AAKVIPER
Enthusiast
You raise a very good point. The future of sport's cars will not only be sequential manual transmission for the US at least, but all wheel drive. GM is working on an electric front wheel drive system for the Vette similar as on one of the Ferraris.
The Americans do have all the high tech features, one example is true magnetic shocks as on the Cadillac and Zr-1 etc. I still believe duel clutch is not the answer here. But a sequential manual is more suited for the abuse for the higher HP cars. Do not forget that the McLaren and 458 Ferrari are rear drive like the US cars.
My belief is that HP on a rear wheel car has meet it's effective point. All wheel drive is essential to get the power down. But not in the traditional sense of the current heavy and complicated all wheel drive systems. The future will be in my opinion electronic driven front or even rear wheels. That way the torque load can really be controlled via data processor for perfect traction requirements.
The query here is, with less driver input, and a good driver is made instantly, where is all the fun?
For example I have spent all my life trying to perfect the" heel toe "dance and now the car manufactures have a rev matching feature with perfect blips when downshifting a clutch car. The Chevy ZL 1 now has a "no lift" feature, meaning that you can shift a manual with the accelerator floored and one does not have to lift it. So a perfect power shift via computer. It will keep and control the best revs short of the rev limiter for shifting.
Launch control can make any average guy near perfect of the line every time. And stability control will make you look like a 24 Daytona race car driver around the turns.
Thank good for the defeat button on all the nanny checks that come with cars. At least one can practice car control, rotating the car, and threshold and trail breaking with no on board supervision.
