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I'm affraid not. I was also a bit gob smacked, however since GM purchased Lotus + better tyres, Vette handling has improved.
With 6 litres under the hood, it should be quick especially around that track. Take it somewhere a twisty and my money would be on the Porsche every time.
Still not a bad car for £40K providing you have your own oil wells.
With 6 litres under the hood, it should be quick especially around that track. Take it somewhere a twisty and my money would be on the Porsche every time.
Still not a bad car for £40K providing you have your own oil wells.
clubsport said:
A big fan of the NSX, but was the stig driving that and my gran piloting the carrera.
320 bhp carrera is no slouch, i drove a 280bhp Nsx nice but not exactly that quick.
If an NSX only has 280bhp then I'm a gay dutchman (and I'm not) . As with many jap machines power figures for the NSX were underrated to fall in line with the 'gentlemans agreement'. I mean, does anyone really believe that a twin turbo Supra or turbo'd Skyline has only 286bhp?
Anyway, think more like 310bhp for an NSX and your closer to the mark, added to which its aluminium monocoque endows it with light weight so I think the acceleration test is not that far off the mark. I suspect the Porsche may have been an auto / tiptronic?
Autocar are claiming the Vette C6 matches the 911 GT3's 7:56 time around the 'Ring, so for 40k it looks a huge (no pun intended) bargain. As far as fuel consumption goes, I found a C5 I ran to show better average economy than an Impreza P1 I had at the same time. It's one of the few performance cars you can get a buzz out of just tooling about at low revs...
swilly said:
Polar993 said:
Carrera 2 - 1320kg 0-60 = 4.6 & 0-100= 12.0
Figures courtesy of Evo
Evo are being a tad optimistic. Porsche UK advertise 0-62 as 5.0 secs.
Porsche official performance figures always conservative. EG Oct '95 issue of Performance Car achieved 0-60 of 4.7 and 0-100 of 11.2 for 993RS. Official 0-100 KMH (62MPH) was 5.0.
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