The Perfect Car List For a Game

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Jaguar XJR-6 '85

With five victories in seven years Jaguar's reigned supreme at Le Mans in the 1950s, but rule changes left the highly successful D-Type obsolete after the 1957 season. Although the Works team would not field a racing car for many years, the racing department did develop the Lightweight competition version of the E-Type and the V12 engined XJ 13. After a heavy accident the XJ 13 project was halted, but the V12 engine was further developed and used in Jaguar's road cars. In the 1970s racing was left to privateers, although some did receive factory support through the proverbial backdoor.

In the early 1980s two of the most successful Jaguar privateers made plans to bring the marque back to Le Mans. Both Bob Tullius' US based Group 44 and Tom Walkinshaw's Britain based TWR had vast experience with the latest version of Jaguar's V12 and felt it could be a strong competitor in the newly created Group C class. This would mean taking on the mighty Porsches and that seemed virtually impossible without some structural factory support. Surprisingly this was granted to both teams with Group 44 continuing to focus on the American IMSA GTP Championship and TWR on the Group C World Championship. This strategy would give Jaguar two chances at Le Mans glory.

Group 44 had a clear head start as their mid-engined Jaguar XJR-5 was ready late in 1982. The car sported an aluminium monocoque and used the Jaguar V12 engine as a fully stressed member. The car was raced with considerable success in 1983, highlighted with a class win at Road Atlanta. With an eye at Le Mans, a computerized Fuel Injection system was developed over the winter to replace the Weber Carburettors previously used. The XJR-5 raced at Le Mans with factory backing in 1984 and 1985, with a class victory in the second year as a highlight. There was little chance of an overall victory, so Jaguar's focus was now turned to TWR's project.

Other than using a similar engine, TWR's XJR-6 had little in common with the 'American' XJR-5. Tony Southgate was responsible for the design and applied many lessons learned in the abandoned Ford C100 racer. He laid out a carbon fibre monocoque and a highly advanced aerodynamics package with very large ground effects tunnels. It was quite a departure from the norm and would form the mould of all subsequently designed Group C racers. In conjunction with Zytek, TWR developed a Fuel Injection system of their own for the V12 engine. Their goal was to draw as much power from the engine with enough efficiency to meet the strict Group C fuel restrictions. Displacing 6.2 litres, the Naturally Aspirated engine produced around 660 hp in endurance trim.

Specs:

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Citroën Survolt '10

Citroën Survolt is a concept electric racing car produced by Citroën and presented at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

The concept’s front is defined by the same large oval-shaped grille, slim, horizontal head lamps with LED lamps. The rear features the elegant light signature of the Citroën Revolte together with a spoiler in a timely and essential reference to motor sport, all of which were made through the use of a combination of chrome and aluminum.

The Survolt is 3.85 meters (12.63 feet) long, 1.87 meters (6.14 feet) wide and 1.20 meters (3.94 feet) high and is powered by a pair of electric motors with a combined power output of 300 hp. Its top speed is 260 kph, and it can accelerate from 0–100 kph in less than 5 seconds. Citroën claims that the batteries provide a range of 200 km.

Specs:

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Porsche 917K Road Car '70

The Porsche 917 is a race car that gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. The 917K was an evolution of the original 1969 car.

The 917K Road Car was made out of the 21th built Porsche 917, which was delivered to AAW Racing in April 1970 for the Interserie championship. The Finish racing team initially painted the car red and yellow, but eventually opted for the famous mauve and green psychedelic livery, hence its nickname “Hippie Porsche”. Porsche 917-021 raced on circuits like the Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza. The car was also entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it crashed. A new chassis was installed and the season continued, which resulted in two victories: the Grand Prix at the Keimola Motor Stadium (which was owned by AAW Racing) in Finland and the Trophy of the Dunes at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.

After the 1970 season Porsche 917-021 was dismantled, the engine and suspension were installed in a Porsche 917 Spyder which would be used in racing the following year. The bodywork and chassis were sold to a Porsche specialist in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. These parts were collecting dust for three years until they were bought by Joachim Grossman, a carpenter and restaurant owner, who wanted to build a road-going Porsche 917. The incomplete Porsche was taken to his home in the small town of Bad-Wildbad in the Black Forest, where Grossman started restoring and modifying the car, a task which took over two years to complete.

The body was stripped from its racing colors and repainted white, turn lights were installed, and the original lightweight plexiglass windows were replaced by more solid glass. The interior received an overhaul as well to make it slightly more comfortable, it now featured white seats from made leather and blue floor mats bearing the car’s designation “917”. Remarkably there was also a hair dryer under the dashboard which served as a defroster.

An engine was bought from Willi Kauhsen, who had driven the famous Porsche 917/20 “Pink Pig” at Le Mans. Furthermore a gearbox and suspension was installed, and a more silent exhaust was fitted. Dunlop provided new tires suitable for road use, those at the rear measured almost an impressive 50 cm in width.

Joachim Grossman’s received an official manufacturers plate from Porsche, which meant the Stuttgart-based company acknowledged his modified 917 as a real Porsche. Eventually last hurdle was taken in June 1977 when the car passed the mandatory roadworthiness test in Germany and received a license plate bearing “CW-K 917″.

The street-legal 917 had a dry weight of 970 kg and according to official documents the detuned flat-twelve engine provided 550 horsepower at 7,500 rpm. The top speed of the car was 320 km/h. By comparison, the fastest road-going car in those day was the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona with a top of 280 km/h. With the possible exception of other modified racing cars it could be argued that the street-legal 917s were the fastest road-going cars in the world until the arrival of the Ferrari F40 in 1987.

Specs:

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Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris '06

The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris is a luxurious 4-door high performance crossover SUV concept car from the Dutch car manufacturer Spyker Cars. The car was designed by Michiel van den Brink and introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show.

The name Peking-to-Paris refers to the Peking to Paris endurance rally held in 1907 from Peking (now called Beijing) in China to Paris in France, in which an almost standard Spyker car participated, driven by Frenchman Ch. Goddard. The Spyker car came in second in the rally after a three month drive.

Though being an SUV, the car has a lot of design features from Spyker's sports car, the C8, such as the "aeroblade" wheels and smooth rear view mirrors. Also notable is that the back seat doors are hinged at the rear, creating so-called suicide doors.

Specs:

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Cadillac Ciel '11

The Cadillac Ciel is a hybrid electricconcept car created by Cadillac and unveiled at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The Ciel comes with suicide doors, and the interior features a smooth wooden dashboard with a simple gauge look. The word "Ciel" is French for "sky"- which is what the designers had in mind when they made the vehicle.

In its attempt to bring back the glory days of Cadillac luxury, General Motors designed the Ciel Concept to emulate the great touring cars of the past while combining it with a modern flair that projects Cadillac’s vision for the future. With a long, low proportion that features French-style doors and rear doors hinged at the rear, the B-pillar-less Ciel Concept is the evocation of a modern-day classic. The fender lines run the entire length of the car with nickel-plated bright work serving as accents to the car’s body lines, enhancing the overall look while paying homage to Cadillac’s glorious roots.

Cadillac dressed up the Ciel in a special paint color - Cabernet - that’s reserved only for the concept car and was inspired by the "rich translucence of a glass of red wine held up to the sunlight." The windshield frame, together with the shield grille, and the vertical lighting elements, are all Cadillac originals. The aforementioned frame also serves the purpose of providing an important structural and aesthetic element to the car. As for the vertical lighting set-up, the headlamps and taillamps all feature LED lighting that include a daytime running light graphic on the front end of the car.

With all the fascinating design elements of the Cadillac Ciel, it’s still important to note the powertrain housed under its hood. In this case, the Ciel comes with a GM-sourced 3.6-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine with direction that produces an output of 425 horsepower and augmented by a hybrid system using lithium-ion batteries.

Specs:

Power figures without the lithium-ion batteries.

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Aston Martin DBS Zagato Coupé Centennial '13

Any time an automaker celebrates its 100th birthday, you can expect pretty much a year’s worth of festivities, including, but not limited to, the production of some pretty special one-off models. Aston Martin is taking that route and true to form, noted Italian design house Zagato, has joined in on the party. The two companies have collaborated to build a pair of one-offs, including one based on the DBS Coupe . It’s called the DBS Coupe Zagato Centennial.

Norihiko Harada, Zagato’s chief designer, admitted to redesigning the DBS as a difficult job especially when it came with the pressure of a one-off model that’s being developed to celebrate the British automaker’s 100th anniversary.

To the credit of everyone involved in the project, the DBS Coupe Zagato Centennial lives up to its exclusive designation. The coupe/fastback design of the car is a clear indication of its Aston Martin heritage while the double-bubble roof design and the flair by which its presented is true to form on what you’d expect with Zagato, especially the classic models that the one-off is reminiscent of.

As far as performance is concerned, the Coupé Centennial got at it heart a 6.0-liter V-12 engine that produces 510 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque to go with a 0-to-100 km/h time of 4.3 seconds and a top speed of 306 km/h.

Specs:

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Yannick Sire Priapism '09

Yannick Sire of Sire Performance Custom Performance in Inglewood, California, didn’t want to provide better landscaping or execute a perfect parallel parking job; he wanted to build a car. And not just any car, he wanted to build the perfect hot rod. A few years - and some spare parts and elbow grease - later, Sire had hand built himself a car that he felt earned the name of... Priapism.

The Yannick Sire Priapism measures 42" high, 82.5" wide, and has a 128" wheelbase. It began life as some random leftover car parts and a few cheap pieces yet to be purchased. Its chassis was constructed of home bent tubular chrome-moly - mostly 3/4" but some 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" support bars. Future plans consist of a complete one-off aluminum body.

Inside the Priapism, Sire took the bare bones approach. Metal consumes most of it, but ProCar by Scat bucket seats, a steering wheel, a B&M shifter, seat belts, and gauges can all be seen. Other luxuries like air conditioning are simply not in the cards for this machine.

One engine for the Priapism is simply not enough to meet Yannick Sire’s high standards, so he went ahead and dropped two Chevrolet V8 engines into the hot rod. These engines are fitted with hydraulic roller cams and AFR heads, and can produce a total of 1000 HP. This, coupled with the fact that the hot rod weighs 1134 kilos allows the Priapism to hit a top speed of 340 km/h, matching that of the Lamborghini Reventon.

Handling for the Priapism is taken care of with a Dana 60 holding 3.54 rear gears and stopping power comes from some Corvette Z06 brakes Sire had lying around.

Specs:

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Yannick Sire Priapism '09

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Yannick Sire of Sire Performance Custom Performance in Inglewood, California, didn’t want to provide better landscaping or execute a perfect parallel parking job; he wanted to build a car. And not just any car, he wanted to build the perfect hot rod. A few years - and some spare parts and elbow grease - later, Sire had hand built himself a car that he felt earned the name of... Priapism.

The Yannick Sire Priapism measures 42" high, 82.5" wide, and has a 128" wheelbase. It began life as some random leftover car parts and a few cheap pieces yet to be purchased. Its chassis was constructed of home bent tubular chrome-moly - mostly 3/4" but some 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" support bars. Future plans consist of a complete one-off aluminum body.

Inside the Priapism, Sire took the bare bones approach. Metal consumes most of it, but ProCar by Scat bucket seats, a steering wheel, a B&M shifter, seat belts, and gauges can all be seen. Other luxuries like air conditioning are simply not in the cards for this machine.

One engine for the Priapism is simply not enough to meet Yannick Sire’s high standards, so he went ahead and dropped two Chevrolet V8 engines into the hot rod. These engines are fitted with hydraulic roller cams and AFR heads, and can produce a total of 1000 HP. This, coupled with the fact that the hot rod weighs 1134 kilos allows the Priapism to hit a top speed of 340 km/h, matching that of the Lamborghini Reventon.

Handling for the Priapism is taken care of with a Dana 60 holding 3.54 rear gears and stopping power comes from some Corvette Z06 brakes Sire had lying around.

Specs:

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The fuel tank looks perfectly safe in that location, I cannot see what might go wrong there.

Sire had hand built himself a car that he felt earned the name of... Priapism.

Is he also doing a short wheelbase version called the Phimosis?

[Warachia]

That's one of the most ridiculous name for a car, ever.

What the hell goes on the mind of Yannick Sire?

[legacybear]

Wow, that's one of coolest cars I have seen, yet it bears one of the most terrible names too...