Not to leave Motor Trend's recent speed challenge unanswered, rivaling car magazine Road and Track brought the 2012 Nissan GT-R on the race track to see if it qualifies to enter the so-called "Two Second Club" which refers to vehicles that are able to break the 0-60mph (96km/h) sprint in under 3 seconds.
As pointed out by the magazine, few standard production cars can manage this feat - even the Corvette ZR1 fails to do so with a sprint time of 3.5 seconds, while the exotic Ferrari 458 Italia comes close, but does not make the cut at 3.0 seconds flat.
The 530-horsepower 2012 Nissan GT-R with a dirt cheap price tag (for this type of sports car) of $89,950, was put up against the Porsche 911 Turbo S, also with 530HP but with an MSRP of $160,700, and one of the most exclusive and powerful production cars in the world, the $2.8 million Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport with a mind-boggling 1,183-horses.
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Story sources: Road & Track via Autoblog
14 Comments:
Hard to believe that the Bugatti, with more than twice the horsepower, is slower around a track than the Nissan. Though that was the old Veyron they tested at Top Gear, this one should be faster. Nevertheless it comes down to how much better the GT-R it is through the corners. Perhaps the boys at Bugatti should study what Nissan has done. For 2.8 million, their customers deserve to have the cutting edge of technology. Think about it, you could buy 30+ GT-R's for the price of one Bugatti.
Nice to see Porsche up their game with the new 911, the longer wheelbase, which I suspect has moved more of the weight over the wheels, and better aerodynamics seems to have paid off. I like this version, it's cleaner as well as being a little retro looking, more reminiscent of the old 911's
The Veyron was never meant to be the fastest car around the track. Top speed was the number one priority
I'm jealous of anybody that owns any of these vehicles. I would, but there's this little matter of having a roof over my head......that doesn't roll on four wheels.
Oh my god. I can't even imagine what a sub 3-second 0-60 time would be like. The Nissan impresses me the most, because the GT-R brings this kind of performance at a relatively reasonable price. But if given the choice, obviously the Bugatti is the one to have.
That Porsche is the 997 and not the new 991 with the longer wheelbase you inferred. We won't be seeing a twin turbo at least for another year and a half or two.
The Veyron is about high-speed, comfort and luxury. It is to hevy to go fast around a track. It was made to show the world that, "hey, we can make this car go 250+ mph" and that take som effort.
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That wasn't the new 911.....it's not available yet...
why don't they put lamborghini aventador ....
2,9 sec mate ... !!!
Is anyone else confused as to why the all mighty 911 GT2 RS with its 600+ horsepower is slower than the much cheaper and less powerful turbo or turbo s........
4wd vs 2wd, it's all about traction. Laptimes on a circuit will be better in the GT2 though
The GT2 is RWD, the AWD on the turbo s is what gets it off the line faster.
Very simple. GT2 is RWD, Turbo is 4WD. Does all the difference in 0-60 time
As has been said the Bugatti was all about top speed. Not only top speed but the breaking the 400km/h limit in a car that would otherwise be usable everyday. As an engineering achievement it is amazing, as a car in which to feel the passion and soul of someone who loves cars, not so much.
I respect it, but don't like it. Also using the Bugatti badge is wrong, it shows people at VW do not understand what Bugatti is all about. But I guess that Volkswagen Über Corrado R80 4 Motion Mega Turbo doesn't quite have the same impact...
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