Boxster S ; Top gear.

[Hammerhead]

SteveP - as Don said, its only a bit of leg pulling. Chill fella! (set neck scarf to 16c and relax)

[jdh1]

Don said:

IIRC about 128.4 (ish) From the Top Gear web site: 2nd Porsche Carerra GT - 1.19.8 5th Porsche GT3 RS - 1.22.3 ... Porsche 911 GT3 - 1.27.2 Porsche 911 Carrera S - 1.28.9 (very wet) Porsche 911 turbo - 1.31.0 And you have to remember how nasty the weather's been...the Boxster S was no less than stunning considering the bhp advantage of all the above cars. Quite remarkable. But no less than I've been saying since getting my first one!

Can anyone explain the figures for the Turbo in that list. It just doesn't make sense.

[Don]

jdh1 said:

Can anyone explain the figures for the Turbo in that list. It just doesn't make sense.

I was only quoting from the Top Gear web site but I reckon it could make sense if

* the Top Gear track doesn't have long straights for the sheer power to be a big advantage

* it was truly chucking it down wherein the large polar moment of the vehicle (engine hanging out the back) and likelyhood of the wheels simply spinning uselessly if the grip afforded by the surface was too easily overcome by the significant bhp advantage of the car would likely lead to a slow time.

There again I'd have hoped that the four wheel drive would have mitigated somewhat the downsides of extreme power and odd weight distribution...