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      02-26-2021, 08:33 AM   #87
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The primary metric for a sports car has always been smiles per gallon. Straight line performance is a large part of that, but it's obviously not the whole story or else we would be on a Hellcat forum. If it's priced like an F-sport and not IS F it could sell very well.
Yup. Sports cars for me have to feel special not just at 9/10th or 10/10th but also when going 4/10th or 5/10th. I sold F80 M3 for e90 M3 exactly for this reason. Linear power delivery and V8 induction noise can be enjoyed at any speed, whereas F80 for me was more of an on/off experience.
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