Smugolo

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3 years ago 

Honestly, all the lap times except for the Nordschleife should be deleted - or at the very least marked with ...

Some data from the Evo Magazine July 2022 issue: Anglesey Coastal: 1:18.5 - Dry ("perfect conditions"), Sport spec V6 MT, ...

That's only applicable to short laps. The Cup 2 Rs are designed to only give you this massive advantage over ...

QR weighs cars without a driver and then adds flat 100kg to simulate driver and equipment. So the actual weight ...

The "EU Spec" weighs the same as the "US Spec". Novitec weighed a customer car and it was 1700kg. The ...

You can't take the weights from the Carwow overlay which mixes dry and kerb. The F8 is about 1550kg, the ...

Motortrend weighed the Lucid Air (so not even the Dream edition which will very likely be heavier) at 5266lb: https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-lucid-air-grand-touring-electric-luxury-car-first-test-review/ ...

Who is telling lies? Everyone. The Plaid has more than 1020hp - the motors are capable of 1250hp and it's ...

How the torque curve affects the acceleration is a different discussion to whether "torque-to-weight" is a meaningful metric, but yes, ...

I am not sure what you are asking exactly. The torque you get at the wheels is - as I ...

There is no such thing as "torque-to-weight ratio". The torque at the wheels is dependent on gearing and the gearing ...

...You might want to read my comment.."Carefully" next time.. You might want to stop editing your comments after someone called ...

@phavyarden Yeah, but was it at the Autozeitung test track? There is nothing in the initial post or the following ...

Bad news but good info.

@w0o0dy The GT-R Mk.3 hasn't yet achieved its claimed 10.8 s quarter mile. So far the best time is 10.889 ...

@Wads Better, but not perfect :-) I think it should read 580 bhp, not 480. Also, most magazines report torque ...

I guess it's the M3 GTS - in some strange Japanese version without the rear wing (compere the caved bottom ...

Nice to finally see the 1/4 mile time here. But... it's the wrong one, as the Aventador had already done ...

But then, how are those times so slow? Was there a change of layout? Was it in the wet? Or ...

Where does the quarter mile trap speed come from? As far as I know, the 10.8s time is what Nissan ...

Hmm, I have added the Balocco time - 2:55:51 - but for some reason it shows 2:55:00. I am pretty ...

I don't see how the 19.4s @ 266 1000m time could be possible. If you look at cars that do ...

This car is so ridiculous that I might actually like it. I mean, 800hp? Really? Live rear axle is indeed ...

@MondayBlues Carbon fibers aren't basically plastic. They are not plastic in any way at all. The form in which they ...

@E Yeah, sometimes it is advantagous to let the tires slip a little to get the engine to rev but ...

@w0o0dy What video are you talking about? The only video I have found (and have seen before) is one without ...

@Man1 no, i don't get a word of what you wrote. Nevermind, then. Carry on. To explain what I want ...

@Mike B Search for the 3.0s and 9.9s times in AUTO ZEITUNG 18/2009.

It is worth to mention that the only way to decide whether any two cars are competitors is to see ...

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