Worlds Greatest Drag Race 6

[Phooey]

What no turbo-S!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNAt9bQZtY

[DavidJG]

Of course not - it would win by too big a margin

[s2000db]

That'll upset the McLaren boys..... Lol..

[Porsche911R]

really nice showing from the Audi and NA power , has to be the buy of 2016

[hondansx]

Seems that was not an out and out supercar race, as it was Carrera S rather than Turbo and some would argue, no matter how fast, an R8 isn't a supercar. Similarly, the 570S is meant to be 'entry level'.

Fair play to the Audi, very impressive. Long live N/A!

[v8ksn]

It was simply a drag race out of the cars they had to test.

The 570s maybe the 'entry level' but its around the same price as the R8 V10 so it makes it a valid test (between those two anyway)

[Porsche911R]

570S is about £30k more makes the R8 the thinking mans super car esp with a NA V10

Its faster than a 458 FFS

[IMI A]

Porsche911R said:

570S is about £30k more makes the R8 the thinking mans super car esp with a NA V10

Its faster than a 458 FFS

True but i doubt a 458 owner would be that bothered....the difference in feel good factor is on another level with an F car. Saw a new R8 today. Its new shape is slowly growing on me. Looks very low and wide from the rear.

[Porsche911R]

I think the 488 is the Ferrari feel good factor now, most people with the ££ have switched to a 488 for the pose value.
again the 488 is in another league, Ferrari don't do the Porsche 20bhp thing every 4 years, 430 to 458 to 488 have all been crazy gains every where.

458 being 6 odd years old at £160k just seems a bad buy now imo.

[cayman-black]

I was shocked at how quick that Audi was i thought the mac would win.

[aka_kerrly]

hondansx said:

and some would argue, no matter how fast, an R8 isn't a supercar.

Fair play to the Audi, very impressive. Long live N/A!

I really find the whole notion of R8 not being a supercar very strange. It has the same concept of mid rear engine V8 or V10 engine as nearly every accepted supercar/hypercar and as shown in the video.

Never the less that must have been a fun day out for the MotorTrend team !!

Edited by aka_kerrly on Monday 26th September 20:02

[s2000db]

So is the NSX ever going to be sold in the UK then?

Never seems to be that great in all the comparisons coming from the USA....

[cayman-black]

s2000db said:

So is the NSX ever going to sell in the UK then?

Never seems to be that great in all the comparisons coming from the USA....

I agree!

[Phooey]

I'd like to test the bhp on that R8 and Mac

The R8 is very appealing though, for the money.

[ZX10R NIN]

Take a look at the full test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4f4q52J9qY

I have to say that GT350R is a car I want badly (if it wasn't LHD only) my uncle has one on order lucky sod


I have to say as a track tool that Viper looks hard to beat:

[Steve Rance]

The only thing more boring than one drag race is two drag races. Much more interesting/telling when you add a couple of corners. I suppose that a drag race makes things a lot easier for the journos though. More chance of not cocking everything up completely. Still it makes a change from the rediculous slow motion sideways heroics.

I'll take the viper please.

[IMI A]

anonymous said:

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I'd still have a 458! The R8 i saw yesterday had the wing removed. Had the effect of making the car look a lot lower from the rear.