EVO story on a new, electric, Bristol...

[Ronald G. Stephenson]

My friend, you need to take a look at the economy a little more closely,and realize that the United States is still in charge of economic matters, and they have made a mess of things. This whole system is in a state of flux, and no one out there can predict what is on the horizon. Your confidence in the Middle East and China is misplaced. You named some famous marks. Our darling is not in that group, although it outclasses all of them. 95 out of a hundred people would have no idea what you are talking about when you mention Bristol. A few amatuer historians may recall Frazier-Nash; and there is a town or two named Bristol, and I believe a racetrack.........

[Markus Berzborn]

It's about time for the US to realize they're NOT in charge of the world anymore, thanks God.

Regards,
Markus

[browning l]

Originally Posted by Markus Berzborn

It's about time for the US to realize they're NOT in charge of the world anymore, thanks God.

Regards,
Markus

Mr. Berzborn,

Please understand that Mr. Stephenson is not a representative for a great many Americans, if, in fact, any.

Thank you.

Lou.

[TBC]

The success of this project relies upon a number of factors; 1: what is used as the base; 2: whether the product meets the claimed design specification; 3: how attractively the product is packaged. It will be intersting to see to what extent FN/BCL intend to market this internationally.

[TBC]

The success of this project relies upon a number of factors; 1: what is used as the base; 2: whether the product meets the claimed design specification; 3: how attractively the product is packaged. It will be intersting to see to what extent FN/BCL intend to market this internationally.

[Markus Berzborn]

I do not think it's a good idea to use some mass-produced base for the vehicle, install the Frazer Nash hybrid technology and then just put a Bristol logo on the car.

Regards,
Markus

[Janne]

I do not think it is a good idea to make an Electric Bristol....

Even worse to inlude a Wankel engine.

So the base is going to be a Mazda? Or ?
Mazda has developed the most usable Wankel so far. It is still crap, but the best Wankel crap made up to date.

If you can afford a Bristol (or RR, Bentley, Ferrari, Koenigsegger etc) you can afford to feed it petrol.

[GREG]

The Wanky engine is a very light weight design and is only there to charge the batteries if needed and not to drive the wheels.

For the test cars they were using Proton cars. A small hatchback and a 4wd.

The motoring jouralists that were on the track seemed very impressed and one mentioned that it was a lot better than a Tesla he had previously tested.

They have also installed the technology in trucks as well as a number of other vehicles.

[jimfoz]

Originally Posted by Ronald G. Stephenson

My friend, you need to take a look at the economy a little more closely,and realize that the United States is still in charge of economic matters, and they have made a mess of things. This whole system is in a state of flux, and no one out there can predict what is on the horizon. Your confidence in the Middle East and China is misplaced. You named some famous marks. Our darling is not in that group, although it outclasses all of them. 95 out of a hundred people would have no idea what you are talking about when you mention Bristol. A few amatuer historians may recall Frazier-Nash; and there is a town or two named Bristol, and I believe a racetrack.........

No-one with 150-250k in Russia and China will buy an electric Wankel car anyway. Part of the wealth status over there is being seen to drive a car with a V8 or V12 engine that bearly manages 15-20mpg. If they go around in an electric car, rivals will think they are poor and economising! This is why the likes of Jaguar and Range Rover sell many more of the V8 supercharged models in China or Russia than they do the diesels.

[Markus Berzborn]

Purely technically speaking a Wankel engine is in fact a good option for this purpose as it is elastic and can be built in a very compact way. I heard Audi had already the same idea for a hybrid vehicle.

Regards,
Markus

[GREG]

And Wankel has the benefit of being an amusing name for childish people :-)