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Jul 10th, 2023, 07:56 | #4061 |
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I always liked[still do]the look of the coupe,although I did read once that the saloon is the more aerodynamic of the two.Mind you at the speeds they could attain in standard I doubt aerodynamics plays any large part.
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Rumour has it the Reliant Robin is more aerodynamic in reverse (more like a raindrop shape) so on that basis i can see how the Imp (and its derivatives) saloon is more aerodynamic than the coupe version.
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And don't be deceived about speed. With it's slightly warmed over motor, the Sunbeam was a quick car. I can assure you that it had the edge over a Mini Cooper on the straight, but the Mini's pin-sharp (FWD) handling evened things up when it came to the twisty bits! With a 998cc conversion and some more serious tuning, it became a very quick car that enjoyed some success on the rally scene. Don't forget that cars were much lighter then, and only needed relatively modest power to achieve a more than respectable power to weight ratio. Regards, John.
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red line rpm.🧐 Now that was quick!🚀
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We didn't learn our lesson then, and the Japanese went on to show us how to make motor-cars a decade later. I mind when the Datsun Cherry came out - it even had a fitted radio, for heaven's sake - how could the likes of our Morris Marina ever hope to compete with that? Enjoy your day in Yorkshire! Regards, John.
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Adding some vinegar in that salty wound, Datsun started out building Austin Sevens under licence so it really was a case of the student becoming the master!
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As a nation, we seem to have a strange attitude of resting on our laurels when we have created something good, other nations then take our ideas, improve them and/or make them more reliable/economical/faster/better/whatever and sell them back to us, putting our businesses out of business in the process. Alternatively we come up with good ideas, the money people here say "that'll never catch on so we won't finance the development etc" so the inventors go elsewhere. Then they become an international success and their products become household items.
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