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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

369.0. "Birmingham Motor Show" by LEMAN::CHEVAUX (Patrick Chevaux, GVO, DTN 888) Thu Oct 27 1988 16:26

    Swiss Revue Automobille this Thursday:
    
    Front Page :    Rear View of Super Car
    
    Legend : Jaguar XK 220

    Page 25 : Birmingham Motor Show 1988
    
    Views of new Jag, new Lotus (40th anniversary), Hyundai Sonata,
    Panther booth, new Audi Coupe, new Aston Virage, new Chevrolet V8
    4 ohc, 4 valves per cyl developped by Lotus 
    
    Page 27    

    Full page on Jag 220 : very nice pictures + schema of mechanical
    design
    
    . this car is a prototype, BUT since there are lots of orders for
    it, it's likely to be produced, but not before 3-4 years according
    to jag officials
    
    . car designed at Whitley under Jim Randle
    
    . could sell for 250000 UK pnds
    
    . V12 engine, 6.2 l, 92 x 78 mm (bore x stroke), 4 ohc, 4 valves
    per cylinder, 500+ hp @7000rpm, 55mkg @5000rpm, all alloy block
    and heads, dry sump, titanium rods
    
    . 4 wd system developped with FF Developments (Ferguson), torque
    split 30.9% on front and 69.1% on rear axle
    
    . ABS ventilated disc brakes, Pirelli tyres 295/40-70
    
    . all alumunium structure
    
    . overall length 5.14m, wheel base 2.845m, width 2m, height 1.15m
    
    . weight 1560kg

    . superb shape
    
    . Cx .38
    
    . Performance: 220mph, 0-60mph 3.5sec, 0-100mph 8.0sec, 0-124mph
      (200km/h) 12.0sec
    
    Can I get one ?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
369.7	Motor Show '90	OVAL::GUEST_N	Nowhere at all....	`Fri Sep 07 1990 15:12`	5
	Is anyone going to this years event from 19-30 September. ? Nigel
369.8	TV Preview	ESDC2::MUDAN	Speak clearly after the Beep...	`Fri Sep 21 1990 13:04`	8
	Saw the TV preview last night. Quite impressed by some of the new models -- BMW 8 series, Merc G Wagon, CRX (?) -- but disappointed that the "average" price for a new car is ( as much ) as 9,000.00 pounds ! Does this suggest a "healthy" second-hand market in the future ?
369.9		COMICS::FISCHER	I've got a special purpose	`Fri Sep 21 1990 13:06`	5
	That Honda NSX - ugly as sin. Ian
369.10	Ok, but not great.	CRATE::SAXBY	Time to say something contentious!	`Fri Sep 21 1990 13:15`	20
	Hopefully Sunday's program will be a bit more in-depth as last night's just seemed to concentrate on run-of-the-mill cars (Ok a lot people want to buy run-of-the-mill cars, but they'll go to their dealers for them) with a quick mention of the new Aston (doesn't look as good in Red as it did in green) and a drool over the Mirov II , oops sorry, the NSX. No mention of the new TVRs, Ginettas or Marcos. The big boys of the motor industry will plug their own cars enough, so why not give these interesting manufacturers a bit of a plug. Maybe more people would buy the Ginetta G32 instead of MR2s if they knew it existed! I'll just have to set the video to see what Sunday's program has to offer (although if it's like the Farnborough Airshow programs it'll just be last nights with a few extra bits thrown in). Mark PS No mention of the 4x4 Calibra either.
369.11		MARVIN::RUSLING	Hastings Upper Layers	`Fri Sep 21 1990 13:47`	17
	The program was ok, but what can you do in 35 minutes (don't answer that!)? I rather liked the Toyota people carrier with the under floor mid-mounted engine. More stylist than the Espace, which I also like. As for the rest, I must admit that they mostly look the same. All largish cars look like the Cavalier (new or old style) and the small ones look like 205s. This even applies to the insides of the cars. Sports cars were hardly mentioned (apart from the Honda and the Aston Martin). Where were the MX5, the MR2, the Panther et al? Maybe on Sunday. Dave
369.12		CRATE::SAXBY	Time to say something contentious!	`Fri Sep 21 1990 14:05`	18
369.13	Hoe much to get in ?	CYCLIC::TURNER		`Wed Sep 26 1990 15:29`	9
	Im planning on going to the show on Saturday. Can anyone tell me how much the entrance fee is ? I'm planning of driving up from Reading will it be easy to parl at the N.E.C ? Thanks. Barrie
369.14	OOOps parl = park !	CYCLIC::TURNER		`Wed Sep 26 1990 15:29`	0
369.15	Go by train, it is probably cheaper!	BRUMMY::BELL	Martin Bell, EIS Birmingham, UK	`Wed Sep 26 1990 15:34`	15
369.16		MARVIN::RUSLING	Hastings Upper Layers	`Wed Sep 26 1990 15:36`	6
	I went by train on Monday, it cost 21.50 from Reading for the trip and the entrance fee. It would have been just as quick by car, but it's easier to catnap on the way back in a train... Dave
369.17		YUPPY::FINN		`Wed Sep 26 1990 17:43`	1
	I think there's a moral here ...
369.18		AYOV18::MMCKINLAY	Someday...and some don't	`Thu Oct 04 1990 14:42`	19