[Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy: long and occasionally on topic

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

Hi Don,
quite so, the thing is, sports cars need to be light for the  
performance. If someone wants the gizmos more than the handling they  
don't want a sports car, they just want to -look- like they do!
Frank

On 29 Jan, 2006, at 13:59, Don Dory wrote:

> Frank,
> Would you say the overweight issue is due to slack engineering: by  
> that I
> mean not finding new materials and design to reduce mass while still
> including the power accessories that someone with the money to buy one
> expects.  Or, because the market worships top speed and  
> acceleration the
> increased engine size and required necessary to control the  
> increased power
> necessarily make large heavy cars.
>
> I get the feeling that not enough purchasers would be willing to  
> purchase a
> Chapman theory vehicle to justify the tooling.  Once you add all the
> luxuries you need more power which makes tires, wheels, suspension
> larger/heavier ad nauseum.
>
> Don