The Sport Auto magazine is one of the most professional. I bet they don't
include the driver, it is just the standard "curb weight".
Lamborghini should be ashamed of their dirty marketing; the real car weight is
1528 kg.
Are you guys going to correct it above?
Every manufacturer weight isn't right with the actual weight.
Same goes for ferrari and Porsche.
A 997 GT3 may be stated at 1395 kg, but Sport Auto weighted it in at 1445kg.
Not all cars are tested by magazines or other independent sources so we have no
choice - we have to stick with official information provided by manufacturer.
And don't forget that things like power and weight actually does not matter in
the end if the car is able to post better lap times on track. We care about lap
times.
'Did you notice that people only say this about lambos, even though pretty much
every manufacterer doesn't state the full weight.
Ferrari does the same thing.
Didn't we have the same problem with the normal Gallardo?
Because it is only Lamborghini that gives only the ridiculously stupid "dry
weight". The difference in your example (GT3) is 50 kg, but in Lambo's case is
98 kg. Ring a bell?
Here is an opinion from a respected online magazine, Winding Road: "Dry weight -
Lamborghini continues to favor this utterly useless figure over true curb weight
due to the marketing benefits"
http://news.windingroad.com/auto-news/lamborghini-lp640-murciela
go-roadster-lands-in-la-and-poses-no-surprises/#more-3144
I submitted two YouTube videos to Fastestlaps.com Video Shootout database. One
is 5 lap battle @ Tsukuba (The same one you mentioned in Gallardo SL reference)
and the second one is 0-400 challenge. They both come from the same Best
Motoring video DVD and they both compare the same 5 cars.
Superleggera is without a doubt an extremely fast car, but it is the ultimate
gallardo. I was actually impressed with how well the GT-R compared to it. I mean
it is a lot heavier, much more equipped it is a 2+2 and in the end down on power
by 50 - very impressive new Nissan.
The amount of grip Gallardo had on the Tsukuba track was impressive as well, I'm
surprised it didn't do better on the Nordschleife.
well? The Gallardo was nearly a second faster on that thight track.. easy
catched up after the GT-R took a large lead..easy passed it and 5 laps more it
would have easy run out of sight.. sad that BM never pull out the true
perfromance Porsche for a fair compare.. 997 GT3 RS and 997 GT2 the next time
please..
And! If you read the comments on that video @ YouTube you see dozens of people
complaining about BM taking the GTR for spin right before the race. So it
started with warmed-up brakes and tires. That probably explains how easily it
outperformed GT3 and Turbo in braking.
Anyway, it is a 1720kg 480hp 2+2!! This is a standard version, not a v-spec,
evo-spec or what-ever. It did a lap time only a 6 tenths slower than
Superleggera! SL almost has an ash-tray made out of carbon-kevlar - it's an
ultra light mid-engined supercar!
1330 kg is a factory claim, Lamborghini claims dry weight, while the others use
I think, full reservoir and other liquids, driver(75kg)+50kg.
Still 1520 is pretty light for a modern mid engined AWD + it doesn't look very
usable to me,GT-R probably isn't very usable in every day either, but much more
than SL. :D
From fastestlaps host:
"It certainly was a pleasure to watch the GTR being overtaken despite all the
effort they made to insure that it will take the first place."
Not a very impartial statement...
Anyway, i not a GT-R big fan, but if was staged, why record a video where anyone
could see the BS proof? And even so, why lose the race?
False "Factory claim"? Always happens! Every time!
I could be wrong, sure, and i dont mind. But there is too many partial
claims here, from both haters and fanboys. Without this, the forum could be much
better
haha This car sucks at a larger track like Motegi. It got KILLED by the GT-R.
lol so much for the 5 minutes of fame. hahaha Maybe they should line up an R8
against the GT-R lmao.
Not all cars are tested by magazines or other independent sources so we have no
choice - we have to stick with official information provided by manufacturer.
And don't forget that things like power and weight actually does not matter in
the end if the car is able to post better lap times on track. We care about lap
times.
0-160km/h 8.0s ...0-200km/h 12.5s
