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where are the wings of this plane????
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@rock3tcat the problem with cars from the 30's and today's is that the older cars had a lot harder a time transfering the power to the ground cause of the tires, etc. todays cars have diffusers, fat tires, spoilers, etc. back then all that mattered was huge engine in light car, period.
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I just had an eargasm!
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Can you imagine having to drive one of these beasts? Good lord it must have been terrifying!
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@rock3tcat Candidly, not as much as we would like to think. The only differences now are the advances in metallurgy and computer controls. Car and truck technology peaked in the 1950's. After 1957 when planned obsolesence was instituted by the government, the big advances in engineering and efficiency were stopped cold. I'll take a 50s automobile with a few upgrades over a modern auto anyday.
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@WASPTexas Yeah. This was a car that could do over 200 at almost all the races it attended at speeds that are extreme even by today's standards.
The only thing I can think of as a good comparison would be if F1 was based around cars like the Thrust SSC.
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@rock3tcat: I think automotives could be much faster than that today but look at the circumstances. Most race tracks of the time were public roads closed for the event. There is simply not enough space to get to speeds well over 400km/h.
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If you're talking about safety or comfort then I don't see how your comment is relevant to my question, I was simply talking about pure performance. How much faster is a modern day supercar to a supercar from the 30's?
Yes the modern ones are safer, lighter, more reliable, more efficient, etc. But in terms of speed, not much has progressed.
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@rock3tcat: Really? Let's see what you would rather do on a straigh line... drive a "Bugatti" (Volkswagen) Veyron to 400 km/h or a 1930's Grand Prix car...
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It was clocked at 432 KPH on the autobahn!!!
It makes me wonder by how much has automotive engineering progressed since the 30's?
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It was a Grand Prix racecar of 1936 and although it still has better power-to-weight ratio than most supercars today it wasn't road legal in the 1930's
still driving a 520hp V16 with drumbrakes,skinny 30's tires,wire wheels and no wings must have been scary to say the least
WASPTexas 3 years ago 28
my Aunt Analisa watched these cars race in the 30's at Neurbergring
moosiah 2 years ago 18