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03-08-2009, 03:44 AM
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03-08-2009, 03:48 AM
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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03-08-2009, 04:21 AM
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no i have the article in my bathroom, they were comparing it to the newest (released m5) the did mention though that the m5 was 5 years old and but that it still showed the strength of the gxp.
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03-08-2009, 01:07 PM
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Sounds like you've spent a good chunk of time reading on the pot. 
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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03-09-2009, 08:01 PM
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GM has built a lot of specialty performance vehicles lately, plus they have a solid base of regular performance cars. Also, the ZR-1 is considered a 'regular' car, it wasn't from the performance division so the regular engineering teams aren't lacking talent either. What else do they need that they haven't already developed? A Saturn Aura redline? A Cadillac SRX-V? Buick Enclave Super? Aveo SS?
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03-10-2009, 03:02 AM
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Malibu SS. I want it.
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03-10-2009, 12:53 PM
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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03-10-2009, 03:22 PM
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I know. I want AWD with a High Output engine.
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 I'm sorry, but I didn't think someone was actually going to post something like that. I'm not trying to sound like an @$$ (more than I usually do) but have there been any tests where the GXP hadn't proven superior? I don't recall top speed testing on the GXP yet. I know that SRT will get well into the 170s, if I remember correctly.Quote:
 However, ZR1 wasn't, Camaro SS wasn't, among others. Hopefully we'll keep seeing high performance development until they come back into being. It'd be a shame to loose all those great cars.Quote:
 It's kinda' distracting when the legs fall asleep though  Sorry - TMI...Quote:
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03-10-2009, 06:25 PM
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=7454 G8 GXP vs. Charger SRT
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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GMHTP MF&FF FTMFW! I'll believe the results from these magazines (I'm sorry - I'm not familiar you the Dodge Boys' rags'  )
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