Top 7 Most Over-Engineered Cars

Less is more not more is more, especially in

cars

, don't you want more for your money? more quality more numbers more engineering effort well I do it hey everyone stop here with the seven

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ever made let's go to number seven. In the 90s, Japan gave us the first smart watch. The feature plagued Casio, as well as the equally clever car, the Mitsubishi DTO. When it first came out in the '90s, the big Mitsu was probably the

most

advanced car the world had seen in just about everything. It was electronically controlled and that was a lot to also control the windows, the sunroof, the pop-up headlights, but also many things that were way ahead of their time, like the exhaust system that opens the flaps for a louder experience or the suspension.

Going hard or soft, whether you wanted to race or just cruise or activate aerodynamics with the push of a button, your car could wave at people. There was also a convertible with a fully motorized folding hardtop, the second car in history to have that plus the rear axle. steering to make it even more agile and remember this was all 30 years ago, a lot of sports cars don't even have that now, but there was a downside to all this weight, the mitsubishi dto was a piece, the twin turbo v6 all wheel drive and all that. Technology can only take you so far before much lighter rivals start to pull away.

Still a great number six car, oh yeah, the only vehicle I can think of that was used by train killers and the leader of a religion, the g car that some people don't use. I don't actually know, but the G-Class was first developed as a military vehicle, so it was tough and thanks to a unique, virtually unstoppable three-way differential, the body on a chassis also meant it could be easily assembled a different vehicle. The cockpit also looks like the one with a machine gun turret with thicker armor with a platform or a body with just a few comfort features, that's basically how the civilian version was created.

This recipe worked so well that the first Gen G pickup lasted until 2018. Same car from 1979. Endlessly updated with much better technology and a more comfortable interior, as for the new one, well, it's still a luxury box sitting in a capable chassis, but it was the off-road capabilities that made it such a standout machine that the G-Wagon can cut. Through 2-foot-deep water, easily climb a 45-degree slope, or drive up to a 55-degree incline with some fatter tires, you could probably climb Everest. Too bad the highest peak today's G owners will climb is a sidewalk, so on that note.

It's massively over-designed for task number five, the weight or rather lack thereof is what makes each MX-5 a pleasure to drive. Now you think making a car lighter is easy, just throw out the seats, but how do you do it? a properly modern, safe and fully equipped 2020 MX-5 that is no heavier than the minimalist first generation from 1989. Well, by using what Mazda calls the gram strategy, it is a method of reducing the weight of each component without compromising its function, let me give you some examples. The plastic housing of the rearview mirror is thinner than that of normal cars, the pedals have holes, the stabilizer bars are cupped, and the gear lever is no bigger than an average Japanese Johnson, which can't be shaved. from lighter materials like aluminum, this includes the trunk lid engine block forks and more, even the bolts used on this car have been modified to weigh less now, if that's not engineering I don't know what is. which makes a car anorexic, improves fuel dynamics. efficiency CO2 emissions performance is a win-win situation and it's not just about getting rid of the mass but also distributing it to achieve that perfect 50 50 weight balance that requires skill in designing a lot of it.

I can't wait for the next generation to see what else is out there. We'll eliminate number four, the best way to describe this car is a titanic for the road, enormous size, enormous luxury and of course a huge price at the time when the shopkeeper was the most expensive new car of all times, it cost more than any thing, Ferrari or anything. Otherwise, this great Mercedes is what you get when you decide to build the best car in the world and then let your engineers go crazy because money is no object. The result is one of the most advanced and complicated cars they have ever come up with. back in 1963 is still ahead of most cars Mercedes sells today, such as the self-leveling air suspension whose stiffness can be adjusted with the push of a button or the option to equip it with a refrigerator, telephone or television, central locking and disc brakes all around.

They were also a novelty at the time and then there was the fact that everything was hydraulically operated, press a button to adjust the seats, control the windows, the sunroof automatically opens and closes the doors and the boot lid, but be careful, the hydraulics run at 2100 psi most tires only inflate to 35 so measure the forces those windows can exert enough to use them as guillotines no wonder all the dictators liked it so much Number three it may not seem like it, but the VW XL1 is actually just a production car. 250 were made, which is still much more than all the Koenigseggs combined, and yet no one ever talks about this shame because the xl1 is so special;

In fact, it is the most fuel efficient car ever made and can travel 100 kilometers on just one liter of fuel which is 260 miles per gallon, it is crazy to achieve such numbers, the entire car has been aerodynamicized to have as little drag as possible. to the air, every line, every crease, the wheel covers, rear view cameras, narrower bodywork, narrower tires, hidden windshield wipers, it all adds up to an air efficiency of just 0.189, a record that stands even today in day it is a two-cylinder diesel hybrid apart the xl1 is built like a supercar it has a mid-engine all the body panels are made of carbon fiber as well as the single-cell monocoque wheels are magnesium the brakes are ceramic in fact, only 23 of them are made of steel, it's also lower than the Lamborghini Gallardo, has seven-speed dual-clutch butterfly doors and a supercar asking price, but you should be lucky to pay that amount because of all the ones they showed their interest, the buyers were finally selected at random it was a lottery to spend money not to win it finally it took longer to develop the xl1 than the bugatti veyron I guess it's harder to make a car that goes further than the fastest number two three things happened In the 80s Michael Jackson invented the moon walk his son Stipe was born and Toyota started a war against the Germans with this the Lexus LS-400 during development the car had to achieve crazy and often contradictory goals, but it was also given unlimited time and unlimited money to fulfill them.

It could drive 155 miles per hour while burning fuel and would make no more noise than a refrigerator, basically faster, more agile, quieter, more comfortable, more aerodynamic and more fuel efficient than any of its German rivals. Four thousand people worked on this project. Billions of dollars were spent. In development, 450 test mules were built and together they covered more than 2.7 million miles. I mean, who makes Toyota primarily known for producing small, affordable cars? He also had to make a complete conceptual change when it came to engineering. Take radio as an example, the next one. Corolla's is perfectly fine, but is it really the best it can be?

Plus, it fits a luxury car. In the end, the LS400 didn't share any parts with any other car. It was a custom-made vehicle that shortly after its launch became the best-selling vehicle. luxury car in the US better than the Germans the chief engineer at Lexus said it was better he couldn't make compromises if he did then it would just be a normal vehicle that's true number one here are some things that maybe You didn't know about the Veyron that the car cost five million dollars to make, but they sold it for only one million. Many components were developed using aeronautical technology because nothing on the road was subject to such forces.

The thousand horsepower and 250 miles per hour figures were so outrageous at the time that most journalists dismissed them as a joke, so let's make a supercar that has a thousand horsepower, which sounds cool. , but they haven't yet figured out how such a thing could be possible. I just said it, but the fact is the least. What they talk about is how normal it feels people used to make faster and more powerful cars in their garages long before this came out, but none of them were as reliable and easy to use as the Bugatti, that's what makes it this is so special.

Drive 250 miles. per hour without sparks flying around the deafening noise and the feeling that the thing is barely holding you together, you can also go 250 miles per hour through the arctic or sahara desert without problem, then you can do it over and over until it runs without fuel, there's no need to rebuild the engine after every race, and once you're done trying to overtake a bullet, the Veyron calms down and drives like a normal car, quiet, reasonably comfortable and with a dose of luxury, too, with car personalities so opposite that they don't interfere with each other is the most impressive achievement of the bugatti bravo bravo car well, can you guess these three additional over-

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