007 | 12:35 PM
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Carrera GT

That other thing, looks to damn funky for me ........
Old 12-11-2007 | 01:04 PM
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I like the cup holders in the seat where your crotch should go.

That's innovative.


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