Most practical supercar?

[RH77]

Originally Posted by lowglider

How about the good old El Camino SS? In performance it blew away most of its rivals and yet it`s also a pickup.

Definitely a good choice. There's actually a fan following to entice GM to bring the "El" back to production. If done properly, a fuel-efficient version could be offered (most likely, performance versions would be popular -- like the SS of the past). It would probably be a Ute import from Australia, and converted to US standards (like the Pontiac GTO / Holden Manaro).

RH77

[ecomodded]

A production ready version of a hybrid Lotus
Evora will be presented in October 2011.
According to Lotus the new hybrid Evora will be powered
by two electric motors and a 1.2-liter three-cylinder hybrid
power-train. The car will be on sale in 2013.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Jonny Petrol

....Hummer

You need to read the title of the thread again, it says Supercar

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

You need to read the title of the thread again, it says Supercar

More specifically, it says three things a Hummer is not.

practical
super
car

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Jonny Petrol

A Hummer does qualify as a Supercar.....in a Superman kind of way.
Petrol-heads for World Peace.....Double Think (Think)

No I think you'll find it doesn't. You are mistaking something very big and with a big engine for supercar. A true supercar will excel in something - like speed, handling, or economy or (in the case of an SUV) in off-road ability.

So lets do the tests :

Speed - Nope, I have a toilet which extracts my poos faster than a Hummer can go.

Handling - Nope. I think the "Moose" in the "Moose test" will be in a pie.

Economy - Er, are you having a giraffe ?

Off road - Nope - a standard Jeep and especially a standard LR Defender (even with 4 cylinders of Diesel power) can go places Hummers just fail at.

There is nothing Super about a Hummer. It Hums, as in there is a smell about it.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Jonny Petrol

...read the blog and you'll find out why....Hummers could save the world just like Superman. So that makes them Supercars...
Doublethink involved.
Double Think (Think)

I read it twice, I assumed the author didn't understand what else oil is used for, which kind of defeated their argument really.

If it's you, maybe you need to think deeper.

As it's a one post blog I won't add it to my bookmarks.

Cheers.

[Arragonis]

Where did Mr Petrol go ? I go offline and someone is spirited away by the black helicopters...

[jakobnev]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Where did Mr Petrol go ? I go offline and someone is spirited away by the black helicopters...

You've been talking to yourself a lot this past week, have you forgotten to take your meds?

[Arragonis]

I did wonder, but the joy of people quoting posts is I can see Mr Petrol DID exist...

...I think

[Rokeby]

It would be a super-station wagon:

Ferrari








Maseratti


Bentley


Jaguar


Corvette




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