Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Perfect Example of Why I Love Cars!!!

 
This is exactly what I like to see and am interested about -- nice cars, horsepower specs and quarter-mile times.  But normally when you see a drag race it's almost always just two cars-- but in this video there's 11!
 Ranging from a $50,000 BMW 1-series M Coupe to a $225,000 Ferrari F458 Italia. The total value of the group of 11 cars was $1.5 million, and combined for almost 5,000 horsepower.

The variety of cars from completely different classes of sports cars is what I liked most, often when you see comparisons or races it's always two cars that are very similar and main competitors.  But here you get to see just how much faster the super cars are than the more average sports cars.  But in this case it's kind of the other way around, because the most expensive car, the Ferrari did not win.  To myself and everybody's surprise the winner was the Nissan GTR, costing only a fraction of the more expensive super cars that it rivals with -- $89,950.

It just shows that the most expensive car is not always the fastest, although it was close.

 Below is a full list of participants and specs:

Motor Trend’s “World’s Biggest Drag Race” Results
Competitor/Finish Horsepower Torque Elapsed Time/Speed
1. Nissan GT-R 530 448 11.2 sec @ 121.8 mph
2. Ferrari 458 Italia 557 398 11.3 sec @ 125.6 mph
3. Audi R8 GT 560 398 11.5 sec @125.1 mph
4. Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 563 479 11.7 sec @ 124.1 mph
5. Lexus LFA 552 354 11.9 sec @ 123.7 mph
5. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 505 470 11.9 sec @ 122.5 mph
5. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 450 317 11.9 sec @120.7 mph
8. Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca 444 380 12.4 sec @ 115.0 mph
9. Porsche Cayman R 330 273 12.7 sec @ 111.0 mph
10. BMW 1-Series M 335 369 12.8 sec @ 110.2 mph
11. Lotus Evora S 345 295 12.9 sec @ 109.9 mph

1 comment:

  1. Wow. I was surprised how quick the Nissan GT-R is. I think a lot of people thought less of it because its a Nissan but this is great footage that shows exactly how powerful a Nissan can be! Well worth the money.

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