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Neat video - No. 1 sports car
Cool Video, hope its not a re-post.
Greatest Ever Sports Cars: No. 1 - Porsche 911 Video at YourDiscovery.com
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Thanks for posting.
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Cool
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Thanks for the post. Makes ya proud to own one, even though there are well prepared 944's & Mustangs out there
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The only bad thing I have to say about it is the factually incorrect statement about being "the first production turbocharged car".
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Saab is the first to do it in large numbers. My vote goes with the Corvair.
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Great video. Thanks!
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Great video. What a gorgeous car a 911 is.
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Wikipedia calls it the first production turbo sports car
The first production turbocharged automobile engines came from General Motors in 1962. The Y-body Oldsmobile Cutlass Jetfire was fitted with a Garrett AiResearch turbocharger and the Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder with a TRW turbocharger.[11][12][13] At the Paris auto show in 1974, during the height of the oil crisis, Porsche introduced the 911 Turbo – the world’s first production sports car with an exhaust turbocharger and pressure regulator. This was made possible by the introduction of a wastegate to direct excess exhaust gases away from the exhaust turbine.[14] Turbocharger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ans also the bit about blowing exhaust gases back into the engine.
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Fun piece, and I agree with the spirit of it... but wow, they didn't put much effort into finding knowledgeable commentators.
All were enthusiastic, but: -1969 would not be a SWB - They make it seem like the engine placement was to accommodate rear seats? ("it was completely revolutionary"... yeah, with the exception of the VW beetle, corvair, 356...) - Easily the worst explanation of turbocharging, ever. - I find 911's generally understeer, right until you "cross the line" and get snap oversteer. I've never driven a SWB, I know they behaved differently but I thought the "snap oversteer" was more or less exaggerated but still had an overall tendency to understeer.
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OMG that was a really terrible explanation of turbo charging...
But I loved the video! angela
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