Ferrari LaFerrari vs Mclaren P1 vs Porsche 918

About a half hours worth. Amazing car, but I was always aware of how valuable the thing I was driving was. Granted if I was more wealthy perhaps I wouldn't have felt that way. That to me makes it hard to refer to it as a "drivers car". Great piece of tech. Art even. But drivers car to me is something you can sling around a track or the street and then park it somewhere without worrying about someone keying it. We all have our own definitions for this stuff I suppose though.

 

Joe, you always post reasonably and i always respect and mostly agree with your views, which is a huge exception to a lot of the things i read on these boards....and in this case i do too, but would simply add that once you get over the price or can forget about the price, the Veyron blows me away every time i drive it! and it is soooo misunderstood by enthusiasts.

 

Thanks man, I appreciate that. To be fair I wouldn't call any of the big three a drivers car either. Too expensive, too much tech, too powerful. 911 Gt3 or 458 for me.

 

just drove the crap out of my Speciale tonight, love that car!

 

they are the best at what they do, by far

the Regera is an unreliable joke and you can't compare aftermarket twin turbo lambos (which also suffer from many problems) to the Veyron

really looking forward to getting the chance to try the Chiron

 

F1-inspired Mercedes-AMG "Project One" Hypercar Redefines Extreme | Automobile Magazine

 

it'll be heavier than the aston but it will also have the traction advantage off the line/out of corners

aston is collaborating with experts within each field

mercedes will be using it's current dominant F1 team to develop the car, aston will be using someone with years worth of F1 wins experience under their belt (adrian newey)

the aston has revealed its aero to be the most extreme EVER on a road car, mercedes has yet to reveal their aero set-up

 

Astons break down, Mercedes don't

 

next week there will be a private preview of the project one in Affaltherbach

 

Did you attend the Geneva showing? Is the showing next week an advancement or update of the project or similar showing to the Geneva event?

 

I don't know exactly if there are something new, I have not visited Geneva in march. Next week is a one to one presentation of approx 1,5 hours.
We will see

 

Porsche is testing the 918 at the Ring again, FWIW

 

Why Is Porsche Testing the 918 Spyder at the Nurburgring Again?

 

They want their Ring lap record back!

 

Recall that the car that set the record was a pre-production version and did not have all the functionality of the production version. Given that and the new faster track layout, it would make sense to set a new time as a true benchmark of the car's potential. Whether or not they share the info will be up to them.

 

Maybe they'll go hire Lambos test driver bc that guy is the real wild card. All he does he go sub 7 at the Ring.

 

Today I've visited the amg headquarters to see the p one.
The car is really impressive, unfortunately I can't tell more because I've signed a nda agreement.
difficult to get one because interest is multiple times the copies of the car...

 

More impressive than the Hyper Aston?

 

Aston is cosworth engine, rimac batteries, not very clear at the moment the power/weight ratio, the car is so little, probably big problems to fit with helmets, I prefer without a doubt the Mercedes

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/scuderia-cameron-glickenhaus-records-preliminary-nurburgring-record-attempt-racer

more hot air from glickenhaus?

 

Auto bild raced a 918 against a superbike in their latest issue. Does anyone have access to the data/articles to post?

 

You do have a GCF account? Well either way, here you go chief.

(Little info: the 918s PDK held back the Big Bang until the car reached 30 km/h... with a better launch 2,4 sec would be possible, according to the author)
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Why would I need a GCF account when I have you my man.

 

Hahaha, cant argue with that.

 

So nothing really shown with that test. Acceleration is pretty much on top of each other. Surface may have been pretty bad as 918 really tailed off after 280 kph. Author is correct in that 2.4s has been done with regularity by 918's. That's evidenced by the number of sub 9.8 s quarter miles while this publication managed a 9.99s. Still, data is data. Just wish I read German.