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LSxcellent · 11-12-2007, 10:20 PM

Just to reiterate my point from earlier...

The 1001hp Bugatti Veyron (which is AWD) does NOT get to 149mph in the 1/4 mile. The best record is 10.2sec @ 142.9mph (Road and Track Feb 2007).

If THAT car can't do it, than we know the GTR cannot. So it IS a misprint.

'Ring times are always smudged, and none of us are that talented anyway, so its sort of a useless figure. It's like saying your Corvette can run the ring in X time... yeah, your Corvette with a F1 driver behind the wheel and with 100 tries! It's interesting, but only in an academic sense.

I'm interested to know more about its AWD system... it's an incredible bit of engineering. It has two drive shafts with a transaxle in the rear run by a dual clutch mechanism with active center and rear differentials! That's some stuff right there... Anyone know where a technical diagram or chassis photo is?

Anyway, its a beast alright... but if the GTR can just barely outrun the Z06 I wonder what the ZR1 is going to make of it?

~LSx

11-12-2007, 10:20 PM	#89
LSxcellent Drives: MINI Cooper S Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 284	Just to reiterate my point from earlier... The 1001hp Bugatti Veyron (which is AWD) does NOT get to 149mph in the 1/4 mile. The best record is 10.2sec @ 142.9mph (Road and Track Feb 2007). If THAT car can't do it, than we know the GTR cannot. So it IS a misprint. 'Ring times are always smudged, and none of us are that talented anyway, so its sort of a useless figure. It's like saying your Corvette can run the ring in X time... yeah, your Corvette with a F1 driver behind the wheel and with 100 tries! It's interesting, but only in an academic sense. I'm interested to know more about its AWD system... it's an incredible bit of engineering. It has two drive shafts with a transaxle in the rear run by a dual clutch mechanism with active center and rear differentials! That's some stuff right there... Anyone know where a technical diagram or chassis photo is? Anyway, its a beast alright... but if the GTR can just barely outrun the Z06 I wonder what the ZR1 is going to make of it? ~LSx __________________ "When you turn your car on, does it return the favor?"