Henessy Viper beats Veyron in 0-200mph
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Henessy Viper beats Veyron in 0-200mph
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/s...mph-shoot-out/
Definitely didn't see this one coming. I would have thought the Veyron's AWD traction and similar output would have made it number one.
Definitely didn't see this one coming. I would have thought the Veyron's AWD traction and similar output would have made it number one.
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Two problems with that:
1 - that's a terrible time for the Veyron. Those things typically run 0-200 in the 19 to 20 second range... almost never over 20 seconds unless the driver is clueless. Either they screwed up driving that car or else something was wrong with it.
2- Hennessey has a grade-A douche bag with more pending lawsuits and people who'd like to see him dead than quite literally anyone else that I know of in this country. He ONLY gets business through magazines that promote his product. His word of mouth reputation is as bad as it can possibly be...
1 - that's a terrible time for the Veyron. Those things typically run 0-200 in the 19 to 20 second range... almost never over 20 seconds unless the driver is clueless. Either they screwed up driving that car or else something was wrong with it.
2- Hennessey has a grade-A douche bag with more pending lawsuits and people who'd like to see him dead than quite literally anyone else that I know of in this country. He ONLY gets business through magazines that promote his product. His word of mouth reputation is as bad as it can possibly be...
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Last edited by Seize; Jul 31, 2007 at 08:09 AM. Reason: added vid
Impressive as the Viper is I would a rather have the Veyron. The Viper above is highly modified and would rather own a car that is designed from the ground up to be a supercar. But, that is just me. Of course there is a slight price difference and that is more of a ,"how capable is a mod'd Viper" vs. a real comparison.
If you are really interested in what John Hennessy is about, check this out
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/gen...own-board.html
If you are really interested in what John Hennessy is about, check this out
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/gen...own-board.html
Last edited by Pearlpower; Jul 31, 2007 at 08:56 AM.
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=5680
The driver knew exactly what he was doing.
The driver knew exactly what he was doing.
Uh... so what exactly was the point of providing a link to the very same article where the poor time was originally derived? To show, through the text of the article, what they said about the car? Is that proof that they drove it to its greatest ability and/or that everything was working on the car? Nope.
Multiple 0-200 runs have been recorded in the Veyron showing sub-20 second times.
That's a fact.
R&T came in a full 4-5 seconds worse than that. That's not the results a simple variability in tune or weather conditions. That's either driver error, or something wrong with the car, or both.
http://www.carandmodel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486
Plus he's very rude and obnoxious. He often e-thugs when members of a forum do not agree with him. Dont be surprise to find rude remarks coming out of him.
Plus he's very rude and obnoxious. He often e-thugs when members of a forum do not agree with him. Dont be surprise to find rude remarks coming out of him.
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Uh... so what exactly was the point of providing a link to the very same article where the poor time was originally derived? To show, through the text of the article, what they said about the car? Is that proof that they drove it to its greatest ability and/or that everything was working on the car? Nope.
care to post some of these times, we're talking mph here.
