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Originally Posted by KRAM36
I don't see that car going around the Jarama GP circuit just fine. This is one of the journalist I'm talking about, praising the car, when it's handling is rubbish. The car is sliding all over the place, wow that's impressive. Seriously? An underpowered car gets a set of Prius tires thrown on it so it feels like it has power.
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The car is not underpowered. Underpowered for who? Patrick Long or a guy wanting to go the Starbucks 1.5 minutes faster? Power needs are relative to the objective of the car. This is not a GT3 track toy. It's a low cost road car. Even for the track its engine produces more than enough power to get the average road car driver up a tree.
This car was designed to allow its driver to use all of the power all of the time without ending up teets up. If you need more HP, you can get more HP. Most drivers starting out with sports cars can not claim its not fast enough.
Maybe to drag race their friend to next stop light. You don't need a sports car for that. A pick up truck will do.
Why do you say its handling is rubbish exactly? You've got a mix of low COG, RWD, short wheel base, responsive engine and fairly decent curb weight with good driver position and visibility. How many other cars can you name that provide this for less than $30K? So Harris likes to drift, a lot... what's that got to do with all of the aforementioned..