Question: what is stopping VW group from making a car like this production ?
an Audi R8 that has 2,500 hp and is the fastest car in Europe
the actual R8 never got turbos and in fact was completely discontinued
the answer is - that big automakers aren’t interested in making cars go faster
they brainwash young men into believing that they are struggling to make cars as fast as possible - but in reality they aren’t trying at all
i know what you’re thinking - this 2,500 hp R8 is completely unreliable - they can’t sell a car like this
true … they can’t sell a car built in a garage with a warranty … but they could massage this car into something reliable enough to sell and still have over 1,000 hp. instead they just discontinued the R8.
because they would rather sell a car like this with a Lambo badge on it, or some other fancy badge and corresponding price.
only financially struggling automakers offer All-Out-Performance models like Tesla Plaid or Dodge Charger Hellcat because they are clutching at straws. they seen narrow openings in the market and they jump at them. companies like VW and Toyota can’t be bothered.
what is my point you ask ?
my point is that if VW can build fast cars but doesn’t - it means that you probably don’t need them.
people who buy Lambos buy them not because Lambo is fast but because it’s fancy. same as why people buy expensive swiss watches - not because they tell time better - but because they are fancy.
if you can accept this then your options widen considerably. you are no longer limited to “performance bargains” like Tesla Plaid, Charger Hellcat etc. because you understand that it’s not about performance per dollar.
OFSH probably thinks i’m trying to gaslight him into getting a slow car so that his friends all laugh at him …
well to be honest your friends probably will not understand. this is why i don’t have friends because i can’t limit myself to what other people are able to understand or accept. this strategy probably won’t work for an extravert.
but the main purpose of this “what makes a car good” forum category is to make a point that acceleration is not really all that important.
the purpose of a car is not to accelerate any more than the purpose of a swiss watch is to tell time … instead in both cases the purpose is to say something about you …
your car is supposed to represent your personal style …
putting turbos on an R8 to double its power doesn’t change what that car says about you - it’s still an Audi R8 as far as anybody is concerned …
just think of what you want your car to say about you and how you want it to feel when you drive it. don’t be so concerned with which car is faster than which in a race.
you don’t owe it to anybody to race them ! ! !