Evo FQ400!
08 October 2004, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jhrfc1
My mate works for a Mitsi and scooby dealer and tells me there is an EVO FQ400 coming out. It will do 0-60 in 3.6 seconds. About 40k apparently. Wow.
08 October 2004, 11:25 AM
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read about this in a magazine a few months back.The mag said they are only making 30 so get your deposits down now!
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09 October 2004, 11:14 AM
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A 0-60 time victory is totally different to showing something a clean pair of heels though, a point missed in the article.
Just because I can do 0-60 in the 3s in the wet in an old Scooby with mods doesn't mean that I can outperform a Koenigsegg when it does it in the 4s in the wet. 0-60 plays into the hand of an AWD rally replica.
Just because I can do 0-60 in the 3s in the wet in an old Scooby with mods doesn't mean that I can outperform a Koenigsegg when it does it in the 4s in the wet. 0-60 plays into the hand of an AWD rally replica.
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09 October 2004, 05:28 PM
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To be honest i'd of thought a FQ400 would be pretty much unbeatable in everyday motoring on A or B roads, the combination of 400BHP in a VERY well sorted chassis with Active Yaw control is a hard one to beat.
Sure the Koenigsegg, Zonda and Enzo brigade would pull away in a straight line but once it came to off camber corners, damp tarmac, leaves on the road etc etc the EVO would'nt even be glimpsed.
Oh and for 40k thats proberly around a years servicing on the above cars too!
Sure the Koenigsegg, Zonda and Enzo brigade would pull away in a straight line but once it came to off camber corners, damp tarmac, leaves on the road etc etc the EVO would'nt even be glimpsed.
Oh and for 40k thats proberly around a years servicing on the above cars too!
09 October 2004, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by john banks
A 0-60 time victory is totally different to showing something a clean pair of heels though, a point missed in the article.
Just because I can do 0-60 in the 3s in the wet in an old Scooby with mods doesn't mean that I can outperform a Koenigsegg when it does it in the 4s in the wet. 0-60 plays into the hand of an AWD rally replica.
Just because I can do 0-60 in the 3s in the wet in an old Scooby with mods doesn't mean that I can outperform a Koenigsegg when it does it in the 4s in the wet. 0-60 plays into the hand of an AWD rally replica.
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09 October 2004, 06:02 PM
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It is two models out of date Andy, we are driving dinosaurs Relatively lightweight dinosaurs with good lungs mind 
I think that if the FQ400 was at £40000 it would be quite good value, some nice bits on it, I'd be worried about the residuals though.
Relatively lightweight dinosaurs with good lungs mind I think that if the FQ400 was at £40000 it would be quite good value, some nice bits on it, I'd be worried about the residuals though.
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19 October 2004, 04:15 PM
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Quoted figures are 405bhp@6700rpm and 355ft/lbs@5400rpm which is a surprisingly low torque figure for car of this price.
I agree £40k would be a fair price.
I agree £40k would be a fair price.
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23 October 2004, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Taff107
If you pay 40k for an Evo, you need your head examining. Absolutely fantastic performance but absolutely no presence, character, or style 
