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Post by: **h20hamelan** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:04 am

https://www.donkervoort.com/en/models/f22

F22

Post by: **Andy8421** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 9:10 am

Extreme lightweight supercar using carbon fibre and a host of exotic materials - 750kg

Lotus 7 S1 - 329kg

Lotus Elan S1 - 680kg

To be fair, the F22 does have a slight edge when it comes to HP, apparently it has 500.

Was 'Donkervoort' the best name they could come up with?

Post by: **gherlt** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 11:20 am

Andy8421 wrote:Was 'Donkervoort' the best name they could come up with?

Thats the company's name
F22 is the model

I do not like the rear
vision to the rear will be null

Post by: **661** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:06 pm

I would like a go

Post by: **elansprint** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 6:40 pm

Named after the company owner Joop Donkervort

Post by: **h20hamelan** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:24 pm

Joop would be a funny name for a car company :lol:

Post by: **rgh0** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:15 pm

They have come a longway since their first Lotus 7 replicas !

cheers
Rohan

Post by: **SENC** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:53 am

Saw it described somewhere as a 7 turned up to 11. Thought that was pretty good.

Post by: **Andy8421** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:14 am

elansprint wrote:Named after the company owner Joop Donkervort

Well, I am not sure that the owner's surname should be the main criteria when choosing the name of a car company.

With all due respect to Edward Higginbottom (apparently a music scholar), I am not sure it would be a good idea to call a car a 'Higginbottom', should he choose to move into car manufacture.

Colin didn't call it the 'Chapman 7'.

Post by: **SENC** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:17 pm

Just playing devil's advocate, but most of us are ok with Ford, Ferrari, Benz, Healey, and Jensen, just to name a few off hand.

Post by: **alan.barker** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:26 pm

The first time i saw a Donkervoort was with Club Lotus France here at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit in 2000. A Club meeting and the Donkervoort crashed.
Alan

Post by: **Andy8421** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:18 pm

SENC wrote:Just playing devil's advocate, but most of us are ok with Ford, Ferrari, Benz, Healey, and Jensen, just to name a few off hand.

True, and I would add Porsche and Tesla (although his name is being used posthumously as I don't believe he ever made car) to the list.

However, to make my point, I can't see many people propping up the bar at their local pub boasting about their new 'Borgward'.

Post by: **ericbushby** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:52 pm

Rolls and Royce got away with it.
Eric in Burnley

Post by: **Slowtus** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:02 pm

ericbushby wrote:Rolls and Royce got away with it.
Eric in Burnley

Yes, both of them did.

And there is nothing with the name Donkervoort.

Post by: **h20hamelan** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:41 pm

Slowtus wrote:And there is nothing with the name Donkervoort.

Donking her forward, likely implies the car not her

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