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Originally posted by DavidMorgan View PostQudos to Spyder .. What's on the cover page of the New York International Auto Show website.
Well this beauty
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This is one of the main reasons I bought a Spyker...kept looking back and forth between the Lambo I was considering and the C8 and the interior on the C8 just blew the Lambo interior away...it was like comparing a Bentley interior to a Yugo :lol:...it soon became a very obvious choice.
From Victor:
"I owned Astons and Ferraris but was always rather disappointed with the way they were finished,” he said. “They were great driving cars, but seemed cheaply built. I wanted to bring back craftsmanship.”
Here's one line from the article I did not quite understand:
"The cars were also plagued with handling issues brought on by its short wheelbase."
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Originally posted by Swisstrader View Post...on the C8 just blew the Lambo interior away...it was like comparing a Bentley interior to a Yugo :lol:...it soon became a very obvious choice.
"The cars were also plagued with handling issues brought on by its short wheelbase."
Two articles from USA today
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Well as Jeremy Clarkson said in his review of an early C8, there were quite a few handling issues with that car. First it had a whole lot of understeer, then oversteer, but it was never quite balanced.
I do believe they resolved this with the later cars, but it was never quite up to ferrari standards. It's really difficult to make a short wheelbase car handle well (Renault Clio V6 anyone?), especially if its front track is so much narrower than the rear track.
Short wheelbase cars are much more difficult to control in oversteer situations. Look at the car as a pendulum. When breaking into oversteer, a long wheelbase car acts like a long pendulum, moving relatively slowly, giving the driver time to react. In a short wheelbase car however, the pendulum effect is such that the car almost immediately turns itself around.
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Great answer...I do recall Clarkson saying words to the effect of "in an attempt to fix the problem with understeer, they've now created roll over steer". So, at what stage did this get fixed?
Originally posted by Reddingius View PostWell as Jeremy Clarkson said in his review of an early C8, there were quite a few handling issues with that car. First it had a whole lot of understeer, then oversteer, but it was never quite balanced.
I do believe they resolved this with the later cars, but it was never quite up to ferrari standards. It's really difficult to make a short wheelbase car handle well (Renault Clio V6 anyone?), especially if its front track is so much narrower than the rear track.
Short wheelbase cars are much more difficult to control in oversteer situations. Look at the car as a pendulum. When breaking into oversteer, a long wheelbase car acts like a long pendulum, moving relatively slowly, giving the driver time to react. In a short wheelbase car however, the pendulum effect is such that the car almost immediately turns itself around.
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I don't know the historical answer to this question, but I can tell you that #083 handles great, a well balanced, precise mid-engine driver's car. It is of course possible to induce either understeer or oversteer, but the car handles very, very well in the twisties.
It helps if you know how to drive, of course.With Tenacity, No Roof Is Impossible
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An article in the business section of USA Today, uh, today.
Spyker prepares for takeoff of its exotic sports cars in USA - USATODAY.comWith Tenacity, No Roof Is Impossible
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In a word WOW!...talk about going mainstream
Originally posted by OnTheLam View PostAn article in the business section of USA Today, uh, today.
Spyker prepares for takeoff of its exotic sports cars in USA - USATODAY.com
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Originally posted by Swisstrader View PostGreat answer...I do recall Clarkson saying words to the effect of "in an attempt to fix the problem with understeer, they've now created roll over steer". So, at what stage did this get fixed?Rijk
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