motor trend bdc award

What makes you think price has anything to do with performance?

 

I think they chose the right car. The Mustang was also a good contender.
Of course individual preferences may vary, but these were two solid pics.
next year when the new z28 is out it will be even more interesting.

One thing we are seeing. if you really nwat to enjoy a car at speed its at the track most likely a DE event. in which case we are seeing the re-emergnce of cars fun to drive on street and good on track.

 

The 570 as told to me by the Mclaren agent is a 675 underneath with a bit less hp and tires.

The M3/M4 is now a waste of a car, so far from where the m3 started, its a heavy machine
and like all recent BMWs not really lithe. So the Gts is an attempt to make a pig sing. The Gt3 is in another orbit.


My problem with these tests is they really tell you little in terms of actual use. If you read the articles of the test, its clear one lap is to warm new fresh tires and then they go on to say you get 2-3 great laps before the tires start to loose it. So in what universe is this relevant data to actualy using a car. You know r compounds not really good on street and fairly treacherous untill warm, and only good for 3 fast track laps.

Too many cars enginered to win magazine tests. Methinks its time for tests to show 10 lap average laptime, fastest and slowest lap, thats relevant to actual use. or even beettr lest see how these peform on street with proper street tires and how the eprform on track runnign track tires, because thats the way many use them

These track tests remind me of the old days when Hp was quoted as sae gross.

But yeah the 570,Gt3,and Gt350R are the real thing, if you actualy go to the track. I dont mention the viper because while technicaly street legal the ACR is not really a street car anymore.

Cool video though. Spidey maybe you want to try a 350R.

 

The 570 is by far the nicest looking of the bunch.

 

Motor Trend... ha! I couldn't care what those dorks think when it comes to a drivers car.
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