BenB
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:12 AM |
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Eh?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10265363.stm
"But for a company known for its motor racing vehicles and whose latest California model has not just one, but two exhausts, you'd be
forgiven for raising an eyebrow when it starts listing its green credentials. "
Doo what!!! Since when has the number of exhausts had anything to do with how green a car is?
"Mr Montezemolo dismisses any such scepticism. "You can have even ten exhausts, the problem is emission. This car is totally in line with
even the hardest rules in the world on emission, thanks to innovation."
For once I felt sorry for Mr M. Having to deal with cretinous imbeciles of excuses for reporters. Good thing the reporter is in the buisness section
because he obviously knows JS about cars....
Or counting- the California has two pipes each side!!!!
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jossey
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:18 AM |
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can u imagine a electric or lpg ferrari. lol
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eddie99
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:18 AM |
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If you watch the video, Ferrari says that they will have a green car 
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tegwin
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
If you watch the video, Ferrari says that they will have a green car
In the same way that Aston do (with the sygnet)... no one will buy one, but its a neccesrry evil to bring down the average "output" of the
cars they produce....
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BenB
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 10:25 AM |
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surely the "green" Ferrari will be for the US market?
If it has a Ferrari badge on it and it's expensive people will buy it..... if it's "green" Californians millionaires will buy
them by the crateload, and then idiots will buy them in sympathy.
there are of course some advantages with electric cars in terms of torque being available instantly. But it creates issues dynamically. Then again
"interesting" handling hasn't ever stopped some of the homegrown American cars from being successes so may be they're onto
something.
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smart51
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 10:46 AM |
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I can see what the journalist is getting at. In a sarcastic tone "nothing shouts low emissions vehicle than having lots of "pollution
pipes" at the back of your car".
If you think about it, there is no need for more than one tail pipe. People who want to see multiple pipes do so because it indicates a bigger
engine, more power and by necessity, more exhaust emissions to get rid of. I'm guessing that what the BBC chap is trying to point out is that
'You can't have it both ways'.
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SeanStone
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 11:05 AM |
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Just because it is green, doesn't mean it will be slow.
Also.. what is 'green'. What if they produce a high powered 1 litre turbo making 400hp. That would be 'green', but also
extremely light and very fast.
Nothing to worry about as far as I can see! They're always going to be fast
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 11:20 AM |
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As Jay Leno says, there is nothing wrong with "green" cars for the daily trudge. Anything that prolongs finite fossil fuel resources for
weekend pleasure is all good
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 11:44 AM |
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quote:
can u imagine a electric or lpg ferrari. lol
Yes I can
but only after Bernie changes the rules so that they can still win.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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greglogan
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 12:41 PM |
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maybe by having 2 exhausts, they only have to measure the output out of one, thereby "halving" the emissions?
Sorry, I'm leaving now..... 
Women are meant to be loved, not understood.
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