Honestly I fail to see the value in many of the Vision Cars but these srt things are by far and away the worst yet. It was as if Mark Shinedling, SRT advanced concepts manager, got the projects goals from a fourth grader. Who else would come up with a 400 MPH car that is supposed to be used somewhere other than the Bonneville Salt Flats?
Why is the "Real Driving Simulator" giving us fantasy cars that have little if anything to do with real driving? I understand drawing the brands in so they can showcase where they are headed but does anyone think this is where cars are going to be in five, ten, fifteen or hell even twenty years? From my point of view it lessens PD's credibility as for being a simulator and leads me to think of this as all more video gamey. The Chapparal was bad enough but these are making me wonder how far off Tron light cycles can be from seeming acceptable to PD.
PD could be laying out some guidelines for the manufacturers participating in the Vision program. To keep things at least somewhat in the realm of reality and still get people's attention. BMW and VW did decent jobs of their Vision attempts while not going too far for a couple of examples. There have been some others but those two come to mind first.