¡Aye, Carrera! The First Full Test of Porsche's Carrera GT Supercar

[NFS4]

¡Aye, Carrera! The First Full Test of Porsche's Carrera GT Supercar

Several runs later and we?ve got our answers, a best 0-to-60-mph of the day of 3.5 seconds, just inside Porsche?s official figure. The 0-to-100-mph figure of 7.06 seconds is just outside Porsche?s claimed 6.9 seconds for the almost-equivalent 0-to-160-km/h drag. But the quarter-mile time of 11.35 seconds, pulling a terminal of 129.5 mph, is astonishing. Remember, this thing wears license plates and passes emissions tests. The most gloriously unlikely statistic only comes later, with the full digest of the Correvit?s number-crunched statistics. The GT has the capacity to do 0 to 100 mph
and then back to rest again in just 11.6 seconds, in a distance of just 882 feet?considerably less than the length of the deck of an aircraft carrier. It is not quite as fast as a McLaren F1, 0.7 second shy to 100 mph, short by the same margin to 120 mph. But is there anything else out there that comes even close? Let?s hope Ferrari will lend us an Enzo, and Mercedes an SLR McLaren to help us find out.

Sure, by any rational standard $440,000 is a ridiculous amount to even think about paying for a car, even two or three cars. But after one day in the company of the Porsche Carrera GT, it really does begin to look dangerously like a bargain.

 

[NFS4]

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[MustISO]

Damn, I only have $390,000 available for a car purchase. Gotta keep saving...

 

[Shockwave]

Very nice. But lets be honest here people
GT40 > GT

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Very nice. But lets be honest here people
GT40 > GT

That's a close call....

But I'd take the Carrera GT

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Very nice. But lets be honest here people
GT40 > GT

That's a close call....

But I'd take the Carrera GT

Eh, I probably would too....But dont tell anyone Heck I could sell the Gt and buy 3 GT40's :beer:

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Very nice. But lets be honest here people
GT40 > GT

That's a close call....

But I'd take the Carrera GT

Eh, I probably would too....But dont tell anyone Heck I could sell the Gt and buy 3 GT40's :beer:

And it's not the GT40...it's called the Ford GT. Ford can't legally call it the GT40 anymore

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Very nice. But lets be honest here people
GT40 > GT

That's a close call....

But I'd take the Carrera GT

Eh, I probably would too....But dont tell anyone Heck I could sell the Gt and buy 3 GT40's :beer:

And it's not the GT40...it's called the Ford GT. Ford can't legally call it the GT40 anymore

They cant, But I can. Its a GT40 through and through, and attorneys be damned!

 

[Confused]

Niiiiice!!


Confused

 

[Shockwave]

Makes for a tough choice. That Detroit Iron hangs on tenaciously for being some $300,000 cheaper!

Ford GT - Porsche GT

0 - 60 >> 3.3 - 3.5

0 - 100 >> 7.6 - 7.06

1/4 mile >> 11.6@128 - 11.35@129.5

Max Lat (g) >> 0.98 - 0.95

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Sweet! Still, I can't help but be a little disappointed that nobody seems willing/able to best the McLaren, ten years out. In theory the Bugatti should be able to, but I'll believe that when I see it.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Sweet! Still, I can't help but be a little disappointed that nobody seems willing/able to best the McLaren, ten years out. In theory the Bugatti should be able to, but I'll believe that when I see it.

I think one key point there is the design goals. The McLaren was built ground up to be the best. Period. Nearly every other car built has price points which means you cant have an all out rocket of a car.

 

[Nebor]

The Koenigsegg beats the McLaren around the track...

 

[spazo]

Gimme a used Z06 and about $30k(Ligenfelter twin turbo package which is about 750hp) and I'll be running circles around both those cars

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Nebor
The Koenigsegg beats the McLaren around the track...

Link?

 

[BigSmooth]

Not only is it fast as hell, it also looks gorgeous. Awesome car.

 

[Vic]

So unbelievably sexy...

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Nebor
The Koenigsegg beats the McLaren around the track...

It seems the jury is still out on the Koenigsegg, though, in that no major publication (at least that I am aware of) has put it through a full instrumented test. It certainly seems promising, though on some level I can't help but feel that a turbocharged V-8 (isn't it a Ford block?) is a cheaper, less satisfying way for a supercar to build power than a handbuilt, NA V-12.

 

[Shlong]

More gorgeous car I've ever seen, good job Porsche.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: spazo
Gimme a used Z06 and about $30k(Ligenfelter twin turbo package which is about 750hp) and I'll be running circles around both those cars

Maybe in terms of speed (and perhaps even ultimate grip), but definitely not in terms of handling . . .

 

[spazo]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Originally posted by: spazo
Gimme a used Z06 and about $30k(Ligenfelter twin turbo package which is about 750hp) and I'll be running circles around both those cars

Maybe in terms of speed (and perhaps even ultimate grip), but definitely not in terms of handling . . .

It'll do .97g on the skidpad, more then the Carrera and a little less then the Gt....

 

[Aharami]

:Q mommy i want one of those

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: spazo

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Originally posted by: spazo
Gimme a used Z06 and about $30k(Ligenfelter twin turbo package which is about 750hp) and I'll be running circles around both those cars

Maybe in terms of speed (and perhaps even ultimate grip), but definitely not in terms of handling . . .

It'll do .97g on the skidpad, more then the Carrera and a little less then the Gt....

As I said in my original post, roadholding/grip != handling.

 

[NFS4]

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupe/112_0401_porschegt/

 

[maziwanka]

holy bust a nut