Drag Race of the century

I do love my GTR. Best daily driver I have ever owned!

 

Great video. I wonder why they did not include a Lamborghini

 

No doubt it's quicker from a stoplight. In the latest Road and Track issue it was quicker 0-45 than a Bugatti Veyron Supersport which costs a cool $2.7 million. 0-60 the GTR was 2.94 seconds and the Bugatti a mind blowing 2.5 seconds!! The GTR is a blast to drive and has a huge trunk to boot (pun intended But let's not kid ourselves, it no 458 Italia which is one of the all time great supercars.

 

I'm afraid I struggle to get excited about drag races of road cars. I don't think it is the be-all and end-all of performance. Handling and making the driver feel connected to the car is much more important.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

While not as spectacular, "Mean Green vs. Ferrari" is still a drag race worth looking at.

see ... http://tinyurl.com/44d7p2x

 

The fact that all of those were under 13-flat is damn impressive. When people talk about the "muscle car era", they don't realize that you would have had a hard time fielding eleven stock (as delivered) cars capable of hitting under 14-flat.

It's unfortunate that MT didn't use the fastest of each example. For example, using a Z06 Corvette instead of a ZR1 put the Corvette a few places behind. Porsche, Mustang, BMW...all have faster examples. I understand, though, that it makes for a less clumped finish the way they did it.

 

So...help me understand...The Nissan GTR comes in first at 11.2 seconds with a speed of only 121.8MPH, while the 458 comes in second at 11.3 seconds with a speed of 125.6 MPH.

So, does this mean a slow start, but rapidly closing at the end?

The R8 which finished 3rd also had a 125+ MPH as well...so it was closing too!???

 

With gtr its all about launch control traction at the start. Thats why its fastest car in world at the start of a race then other cars with less weight and more hp catch up.