View Full Version : Anyone into Saleens
Saleenfreak24
Oct 15, 2003, 2:25 PM
Anyone like Saleens. Personally I think they are the coolest car on the face of the earth.
agitatedcorn
Oct 15, 2003, 3:38 PM
I don't like Saleens. Then again I don't like Lambos or Ferraris either.
jimkk29
Oct 15, 2003, 6:18 PM
The Saleen S7 is one the (very) few american cars that can really compete with european supercars. I like it very much.
Mopar68
Oct 15, 2003, 7:23 PM
i like saleen, but i can't say i know too much about him or his company. And they are too expenive for my taste. "Power in the hands of a few", or something like that. My favorite saleen was one of his first mustangs, i can't think of the name now. I know saleen does stuff to stangs, but do they do anything with other fords, like the focus?
Ghalos
Oct 16, 2003, 11:21 AM
The Saleen S7 is a sick piece of machinery, badass as all hell too...I saw the a yellow one, the "test mule", at the NY auto show this year, omg, sooooo awesome. The ONLY problem with it is its price, simply because the trait going for the S7 that will get it buyers is the same trait that the Mosler MT900 Photon has for it, they're both barely-legal race cars on the road, the difference is the Mosler is "only" $250,000...If It were my money, I'd buy the S7 though, because the interior is lightyears ahead of the mosler, which in a word; sucks. That car is everything, fast, stylish, handles like a race car, has racing heritage, albeit short, that very few companies the world over can match.
The Saleen Mustangs are insane as hell too, but some guy who works at a shop rite around here has a Saleen Mustang, 500 horses, and yes, shop rite doesn't pay well, look up, "drug dealer". Besides that, the wide-body Saleen 'stang is insanely awesome... :D
Raith83
Oct 16, 2003, 1:27 PM
Saleen Mustangs are really freaking sweet! The S7 isn't too shabby either :wink: Im pretty sure they tune(or used to tune) Explorers too, which just struck me as very odd...
Thlam
Oct 17, 2003, 6:58 PM
The Saleen S7 is one the (very) few american cars that can really compete with european supercars. I like it very much.
well jim with your limited knowledge of American cars i would be suprised if you actually know how wrong you are. There are a lot of American cars that can keep up with european supercars. Like any Panoz or the Mosler MT900
jimkk29
Oct 17, 2003, 8:12 PM
Fine, so there are 3 american cars that can keep up with the European competition. :D
Thlam
Oct 17, 2003, 8:27 PM
again your wrong
gr8dane
Oct 18, 2003, 12:49 AM
I find it funny that when somebody mention panoz, a person who doesn't kno much about american cars instantly thinks that panoz is a european make...imbeciles. :roll:
O and don't forget that the corvette is a very competent track car along with with other such american vehicles...the dodge viper is also a very nice american machine, though it lacks track finesse due to the lack of driver aids. :?
o well, i'm sure somebody'll smack me now :cry:
FR500
Oct 18, 2003, 3:03 AM
I find it funny that when somebody mention panoz, a person who doesn't kno much about american cars instantly thinks that panoz is a european make...imbeciles. :roll:
O and don't forget that the corvette is a very competent track car along with with other such american vehicles...the dodge viper is also a very nice american machine, though it lacks track finesse due to the lack of driver aids. :?
o well, i'm sure somebody'll smack me now :cry:
Right there PANOZ is american imbeciles :lol: :lol: :lol:
Agree with the vette, also there is the Viper
EDIT: The Saleen kicks ass, so does the Mosler. Let me find out, there should be some more out there.
F1356WRCRS
Oct 18, 2003, 10:51 AM
The Saleen and the Mosler are the only American cars that can compete with an Enzo, or Koenigsegg, or Mclaren, or Bugatti, or Porsche Carrera GT. As far as I know, anyway. Does anybody else know any other American cars that can compete with the European supercars?
Thlam
Oct 18, 2003, 10:52 AM
the S281 kicks ass also i think its on par with the M3 pretty much
F1356WRCRS
Oct 18, 2003, 11:01 AM
It certaintly is. I love the Saleen Mustangs. Way cooler than stock.
Thlam
Oct 18, 2003, 11:06 AM
yeah they pretty cool
jimkk29
Oct 18, 2003, 12:22 PM
I find it funny that when somebody mention panoz, a person who doesn't kno much about american cars instantly thinks that panoz is a european make...imbeciles. :roll:
If you were referring to me, I can assure you that I knew that Panoz is American probably at the moment I was born.
gr8dane
Oct 20, 2003, 8:38 PM
If you were referring to me, I can assure you that I knew that Panoz is American probably at the moment I was born.
:D Glad to hear it, I wasn't really tryin to bash anything u said, i was simply stating that a lot of ppl think panoz isn't american...with a name like that i can see why ppl would think so... :o
Thlam
Oct 20, 2003, 8:41 PM
lol so true but panoz was technically started in ireland
gr8dane
Oct 20, 2003, 11:00 PM
:o Well now, see i can admit defeat, i never knew it but it's very possible that thalm is right so i'll take his word for it......i never would've thought it had anything to do with irish, lol :lol:
Thlam
Oct 21, 2003, 5:08 PM
its still an americna company though it was just kinda started in ireland
Capitan Lento
Oct 28, 2003, 1:58 PM
Anyone like Saleens. Personally I think they are the coolest car on the face of the earth.
I really like the s7, is a great american car, and like people say can compete with europen brands face to face, and even be better than some of them.
But i really donīt like the cars based on the ford mustang,, to me is so much money for one mustang.
but ther a re a great brand, and s7 is really cool.
Raith83
Oct 28, 2003, 2:00 PM
yeah, Mustang based cars are really cheap. The chassis is basically 25+ years old. The new Mustang will be so refreshing! Can't wait for a New SVT 'Stang! :mrgreen:
ViperLover
Oct 31, 2003, 1:45 AM
Of course I'm into Saleens. They are awesome cars. The S7 is a wonderful piece of engineering. According to a recent road test (0-160-0 kmh test for being exact) S7 accelerates faster than Murcielago but Lambo has improved braking. The italian won just by very little time. This proves that Saleen is doing great effort in order to create a true american supercar.
Saleen Mustangs are equally outstanding. The SR Wide Body, only available for racing, is a great performer :D
sonnyreid
Nov 09, 2003, 3:06 PM
Get a GT and spend a few bucks and buy a supercharger, performance headers, a superchip and guess what? You almost have a Saleen but at a fraction of the cost.
I own a GT with these modifications mentioned, plus a few window stickers and emblems....I now have a Saleen.
Instead of 500 horsies...I have 425+ horsies but who's counting.
I eat Vettes and Z28/SS Camaros for lunch and dinner now. :lol:
Take on a Porche Carerra GT?.........well....that's another story!!!
Raith83
Nov 09, 2003, 5:10 PM
The Saleen Stang is AWESOME! It not only has an upgraded engine though, but a transmission that takes advantage of that power, improved supsension and a killer bodykit. The other thigns it comes with are well worht the money. It's a dman good price for the performance and looks. Power in the hands of a few :mrgreen:
99 si trbo
Nov 12, 2003, 9:23 PM
the saleen mustang looks like a jap car to me. Im not sure how ford wanted the exterior to look but its pure jap. anyways with 425 hp in a GT i would seriously doubt that you can take a z06 vette. Being that a 450 cobra proffessionally modified cant take the z06 in the 1/4 mile.
Raith83
Nov 13, 2003, 1:46 AM
useless :roll:
v@nQu!$h~$
Jun 12, 2005, 4:25 AM
I find the Saleen S7 one of the best looking American cars ever.....not to mention performance that's equally breathtaking. The only problem, the P-R-I-C-E. Might as well buy a Vanquish S with that cash...hehe! ;) Nice work, Saleen! National pride! Unlike my country's crappy cars(Proton and Perodua). Frm Malaysia....
Ghalos
Jun 12, 2005, 4:29 AM
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