crufty, the figures were obtained by the journalist and it was him who could not get traction after several tries. It was not a reason given by 9FF. I can't remember any talk about traction control in this 9FF, so I guess the car just didn't have TC.
As for the `kill everything else' it's referring to `production' vehicle, arguably this is a production vehicle, not a one-off. It's mission is to achieve top speed greater than the Veyron, and in that it seems to fulfil the mission though not with so much ease of use. Yes I'm aware of top fuel stuff etc. which perform incredibly, but those are hardly production vehicles.
I'm sorry for my lack of ability to fill in the entire context of the article, I read it and I wrote it here as I remember it, but omitted to transfer the entire context, which was a lot of pages.
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Originally Posted by Crufty Dusty
Yes I realize that but the duty of a good journalist is to question the official PR spiel. That's what separates a good magazine (content) and horseshit ricer magazines.
See... it only has a 4 liter engine with 711 lb-ft of peak torque. That is enough to "kill everything else"?  I think the frog needs to come out of the well once in a while.
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And yes, I think these cars have traction control. 
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