Quickest point to point car

[Camoradi]

mikearwas said:

I'm sorry but this is just nonsense. I'm sure low powered Caterham drivers feel like they are going extremely quickly due to the nature of the car but i've done the evo triangle with a C63, a 200BHP Elise and the base Caterham. All driven with similar levels of commitment. The Caterham came last by a pretty large margin.

read my post. I was answering the original question which was "what is the fastest point to point car YOU HAVE DRIVEN" My answer is 100% correct. Obviously a base spec Caterham isn't the fastest car point to point

[SirSquidalot]

How long is a piece of string? Theres too many variables to pick a clear winner but it needs to have:

• 4WD
• Compact shape
• Fast acceleration
• Good braking power
• Suspension travel
• Aero
• Low COG

A 991 Turbo S holds the Pikes Peak production record so thats probably a good place to start!

It has all of the above plus rear wheel steering and a host of other features that will enable it to be sure footed and fast.

[mikearwas]

Camoradi said:

read my post. I was answering the original question which was "what is the fastest point to point car YOU HAVE DRIVEN" My answer is 100% correct. Obviously a base spec Caterham isn't the fastest car point to point

Fair enough. Sorry, my mistake.

[superlightr]

jshell said:

superlightr said:

Still hold the view that on a dry day the 7 will be faster on a B road.

That guy doesn't look 'super light'...

thankfully the 190bhp 404 bhp/ton made up for that ! not sure if that's with or without driver tho....

[anonymous-user]

RobM77 said:

Caterhams really are obscenely fast down a British B road if driven smoothly. You can go faster, with a similar car that has more modern suspension and aero, for example a 2-Eleven or road legal Radical. Most full on road cars over a tonne in weight wouldn't stand a chance. Just my opinion mind you. If it was a smoother sweeping A road though, like most of the Nurburbring resembles, more powerful cars would win the day imho.

Although my old one had 200-220HP you couldn't use all of it all of the time down a twisty back road. Nothing like a C63/M3 etc would stay with it IME.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI5Zdtqe8U

About 5:20 into the above is interesting.

I still say the 911T would be a safe bet as it has more visibility to allow you to see past traffic.

[otolith]

In the "real world" of preserving your licence and liberty, the ability to exploit anything beyond a fairly modest performance car is pretty limited. With peak speeds constrained by law enforcement and sanity and cornering speeds largely visibility limited, you're looking at gains under acceleration and braking and probably more significantly the ability to overtake. Without traffic to pass, you need a really large difference in performance to convincingly walk away from another car on the public road.

[superlightr]

yonex said:

RobM77 said:

Caterhams really are obscenely fast down a British B road if driven smoothly. You can go faster, with a similar car that has more modern suspension and aero, for example a 2-Eleven or road legal Radical. Most full on road cars over a tonne in weight wouldn't stand a chance. Just my opinion mind you. If it was a smoother sweeping A road though, like most of the Nurburbring resembles, more powerful cars would win the day imho.

Although my old one had 200-220HP you couldn't use all of it all of the time down a twisty back road. Nothing like a C63/M3 etc would stay with it IME.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI5Zdtqe8U

About 5:20 into the above is interesting.

I still say the 911T would be a safe bet as it has more visibility to allow you to see past traffic.

As mentioned had a RS6 - M5 -E63amg -and 2x 911tts as well as 2x Cat7s and Scooby etc - A fast Caterham7 would be faster in my books on a dry day. no doubt.