Major Flaws Noticed


There were a couple of major flaws that I noticed during the movie:

- The configuration of transmission in the Mercedes SLR was manual in the movie, when in reality it only comes in Automatic Transmission

- The speedo on the black Diablo before it crashed went to 360mph when Jason turned the Nitro on - yet even if the Nitrous on for only that much amount of track - the Diablo's top speed is 200mph, with nitrous - It would be damn hard to get to 360.

- At the beginning of the movie when Griffin comes in to pick up his Ford GT and asks Natasha - how fast will it go? She says 220 - 225 max. There isn't much modification you can do to a Ford GTs engine besides a better supercharger. Even with that - attaining 220 - 225mph as top speed is ridiculously impossible considering the Ferrari Enzo with 620bhp can't go past 217mph (Hence the regular Ford GT with the supercharged engine is only 550bhp).

^ those 3 annoyed me the most during this worthless crap of a movie. (they destroyed some of the most beautifully crafted cars for no reason).

-- if anyone finds any other flaws, feel free to add them / discuss.

- Kumar.

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I haven't seen the movie, but 360 mph? You sure it wasn't 360 km/h which equal about 225 mph?

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true - it might have been kmph - I might have missed that second long scene .. if that's the case then yea - with nitrous the diablo can reach 225mph

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the thing about this scen that botherd me was not the speed the diablo could reach, but that it was keeping up whit the SLR... i mean comon, chould not stand a chanse...
The top diablo version have 530 hp, the slr have 626, and the slr is not mutch heavier.
SLR Acceleration 0–100 km/h: 3,8 s
Diablo Acceleration 0-100km/h: over 4s
And the SLR have so mutch new tecnology, and preform mutch better.
Old Lambos are just for show, nice to look at, sounds great, go fast, but no preformance in corners.
And sure they hade modified the diablo, but dont u think they hade done it whit the slr also.

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-- if anyone finds any other flaws, feel free to add them / discuss.



found one - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780595/

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It was a Porsche Carrera GT.

Another flaw is I highly doubt that wing would come off. Talking about the diablo.

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the hole sceen looked wierd, whit the car driving for so long on the backweels... should it not have just fliped fast, not driving for 1min on backweels first

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"- The configuration of transmission in the Mercedes SLR was manual in the movie, when in reality it only comes in Automatic Transmission"

Actually, several people have modified their Mercedes SLR's into having a manual transmission. Pointless? I think so, but it can be done. And yes, it does come stock with a five speed automatic transmission.

"- The speedo on the black Diablo before it crashed went to 360mph when Jason turned the Nitro on - yet even if the Nitrous on for only that much amount of track - the Diablo's top speed is 200mph, with nitrous - It would be damn hard to get to 360."

It was km/h, not mph.

"- At the beginning of the movie when Griffin comes in to pick up his Ford GT and asks Natasha - how fast will it go? She says 220 - 225 max. There isn't much modification you can do to a Ford GTs engine besides a better supercharger. Even with that - attaining 220 - 225mph as top speed is ridiculously impossible considering the Ferrari Enzo with 620bhp can't go past 217mph (Hence the regular Ford GT with the supercharged engine is only 550bhp)."

Getting a Ford GT to do 220-230mph is possible. There are several people on the net who have modified the heck out of their Ford GT with twin turbos, and other goodies. Many of those lucky bastards have claimed that their Ford GT is very capable of doing 220-230mph. 220-230mph is not that hard to achieve if you have the $$$ to mod a supercar.

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dont know the distance from wherever the guy set off from at the start of the film to Vegas, but maxing an SLR would mean that you need to refill the tank after 15mins.

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Not pointless to modifie to get manual transmission if u like shifting ;P
makes it more fun

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With first fact I agree, although you can always modd tranny, flappy paddle would be the best for SLR, but SLR is road built supercar, so automatic was the choice.

Second, adding N20 isn't gonna drasticaly change top speed. With 100 shot you get 10mph max. and even for that you have to throw extra modds in the engine. To propel diablo over 225 installing a turbocharger is must. Just for the record, Gemballa installed TT on Diablo VT and push it over 250mph. N20 adds to acceleration, end of story.

Ford GT could easy hit 225mph, cause +10mph to GTs already high top speed is possible with minor engine tweaks, or removing S/C and installing TT. That propels it even more than 225, I wouldn't be suprised if it would hit 240.

To user with Z06 theory, alone with S/C, no way. You have to understand that S/C wouldn't make Z06 hit 240, but TT would. Another thing is tranny which although theoreticaly possible to push to 240, in real world wouldn't last long at those speeds, so a proper tranny moddification is recommended, if not essential. The higher speeds you try to acomplish, the more power and modds you need and the need grows exponentialy. There is a saying in tuning world: To hit 200mph isn't hard, but to hit 240+mph is more than hell.

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I think everyone is forgetting the obvious fact that top speed, in the end, is determined by the gear ratios of the transmission.


If your at redline in 6th gear and you take a shot of nitrous, it will only destroy your engine....

there isn't some magical area above redline in 6th gear where you can go faster...



Also, in the movie they always have a news helicopter right over the cars filming.

News helicopters with broadcasting equipment top out @ 130MPH ...without broadcasting equipment @ maybe 180MPH ... So there is NO WAY IN HELL it could have kept up with any of those cars, not at the speeds they were driving.



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the entire movie was a major flaw

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How did the motorbike get in the air when jumping over the train tracks?

A house like Micheal's would definately have some security cameras for trespassers, so Carlo can't just jump over the fence and plant some explosives.

Landing a plane in the middle of the desert on a two lane road AND starting off again.... yeah right.

An SLR can't just come to a 200-0 stop by doing some donuts.

Which millionaire is stupid enough to have 2-3 supercars each worth over a mil, a mansion that size, but not have enough cash for a 25mil debt?

So you buy an Enzo for 1.2mil straight from the dealer and drive it like you stole it without breaking in the engine? Very healthy...

Without warming up the engine, you can't just take an SLR on a 2h rip revving the engine to the max, and as said before, not stopping once for some gas.


I agree with all the flaws found above aswell, of course.


If the producer had the balls, he should've used a Veyron in the flick, doing a showdown with a Koenigsegg CCX.

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"the Ferrari Enzo with 620bhp can't go past 217mph (Hence the regular Ford GT with the supercharged engine is only 550bhp)"

HP does is not the ONLY determination of a car's performance (even straight line perf). Think about how fast a 300hp motorcycle would be.

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When ever a car had a crash and rolled over you can see where they mounted the device (to push the car over.. forgot what it's called) but near the engine there is alot of smoke.

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''- The configuration of transmission in the Mercedes SLR was manual in the movie, when in reality it only comes in Automatic Transmission''


yes it has a automatic transmission, but you can change gears manually too
+ (up) and - (down)

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what about the fact that at the begginnig, the SLR does a 1h45 drive at 200+ MPH when it wil onlylasts 30 minutes going that fast at top speed. u want Koenigseggs and Enzons, Lambos, SLRs and all that? watch Top Gear. Does the CCX in the movie have a spoiler? cuz the Stig went so fast with it it crashed and they had to add on, after that it got directly to the top of the show's lap times

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In fact the CCX in Redline DID have the Top Gear spoiler :).

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