Who owns the Enzo being tested at Nardo in latest Autocar/Auto Motor und Sport?

From what I know, Ferrari doesn't really help out for tests like this, just in case the magazine can't come up with "good looking" numbers.

I would suspect this was a customer's car. Although, I've also heard Ferrari strongly "discourages" owners from doing this.

 

I'm not sure about the owner, but I think there were teams from several of the manufacturers. I remember seeing pics of a Porsche and Ferrari factory time.

 

I've already seen the footage of this test on my local PBS station show Auto Motor und Sport it was shown in three parts.
And for those who don't get either magazines they also tested not only top speed but also 0-60, 0-186, and lap time around Autodromo del Levante Binetto here's a list of the cars.

Ferrari Enzo
Porsche Carrera GT
Mercedes SLR
Lamborghini Murcielago
Bentley Continental GT
Aston Martin DB9

The speed run's where at night around Nardo with only car not breaking into the 200mph club being th DB9.

Top Speeds:

Enzo at 222mph
Porsche at 207.5mph
SLR at 207.5
Lambo at 205mph
Bentley 200.7mph
AMDB9 192mph

0-62 and 0-182 times

Enzo 3.6s 26.1s
Porsche 3.8s 34.2s
SLR 3.8s 30.6s
Lambo 3.7s 30.6s
Bentley 5.2s 67.2s
AMDB9 5.0s 74.6s

Lap time at Binetto which is not a mile long.

Enzo 54.98s
Posche 53.86s
SLR 57.45s
Lambo 55.82
Bentley 61.66s
AMDB9 58.82s

The whole thing was impressive especially the night running at Nardo.

 

I think the Enzo's all run different top speeds... I saw video of an Enzo taht supposedly got to 228... I think some are just factory beasts.

 

Well in an article written before about the XJ220 it was noted that while it was only getting 217 it could get 4 or 5 more mph if it were flat.

So that puts the Enzo right in the mid to high 220 range.

 

The Enzo belongs to the factory. The licenseplate on the enzo on Nardo is the same as one of the cars own by the factory.

 

In terms of top speed for an Enzo, a friend of mine has managed 377km/h (235 mph) in his on a public road. This speed was downloaded off the car's computer by a Ferrari technician, which is a real actual speed. The owner said that the speedo registered 385 km/h at the time and was on the red line.....

 

Nice!

 

Lap time at Binetto which is not a mile long.

Enzo 54.98s
Posche 53.86s
SLR 57.45s
Lambo 55.82
Bentley 61.66s
AMDB9 58.82s

I am suprised the enzo did not post better (comparitively) lap times. Is Binetto a very tight track? But even if it is, to have such a vastly superior acceleration time to the db9 you would think that even a moderate straight would garner more than 4 seconds.

 

I gotta say that the Lambo Murc. is a pretty good deal for the money esp since it costs 2/3 or less the MSRP of the SLR, C-GT, or Enzo, even less used as you can pick one up for under $200k

 

Not trying to burst any1's bubble, but...
Whoever does 377km/h on a public road in the US is pardon to say a moron!

 

Here's a link to a track map of it.
And has you can see it's pretty tight track.
Motor Racing Circuits Database
Address:http://www.racingcircuits.net/Italy/index.html

It's only 0.9 of mile of 1,577m so it's smaller than Fiorano.

 

Also if you look at the Enzo's braking you can see that there has to be something wrong with it. The F50 outbrakes a Murcielago from that speed. It has also oubtraked or run even with the CGT in just about every other test done.

I even talked to a guy who has done extensive work on the 997, worked on the CGT, and discussed the CGT and Enzo with Porsches test drivers. They think the CGT has a slight advantage on slow tracks and the Ring due to extensive testing, but the Enzo might be a little quicker on faster tracks where downforce and the extra power would come in.

He told me he felt the CGT probably had a slight braking advantage, but even he felt there was something wrong. There is no way the Murcielago should have a track time that close and the braking was essentially impossible for a fully working Enzo.

 

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