G. David Felt

They do say a Fool and His Money is soon parted!

@smk4565 You will love this, a guy who could not get BMW to fix his M6 and took a Sledgehammer to it then restored it to like new after BMW said they would look at his issues again, they must have come to terms as they put him into a E65 7 series and yet that also had issues that the dealership could not or would not fix. Finally after the last two years of hell he drove the auto to the BMW Corp Headquarters and lit it on fire. He is now driving a MB S350. He also in 2015 after BMW would not fix issues with his Z3 drove it to the company headquarters and lit it on fire too. Full Story here Police could not do anything since he burned his own auto and accuses BMW of Defrauding him and others.

Considering so many sports cars have been around the 4200 mark till just the last couple of years, I would say the Rimac would probably perform not much difference than cars in the 2 door segment from the Italians, Germans, Americans and Asians. Being that it does not have to lug an ICE engine that has to be rebuilt every 30,000 miles, Lower cost to operate and already one of the fastest monsters out there. We will weight till the actual production of a Project One comes out and then see how it stands up.

I am sure also give the room needed for pricing on the Tesla 3. Be interesting to see the used car market and how it goes.

One has to wonder if this is where BitCoin pirate profits go to these backwater startups. Maybe also funded by the dark web.

I have to wonder how long the life of the engine will last with all that stress on the Engine. ill it truly last 100K, 250K or 500K miles?

Very cool to hear as so many things have been said about Turbo motors being just like a V8 and really do not live up to it.

WOW http://www.automobilemag.com/news/mercedes-amg-project-one-hypercar-revealed/ So this Hypercar requires a complete rebuild of the 1.6L V6 engine every 30,000 miles. PASS, The Rimac is way better and as proven, I really doubt the MB Hypercar can beat it in performance.

The guy has the money, I suspect we will see it at least in limited production as he then goes after startup capital investments. I also think this was a proof of concept to allow them to sell the tech solution to an Auto OEM who wants to get a real off road EV SUV into the market place. Be interesting as we have a number of EV startups. I suspect only 10-20% will survive with the rest selling off their patents and folding up or being bought out. I also expect some ICE OEMs to fold shop over the next 5-10 years especially in China and Europe. Interesting times we live in.

Valid True points but then you have the Brick from Bollinger Motors which is 200 miles on their SUV, very real world capable off road and still 200 miles of range. I am good with that.

WOW, Talk about a confusing mess as I actually thought the T8 was an 8 cylinder, T6 was 6 cylinder, T5 was 5 cylinder, etc. That is just a mess of HP figures. Truly they need a better system to identify the differences between the engine outputs IMHO. Totally agree that this body design on the other autos would rock. Agree that this 40 is too small but would love it on the 90 or 80

Yet I will challenge that the same bland boring design really saves that much in the long run. I believe most people are willing to give up a little efficiency for a design that is found to be desirable. Jelly Beans might taste good but their design is boring.

So very true and that is probably why I never seen the Chevy cars that low, the dealerships know that no one will buy a stripped down car. Though I think that is what all kids should start off with to learn and respect what it costs to get a nicely equipped auto.

Rimac builds custom EV auto's for anyone, an asian guy paid them to build a 1 MegaWatt EV racer that placed 2nd at the Pikes Peak run.

Rimac Torque Vectoring video is very cool plus they use DELL computers for their design work. http://www.rimac-automobili.com/media/2305/rimac-torque-vectoring-inside-video.mp4 Interesting how they use the packaging design of a Volt, so their batteries are T shaped. Available liquid cooled or air cooled to optimize battery life for the project design.

HO HO ???? So what does the second HO stand for, sorry, not aware they already had an HO. At least I would think they could still come up with a better option than T4 / T5 for the same 4 banger with two different outputs. Much appreciate you responding.

Rimac is impressive as they offer 4 different motors in their car and the top is 517hp continuous with peak 877hp. With 625 Lb Ft of continous torque. Should be a blast to drive. Like what they have on their site http://www.rimac-automobili.com/en/ Have to say that the Rimac is NO SHED BUILT car. They designed their own controllers and so much more based on what I see on their web site. This is a well funded car company. They have some very cool tech. I hope they survive or at least get bought by an auto company that wants to compete in the Hypercar war that I see coming.

Way too funny as this just proves EV over ICE in the Performance race and like everything in time, all products will get to the EV world. Very cool. Be interesting to see this up against other hyper cars when and if they come out.

I could go for this especially if Hyundai would do the right thing by FCA US and kill off certain labels and clean house to allow the rest to properly survive. At this point, move the 300 and Pacifica to Dodge and retire Chrysler name and move forward with Jeep, RAM and Dodge. Let FCA Euro choke on their own crap Fiat, Alfa, etc.

Have decided only 1 problem with this, I HATE their tagging of the engine with a T4 or T5. In the past, T5 meant 5 cylinders. Now it is supposed to just mean more horsepower. Stupid They should have just done a T4 and T4 HO.

@Drew Dowdell @regfootball I have read this posted by different members and I guess I do not see what the benefit would be of the following: Plugin Hybrid with generator. A few members have said they would love a Plugin Hybrid with a turbo 4 motor. WHY? Since it is a Plugin, the powertrain is electric and so I see no reason the generator would need a turbo? Am I missing something here or are they really wanting a hybrid where the engine does do some actual work and not the plugin part?

No Proof that Project One will achieve this, just theory based on computer models and so Right now Project One is just Vaporware.

Cool, Thank you for pointing that out, I did not know the Spark got that low in price, I never see the spark in this area much and the few I have seen must have been maxed out as They always seem to be close to 20K. Totally forgot about them, but then they must just max load them in my area as I have never seen them so cheap as Ocnblu points out.

This is very cool!

Very cool,m love what your doing.