Hello Ed, I disagree with that. I live here in Germany and own a factory stock DeLorean. Maybe you know we had no speed limit on german Highways (called "Autobahn"). So I can drive my car at top speed when ever I want it. Now I have to say my car reaches 210km/h without a problem, with good conditions (free road, a little wind from the back) the car reaches 220km/h (stopped, not taken from the odometer). Sure the DeLorean isn´t a fast car (here in germany beaten by near every small family car), but it is even faster as reported by "Road & Track". Ann & Ed Thompson schrieb: > According to extensive road tests on a stock factory DeLorean as reported > by "Road & Track" magazine they found the following: > > 1st gear: 6500 rpm - 40 MPH (no ignition problems so far) > 2nd gear: 6500 rpm - 64 MPH (still no ignition problems) > 3rd gear: 6500 rpm - 98 MPH (near peak of the torque range, still no ignition problems) > 4th gear: 5600 rpm - 109 MPH (torque falls apart here) > 5th gear: 4400 rpm - 109 MPH (top achievable speed - torque gave out already, > unable to push the car beyond 109 MPH, but still no ignition problems) > > It appears obvious to me that if the stock original DeLorean had been fitted with > an engine with a little more HP and torque it could have easily achieved the touted > 130+ MPH. As it is, it appears that, as stock, the scientific test results as > reported by "Road & Track" are more realistic than the "dreamers" want to believe. > > Regards, > Ed Thompson (believed to be somewhat of a "realist" and a D owner/driver since 1982) > Midlothian, VA > USA -- Gruss Michael Reinemuth ------------------------------------------------------- eMail: micha@xxxx - Heidelberg, Germany Webmaster - www.delorean.de - DeLorean Site Deutschland -------------------------------------------------------