Must be related to the absence of older Triumph Spitfires and MGB's on the road. Either that or unreliable Lucas electrics.
aka (actually, better known as)...
"The Prince of Darkness"... -ggg
British Automobiles, (racing cars aside), and motorcycles... have gone gradually and incrementally downhill since the early 60's... (plus or minus) to the point where today, most of the [formerly] greatest names, are owned by.....
Rover and MG = Phoenix (still British)
Mini-Cooper, Rolls Royce = BMW. (German)
Bentley = VW, (German)
Lotus = Proton, a Malaysian outfit where Mitsubushi of Japan has a small participation.
Jaguar, Aston Martin = Ford. (USA-Europe)
Those which remain British are small firms such as Morgan and the like...
It is an irony that the British car industry is in such disarray since when it comes to racing cars, for the most part British chassis are one of the best...
...that is, certain red and silver cars notwithstanding.... -g
A status of the British car industry
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The fastest production car ever produced (the F-1) by McLaren, a pure breed British racing car manufacturing concern now in partnership with Mercedes-Benz
an interesting, (and probably useless) piece of information...
The fastest speed testing track is a circular track in Nardo, Italy.... who built it ? FIAT... lol...
Lastly, facts about the F-1 McLaren car... truly an engineering beauty ... and super-fast.
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McLaren F1 revoluted supercar in many ways. Its performance is certainly the most impressive. Besides, its re-adoption of normally aspirated engine was proved to be a wise decision. It handles as good as other supercars, provides more practical cabin, excellent visibility and even suitable for daily drive. It is special to look at, special to talk about ( for its performance, for its technology. ) and special to drive. As an ultimate supercar, the 600,000 plus pounds price is worthy, especially when you know McLaren actually loss money on every F1.
McLaren set new record - 240.1 mph !
In April 1998, McLaren took its 5-year old F1 to Germany's Ehra-Leissen test track, after 3 runs, it set a new top speed record as 240.1mph (386.7kph) two-way average.
That F1 is identical to any production F1, with the same side mirrors, same tyres, standard tyre pressure, same suspensions setting.... the only difference is - the 7500rpm rev limiter was disabled.
After two runs, racing driver Andy Wallace tried seriously in the final run. The V12 rev to 7800rpm while oil temperature was still acceptable, two-way run was performed for eliminating the effect by wind and the average speed is calculated to be 240.1 mph. A new record was set !
All the measurement was done by track's official equipments. Track officers issued a certificate to prove this, so there won't be any argument that which is the fastest car in the world.
In 1993, McLaren set 231mph record in Italy's Nardo test track. It was recorded by themselves without third-party observers.
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