Thursday, September 4, 2008

5th Gear Supercar Experiment - head turners

(posted August 22, 2008)

The 5th Gear guys put up a pretty interesting social experiment.  They took three supercars and parked them on a busy street for 10 minutes, then counted how many people stopped and stared:

  • McLaren Mercedes SLR  Three Hundred Thousand Pounds!!
  • Porsche Carrera GT Three Hundred Thousand Pounds!!
  • Lamborghini LP640  Two Hundred Thousand Pounds!!

So who won?  The counts were:

  • McLaren Mercedes SLR  - 19
  • Porsche Carrera GT - 78
  • Lamborghini LP640 - 84 people counted, numerous more just standing around and not moving

So I guess I'm buying the LP640;  If I'm spending that much dough, I do want folks to envy me. 

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