Whats the coolest Exotic Car ever

[crayzayjay]

I've heard the F50 can drive upside down at 90mph, but I don't think that number is reasonable

I think it's about twice that, maybe even a little more

[mastachi]

the saleen S7

[Morpheus XIII]

Originally posted by mastachi
MORPHEUS...but are you gonna ever drive an f1 or a le mans race car down the street..i seriously doubt it..an Saleen S7..quite possibly (if you are ever blessed enough to afford one), it is street legal, and that should make it unique..

Hmm. Interesting statement. The basis of the Le Mans series is founded on street vehicles racing against each other. That is why the Saleen S7 is part of the series. All vehicles of the GT and GT-S classes MUST have a homologation special, meaning they must have street legal forms being sold in some part of the world. This includes the 911 GT3s, Corvette C5Rs, Viper GTS-Rs, McLaren F1s etc. Even some cars in the LMP classes have had street versions, although quite fewer these days than before back in '98. If you're lucky enough, you might actually see a $1 million Nismo R390GT1 driving on the streets of UK to a racetrack. Or if you're really lucky, might be able to lay your eyes on the ultra-rare and ultra-fine Porsche 911 GT1. And please don't think that the S7 is unique in the sense that the ones used on the track are absolutely identical to the street variants--no le mans vehicle is--but you can outfit one to be.

[Da Hawxxx]

Coolest Exotic Car ever?
F1 GTR LM

[mastachi]

but you can buy a saleen S7 for the streets an drive it legally...you cant buy a lemans racecar for your drive to work on a daily basis...but you can with a saleen S7, which is meant to be driven more than once in a blue moon, and not just to a race..how can you say the S7 is not unique..

[Morpheus XIII]

Originally posted by mastachi
but you can buy a saleen S7 for the streets an drive it legally...you cant buy a lemans racecar for your drive to work on a daily basis...but you can with a saleen S7, which is meant to be driven more than once in a blue moon, and not just to a race..how can you say the S7 is not unique..

What you are talking about is purely subjective!

You can also buy a McLaren (well, used) and drive it to work every day as well. Therefore it's not really unique. There is a guy in Texas (his McLaren was featured in a major magazine a few years back) who supposedly has two of them, and one is his daily driver. True, the S7 would probably be much more comfortable as a daily-driver for the average person, but some people don't need that level of pampering for their daily duties.

How many Ferrari 550s have you seen in the past year? The 550 Maranello/550 GT relationship is basically the equivalent to the S7/S7R relationship.

As for the LMPs: What's stopping a guy from buying an R390 and driving it to work everyday? You may or may not know this, but Nismo designed the R390 street version before the GT1 racing model, which is highly unusual for a Le Mans prototype entry. It was created to truly abide by the homologation rules; Nismo built a racecar on top of a production car, not the other way around. On the other hand, the S7 was released after the S7R--the S7R was really what was on the top of the list for Saleen's essentials.

Let's put it this way: The S7 is a finely crafted, beautiful, and extremely rare car--but it isn't all that unique. But I suppose it really depends on your perspective of what "unique" is.

[mastachi]

The S7 is unique..i dont know how you can say it isnt..

[MBTN]

It's unique, just like every other supercar.

[border_project]

to me the mclaren isnt much of a exotic car. its more of a high performance sports car.
if its exotic i would say aston martin vanquish, ferrari f50, diablo, mercedes s class (kinda), bently and rolls royce

[Morpheus XIII]

Originally posted by border_project
to me the mclaren isnt much of a exotic car. its more of a high performance sports car.

Very true...

[MBTN]

If the McLaren isn't a supercar than I don't know what is...

[ac427cpe]

plain and simple - Lotus Esprit V8 twin turbo

[Roadster2]

THE MCLAREN IS A $1,000,000 SPORTS CAR AND NOW IT IS BUGATTI'S TURN WITH THE EB 16/4 VEYRON WITH 1001 HP IN THE EUROPEAN VERSION AND THE AMERICAN VERSION WITH 987HP



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[crayzayjay]

to me the mclaren isnt much of a exotic car. its more of a high performance sports car. if its exotic i would say aston martin vanquish, ferrari f50, diablo, mercedes s class (kinda), bently and rolls royce

im intrigued here. what is your definition of exotic car?

cheers,
jay

[Da Hawxxx]

mercedes s a exotic?