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VIDEO: Lisa Klassen all smiles and burnouts with electric HST Shelby Cobra
We've shown you pictures of the electric HST Shelby Cobra 427 before sitting pretty while on display at EVS23 but now we have video of this sexy carbon fiber machine being propelled by its own 300 horses and 1000 lb-ft worth of spinning and drifting power. All the while the machine is churning up clouds of tire smoke, it's being expertly guided by the gifted hands of Lisa Klassen, rally driver and drifter extraordinaire. Ms. Klassen found herself behind the wheel of the Cobra after getting a call from her rally driver pal, Tanner Foust, who hosts the SpeedTV show "SuperCars Exposed" asking her to fill in for him on a segment covering the electric monsters from HST. Although Tanner made it to the set to do some canyon-road driving, Lisa took full advantage of her time with the car making donuts and generally getting a feel for the EV which is capable of 3.2 second 0 to 60 times and a 150 mph top end. You can read Lisa's take on the electrified drive over at Urban Racer and warch the whole episode on iTunes. Hit the jump for smokin' excerpts from the episode.
[Source: YouTube / Urban Racer]
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EV-1 2:22AM (8/07/2008)
The Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLTvpK_Wn8
( straight link . . . as opposed to all the in-between hassles)
( btw. - amazingly , no sign of the T¤¤¤a obsession on this post ? ? maybe they've hoarsened from all the carping - let's hope for the best )
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BlackbirdHighway 7:04AM (8/07/2008)
Looks like fun. I kept thinking of that Beatles song "Baby you can drive my car...".
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tankd0g 9:47AM (8/07/2008)
What's a Lisa Klassen?
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BlackCanary 9:52AM (8/07/2008)
So this is basically awesome but why does Tesla get all the praise when this is just as cool and just as capable. I have yet to see a Tesla get thrashed like that car. I want one for sure.
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EV-1 6:25PM (8/07/2008)
#4 :
"...this is just as cool and just as capable..."
- as the T¤¤¤a !? !? !?
Ooooooh - THIS is way cooler
AND much MUCH more capable
than the "T" will ever be -
come drivetrain 4.7 or whatever.
All in all , a totally pointless toy...
... although this one's got the legendary look of the classic British sports car AND the muscle to match.
Now I don't have money to throw away..
.. but I kinda wish I did ... ;)
Gromm 7:08PM (8/08/2008)
Oh, that's easy. It's because Tesla is actually, you know, manufacturing them, while this one might make it into your hands if they let you borrow it. There's only one.
frodus 4:10PM (8/07/2008)
Finally, HST has something more than pictures to show us!
Impressive. Congrats to HST and Kadie.
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