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Old 02-28-2008 | 01:23 PM
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Not that many of us could afford even the base model, but this thing is going to be insane.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/28/a-bomb-...upercharged-v8/
Old 02-28-2008 | 01:52 PM
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I think that's an over kill, how can the Atom put all this power down to the road?
Old 02-28-2008 | 01:55 PM
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0-60 in....0.8 seconds? lol wow
Old 02-28-2008 | 01:59 PM
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Sounds fun. I would be dead in a week though.........
Old 02-28-2008 | 02:45 PM
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5 valves per cylinder? Yamaha proved that wasn't such a hot idea.

Definitely the poster child for my kind of excess though. Should come with a life insurance policy and a get-out-of-jail card.
Old 02-28-2008 | 02:54 PM
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Nothing compared to the T1:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caparo_T1
Old 02-28-2008 | 03:52 PM
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I am assuming the guy over at dpcars.net has hand in this?
Old 02-28-2008 | 03:54 PM
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no such things as too much power blah blah blah
Old 02-28-2008 | 06:15 PM
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2.4L supercharged V8? Honda, please put that in the next generation S2000!
Old 02-28-2008 | 06:42 PM
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I'd take the atom over the caparo. (I really like the atom since the first time I saw it melting Clarkson's face on TopGear)


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