Motor Trend Best Drivers Car Competition

onefastdoc · 10-30-2011, 10:31 PM

Anyone read this yet? 11 cars pitted against each other in...

1) 0-60mph
2) 1/4 mile
3) track performance @ Laguna Seca

Cars were driven by Randy Pobst and Justin Bell (both very accomplished race car drivers).

The cars included were the Corvette ZO6 with ZO7 package, Lotus Evora, Ferrari 458 Italia, Audi R8 GT, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Porsche Cayman R, Nissan GT-R, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Lexus LF-A, Mercedes SLS AMG, and BMW 1M Coupe.

The interesting thing is that they really hated the 1M Coupe. Randy Pobst, who rarely says anything bad, said that he has never hated a car, but he really really hates the 1M. (primarily due to poor handling, said it understeers far more than the M3 which already understeers too much). I think that's the first really bad review I've seen of the 1M Coupe. On the other hand, they loved the Cayman R, even more so than the GT3 RS.

The other interesting thing was the comment made by the Ferrari engineer who said that in Maranello, they have a super computer that can predict the performance of a car based on all of it's statistics, and based on the computer's calculations they cannot for the life of them figure out how the GT-R can be so fast. Funny. Regardless, the 458 is truly amazing, and was crowned king.

Pete_vB · 10-30-2011, 10:38 PM

Oh, I think one or two people here might have seen that article...
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=580192
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=599859

Pete_vB · 10-30-2011, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onefastdoc

The other interesting thing was the comment made by the Ferrari engineer who said that in Maranello, they have a super computer that can predict the performance of a car based on all of it's statistics, and based on the computer's calculations they cannot for the life of them figure out how the GT-R can be so fast. Funny.

This is just Italian for "the Nurburgring GT-R was a ringer".

HERR FSTIR · 10-31-2011, 12:42 AM

Yeah this has been discussed ad nauseum, but here is some more interesting info on the MT review from Bimmerfile...

http://www.bimmerfile.com/2011/10/29...t-drivers-car/

HERR FSTIR · 10-31-2011, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete_vB

This is just Italian for "the Nurburgring car was a ringer".

Yes, I believe when the ring time for the GT-R first came out the guys over at M3post.com did some computer simulations with cartest and concluded the test car was substantially underrated.

LeifW · 10-31-2011, 09:06 AM

Leif W.

Redadair · 10-31-2011, 11:03 AM

Can you say REPOST!!!!

Please we know he Hates the 1M!!!! I hate him so were even then!!!

mPlasticDesign · 10-31-2011, 11:43 AM

So OneFastDoc, how many times and how many different sections do you intend to repost this? LOL

We get it, you don't like the 1M.....

In regards to the 1M:

Quote:

Originally Posted by onefastdoc

Hmmm....no thank you. I'll stick with the M3.

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onefastdoc Lieutenant 115 Rep 424 Posts Drives: 2016 F80 M3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: L.A. iTrader: (2)	Motor Trend Best Drivers Car Competition Anyone read this yet? 11 cars pitted against each other in... 1) 0-60mph 2) 1/4 mile 3) track performance @ Laguna Seca Cars were driven by Randy Pobst and Justin Bell (both very accomplished race car drivers). The cars included were the Corvette ZO6 with ZO7 package, Lotus Evora, Ferrari 458 Italia, Audi R8 GT, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Porsche Cayman R, Nissan GT-R, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Lexus LF-A, Mercedes SLS AMG, and BMW 1M Coupe. The interesting thing is that they really hated the 1M Coupe. Randy Pobst, who rarely says anything bad, said that he has never hated a car, but he really really hates the 1M. (primarily due to poor handling, said it understeers far more than the M3 which already understeers too much). I think that's the first really bad review I've seen of the 1M Coupe. On the other hand, they loved the Cayman R, even more so than the GT3 RS. The other interesting thing was the comment made by the Ferrari engineer who said that in Maranello, they have a super computer that can predict the performance of a car based on all of it's statistics, and based on the computer's calculations they cannot for the life of them figure out how the GT-R can be so fast. Funny. Regardless, the 458 is truly amazing, and was crowned king. __________________ *OneFastDoc* 2012 R35 GT-R Full Bolt On E85 (600whp) 2016 F80 M3 2008 E90 M3 sold 2007 E92 335i (369whp, 354wtq) sold
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