Dawar Saify
It's not like smartphones which become faster and have more cores and consumers are happy. These machines become fast and the road bends are the same, the length of roads is the same, and human reaction time is the same. These machines become killing machines and take a vast proportion of the rich with them. There will be a limit.
Mirmillion
Yes, limping down the local road to the grocery store or office will be disappointing but I think the boredom will be mitigated by scanning for speed bumps and potentially lip-bending parking lot entrances (navigated on an angle, of course). At least the wife will regain some much needed girlfriend time as the predictable honeymoon countdown begins with the "allowable mistress"...isn't that how these decisions are made?
Steve Jones
On the one hand, this level of performance is utterly unnecessary for the road (or even most tracks). On the other hand - those cars are Badd Asss!
Matt Rings
@Dawar: I'd rather take the sharp corner in this sports car @ 70mph (with anti-lock, anti-skid and airbag technology), than my grandfather's 1949 Buick at 45mph (with terrible steering, no seat belts, and bias-ply tires).
Though drivers will take risks with ANY car, one is more likely to survive in a high-end sports car than in an econobox with fewer safety design/engineering elements.
Ciao, Doc
Heerybull
Unless you have access to a racetrack, having this much HP and speed potential is about as meaningful as me saying that I have the power and potency to father 100,000 children. What's the point?
It's an awful lot of money to pay for nothing more than "potential"!, or have I hit upon the reason for buying these ridiculous toys in the first place?
Is it really "male makeup"!
And I do agree with Dawar Saify, above.
Gregory Minor
Dawar... This car is not for you...
Tito
The people who can afford these marvels are vain to say the least, but few are stupid. I am sure that Darwinism will claim a few souls, but most of these cars will never see there full potential. They are meant for bragging rights, and curb appeal!
No dumber than paying insane amounts of money for art, watches, etc...
Nigel Quinton
Why would anyone want one of these?
I cannot understand why anyone would want to go any faster than I can in my Tesla Roadster - which does not pollute the planet and is 100% recyclable. 0-60 in less than 4 secs and max 125 mph is enough for me - and driving has never felt safer or more fun.
(Sorry to sound like a smug git!)
Flasheroo
While the horsepower wars continue to go forward, there are no tires made that can begin to harness this torque. If the tires did exist there is noone with the skillset needed to feather the throttle. And as Dawar said previously the roads,corners and other drivers have not changed accordingly.As long as there is a reason for these cars to exist in today,s society someone will build them.
Lewis M. Dickens III
Wow,
Isn't this neat. Looks like the Venom had to paint a fake grille to mask the manic smile copied from the Mazda's.
Pretty soon you will be able to hit the accelerator and grind right through the tires, the wheels, the brake disks and into the spindles.
Quite an accomplishment!
Bill