Post a supercar you would daily drive.

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Italian passion with a german engine, can't beat that combo.

I love 911s but I don't consider them as supercars. They certainly are the best all around sports cars in the world though.

BTW some people don't like driving much seeing the amount of very unreliable cars posted...;)
 
Mad Max said:
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Italian passion with a german engine, can't beat that combo.

I love 911s but I don't consider them as supercars. They certainly are the best all around sports cars in the world though.

BTW some people don't like driving much seeing the amount of very unreliable cars posted...;)
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Pagani is not Italian, owner from Argentina.
 
1berto said:
Pagani is not Italian, owner from Argentina.
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Horacio Pagani is Argentinian, the company is referred as being Italian. The way he builds cars comes from his expertise with Lamborghini. His manpower is Italian and his main inspiration comes from Leonardo Da Vinci.
 
le pire la dedans est que le premier prototype fait , le cheetah avait comme moteur un 360 de chrysler en 1978 si ma mémmoire est bonne, ce qui devait développé environ 150hp, c'est vraiment ridicule :), mais ça reste que le lm002 est un classique pareil

edit: edit:, c'est le fun d'apprendre comment ils ont été conçu



History

The Lamborghini Cheetah was Lamborghini's first attempt at an off-road vehicle. It was built on contract from Mobility Technology International, which in turn was contracted by the US military to design and build a new all-terrain vehicle. The basis of the design came from MTI, and was largely a copy of FMC's XR311 prototype developed for the military in 1970. This resulted in legal action from FMC against MTI and Lamborghini in 1977 when the Cheetah was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. The XR311 and Cheetah could be considered progenitors of the current Humvee.

The Cheetah was built in San Jose, California. After initial construction, the prototype was sent to Sant'Agata so Lamborghini could put on the finishing touches. They decided to go with a large, waterproofed 180 bhp 5.9L Chrysler engine, rear mounted, with a 3 speed automatic transmission. The body was fiberglass, and inside there was enough room for four fully equipped soldiers as well as the driver.

The mounting of the engine in the rear gave the Cheetah very poor handling characteristics, and the engine choice was not powerful enough to be adequate for the heavy vehicle (2,042 kilograms (4,500 lb)), resulting in overall poor performance.

The US military tested the Cheetah and allegedly destroyed the only prototype. The remains were never returned to Lamborghini or MTI.[1]

In the end, the military contract was awarded to AM General and their similar looking Humvee.

The failure of the Cheetah project, along with Lamborghini financial problems, led to the cancellation of a contract from BMW to develop their M1 sports car.

Lamborghini eventually developed the Lamborghini LM002 — a similar design, but with a 12-cylinder motor from the Lamborghini Countach mounted in the front.
 
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Tenassi said:
Gallardo or R8.
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I would think the R8 could be a daily driver, it's a bit more docile and the front end is just more montreal-frendly. I don't know if they have the option to raise the nose like on the Gallardo for speed bumps ans sidewalks though.
 
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