Polly Motorsport: Custom Trans-Am (based on Pontiac Trans-Am) news **Speed Record**

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Old 01-02-2009, 01:23 AM
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Polly Motorsport: Custom Trans-Am (based on Pontiac Trans-Am) news **Speed Record**

Very neat! Hope it's not a repost...

From Autoblog...

"Have fun with KITT," sniffed some AMG engineers when a group of Norwegians showed up at Germany's Papenburg test track with a 1987 Trans Am. The smug smiles were quickly wiped off the faces of the Mercedes tuner crew when the ancient Pontiac's practice laps were as fast as the AMG cars, and the F-Body wasn't even working hard. Once warmed up, the 8.9-liter V8 unleashed all of its 1400 horsepower on the circuit, delivering a startling 407 kph (252 mph) also known as Bugatti Veyron fast. Better still, unlike the Bug, the Pontiac's lap is official.

Needless to say, there's not much stock underneath the skin on this particular Trans Am. The car is the work of Polly Motorsport of Norway, and there's a wealth of top tuner expertise beneath the mostly stock exterior. We're sure even in its heightened state of tune, the Polly Trans Am is infinitely less expensive than the $1.6 million you'd have to cough up for a Veyron, and its creators say it's still street legal.
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More pics here: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/22/e...pontiac-trans/
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Damn... That's crazy!
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Crazy fast. 8.9l
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I think I'd still take the Veyron.
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funny, a car that originally cost like 15k at most is now worth over a million.
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win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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that's awesome and funny.

this begs the question though on when is a tuner car is a creation that only shares the looks of it's donor rather than a testiment to the original car, because this car is really not a Pontiac Trans-Am any longer IMO.
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you seem to be taking it personally, lol
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you seem to be taking it personally, lol
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I think I'd still take the Veyron.
of the Caterham 500
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of the Caterham 500
As much as I love the Caterham R 500, I'd have to stick with the Veyron because it's the only one I'd be able to fit in.

My uncle's neighbor has a Caterham and the doors literally come to the top of my knee.
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