A magazine called MPH did full tests on these cars, the results are in the March 2005 issue as follows:

0 to 62 mph

Aston 5.0
Bentley 5.2
Lambo 3.7
Porsche 3.8
Mercedes 3.8
Ferrari 3.6

0 to 124 mph

Aston 16.7
Bentley 17.2
Lambo 12.5
Porsche 10.7
Mercedes 10.7
Ferrari 10.3

0 to 186 mph Top Speed

Aston 74.6 192 mph
Bentley 67.2 201 mph
Lambo 37.6 205 mph
Porsche 34.2 208 mph
Mercedes 30.6 208 mph
Ferrari 26.1 221 mph

These tests were performed on a 7.8 mile banked oval called Nardo in Italy. Now they also tested these cars on a road course called Autodromo del Levante. And they mentioned that the Carrera GT was fastest at this road course by more than a second than any of the other cars.

Seeing as how the Enzo is definately faster in the straights it just proves what an awesome track car the Carrera GT really is!

 

Wow... the SLR is faster than the CGT to 186 by almost 4sec!?!

 

would it having a slushbox have anything to do with that time? i mean gettin it off the line would be easier than the cgt and changing gears would have minimal difference?

 

That statistic surprised me as well. The CGT and the SLR are even to 124 mph (approx a 1/4 mile), but somewhere thereafter, the SLR rips past the CGT. At those speeds, 4 seconds is a HUGE gap -- many many cars.

Craig

 

Hmm... The CGT gets 0-124 mph (or 200kph) in 10.7? Doesn't Porsche literature quote that time at 9.9? Something seems a little off.

Straight line power-wise, I would have expected Enzo, CGT, then SLR, unless the SLR has really slippery aerodynamics, and less downforce.

 

Yep. At 180mph, that's a mile every 20 seconds, so a 4 second gap is 1/5 of a mile, or a little over 300 yds.

 

Buddy, What made you decide to keep your TT?

 

SLR and Enzo ownz j00

 

don't know about you guys, but i don't plan to be hanging around in a straight line at those speeds too often. however, if an SLR wants to try me with the introduction of any remotely decent corner (where i hang out all the time), i'll wave bye bye as the pathetic SLR track times have thus far proven. it's a schitty GT car and it's a schitty track car. when i say "schitty", i mean it doesn't do either task "super" as in "super"car. it does a decent job at both. as well, even if you don't mind having a posuer automatic, the tire and brake eating on that pig will be significantly more than the more sports car weighted CGT (or Enzo).

 

wait, you mean the CGT handles better than the SLR??? and it's not an auto??? who knew?

moral of the story:
while the CGT may be slower in straight line, it's no secret that it's faster in the corners.

 

Pathetic track car? All the times I have show it a second from the ~ 1 second from the CGT and ~2 seconds from the Enzo. Does that mean the CGT is ****ty compared to the Enzo?

 

really? how about a 1 mile road course in Bari by AMS:

Porsche 53.86
Enzo 54.98
Lambo (Merci) 55.82
SLR 57.45

4 sec/lap means the CGT will lap the barge in less than 14 laps (if the tires make it that long carrying all that lard).

like i said, it's not supercar material on the track and most who have reviewed the car say it's fairly uncomfortable as a street car. it's billed as a $1/2 mil "supercar", so why is everyone trying to make excuses for it?

btw, "all the times i have" is apparently the SINGLE top gear test of the cars on entirely different days because that is the ONLY test in which the Enzo beat the CGT on any track - much less by almost a full second.

 

Ben, we are in agreement here. The SLR is like (at least a little) my E55, incredible grunt and off you go. But, if you put a turn in the way, foreget about it! CGT is aaaaaaawesome.

 

I never wanted to get rid of it. Financial reasons mainly were the culprit. I am about 70% sure I can keep it now. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

 

Around 700 lbs difference between the SLR and GT makes the big difference on the track!