Cops wreck another supercar... Or so the daily fail thinks!
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Well since I have no interest in politics then yeah it's great, I have Mail Online on my iPad and the technology stories are really interesting
Think they're around 31k standard, add an option or two and it easily hits near 40, sometimes more.
I haven't bothered to read all posts but I can see the last few pages is arguing about the VW being a super car?
I can't see why the police would need an R...
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I haven't bothered to read all posts but I can see the last few pages is arguing about the VW being a super car?
Even worse, its arguing about the Mk3 Golf VR6 being a supercar!
Pick a better technology journalism source for the love of all that is good I beg of you.
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I don't get the big fascination of '0-60', Most real supercars (Lambo's etc *cough*) don't get to stretch there legs till that.
I've always looked at 0-100 or 0-150mph as a comparison.
And no, a golf is not a supercar, maybe to a 15yo chav bird but... no.
I've always looked at 0-100 or 0-150mph as a comparison.
And no, a golf is not a supercar, maybe to a 15yo chav bird but... no.
Its fairly simple really.
0-60 (Well, 0-62 these days) is published by every car manufacturer for every model in the range.
0-100 is not.
Excuse me whilst I do something ridiculous, like return to the topic, but according to the MEN, the cop driving was Paul Fletcher, who was on Car Wars on the BBC a few years ago.
Cool guy, and apparently a bloody good driver (usually).
Cool guy, and apparently a bloody good driver (usually).
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Come on now it's just marketing 101 by trying to say it's the cut above the rest. Even now mags/tv shows get cars and they listen to what the marketing department has to say about it, keeps everyone happy. Even with the likes of Ferrari!
But personally I prefered Peugeot's approach:
Or VW's approach in the 60s?
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It's the same way that they call anyone's house that they have an agenda against a 'mansion'. "Doris, who lives in an £150,000 mansion". etc.
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Sorry, but that's rubbish. The earlier ones up to 1995 on OBD1 were the ones that were 174bhp and most of them put out that figure. None of them put out 190bhp unless they were modded and even then with a Shrick manifold/map/filter/exhaust, you'd struggle to hit 190bhp.
The later ones on OBD2 from mid '95 up to '97 were the ones that put out ~185bhp stock. Mine was 197bhp after a Map/BMC CAI/Supersprint exhaust. These wouldn't hit 200bhp unless you had cams and the Shrick manifold on.
[TW]Fox;21119330 said:
Corrado VR6 (2.9) was 190bhp
Golf VR6 (2.8) was 174bhp at launch, but see above.
It was a Golf R, not a VR6.
Sorry, but that's rubbish. The earlier ones up to 1995 on OBD1 were the ones that were 174bhp and most of them put out that figure. None of them put out 190bhp unless they were modded and even then with a Shrick manifold/map/filter/exhaust, you'd struggle to hit 190bhp.
The later ones on OBD2 from mid '95 up to '97 were the ones that put out ~185bhp stock. Mine was 197bhp after a Map/BMC CAI/Supersprint exhaust. These wouldn't hit 200bhp unless you had cams and the Shrick manifold on.
Corrado VR6 (2.9) was 190bhp
Golf VR6 (2.8) was 174bhp at launch, but see above.
Not exactly rubbish - I've seen plenty of the unmodified early ones that do put out well over 174BHP - 190BHP might be pushing it a bit I was hedging the number a bit as Fox is usually right on these things so wasn't sure where his 190 came from - but I remember a few well into the 180s - not enough to say thats the story for the majority but a lot of people on the enthusiast forums make similiar claims for their pre-95 VR6s.