Chris Harris Talks Cars With Gordon Murray
This is related to but not the same as Gordon Murray's new car thread.
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Wow,,, it's long but what a fascinating guy. An amazing collection of cars he's designed.
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Listening to him talk about the F1 and T50, I am nodding in agreement about how a car *should* be, but what I wonder is why car companies can't build them that way... Are we enthusiasts much rarer than we would like to think?
The only car in the US I consider to meet that "minimalist M/T driver's car" philosophy is the Miata (the Boxster Spyder is stripped down, but it has too much comfortable tourer DNA in it). There's gotta be a reason no one else is jumping in right? |
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Mazda really deserve applause for keeping the MX5 as pure as they did for over 30 years (and it's this heritage that allows it to survive in the current market so well). Other than that you only get short lived models that get their 6-7-8 years in the sun and then get devoured by the bean counters - the MR2s, the S2000, the RX-7/8 (or whatever your fancy takes you). It's shaping up that the Twins will follow suit (either with no second gen or with a watered down one), although I'd be really happy to be proven wrong by Toyota and Subaru. At the current climate in the car industry, I don't see a replacement for my BRZ. |
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I feel like Toyota had a strong Miata competitor in the MR2, but dropped the ball on the Spyder by offering virtually zero luggage space, ceding the whole segment to Mazda. I just really hope Lotus keeps its upcoming car small and not-turbocharged, I'm prepared to buy one new to show my support. |
Funny thing is that he is designing super cars, but he was driving for years a SMART roadster.
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A car famous for having the worst automatic gearbox imaginable for a sporty car, and no manual option. |
But have you seen his Escort? The designer of the F1 wants an Escort!
This goes for 17 episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSiG...zYW4jZK4yCYJ0z |
Yeah ... In general very light and fun cars. Just a food for thought about the real world usefulness of super cars ...
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Among the wealthy having a rare thing is more status than having a common thing. Having one of only 100 cars is much, much better than having one of 2000 cars. I'm suggesting the usefulness is somewhat irrelevant. |
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AAAaaannnndnddd ...
He's gone back to the center seat driving position. It's so SPECIAL! Ahm oot! |
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Humm,,,,,, I assure you not all 'old' people want soft luxury. |
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