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Tesla supercar to arrive in September

“There’s a belief your manhood is somehow diminished if your car doesn’t make a loud noise,” says Simon Hackett.

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“There’s a belief your manhood is somehow diminished if your car doesn’t make a loud noise," says Simon Hackett .

The internet entrepreneur and NBN Co director admits that once, when he owned a 1985 Ferrari 308, he also felt the need for grunt. Now, however, Hackett is lining up for a supercar that makes no noise at all. It doesn’t even have an engine.

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