The 10 Quickest Cars of 2008
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01-03-2009, 02:01 AM
The 10 Quickest Cars of 2008
The 10 Quickest Cars of 2008 - Feature
Closing out the year with the hardest-launching rides to wear our test gear in ‘08.
December 2008
2008 saw the car market go in the tank and efficiency become the new buzzword, but that didn’t stop us from testing a whole slew of cars capable of distorting the senses with a heavy prod of the throttle pedal. Amongst the plethora of vehicles—both exotic and mundane—that graced our office, many of which posted stellar performance figures of their own when fitted with our testing equipment, it takes a special combination of power and control to be recognized as one of the quickest vehicles of the year. But here they are, and notice that all easily can run 11-second quarter miles, with two dipping well into the 10s. Including a stable of American muscle cars, several exotics—both tuned and untouched—the return of the Nissan GT-R, and the almighty Bugatti Veyron, this grouping represents some of the most rapid ground transport available today. For this purpose, we first look at 0-to-60-mph sprints, which for this lot ranges from 3.7 seconds to a blistering 2.5. If those figures are identical, the car that best keeps its pace through the quarter mile advances up the list.
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10. Heffner Lamborghini Gallardo 850 Twin Turbo
Base Price: $239,400
0-to-60-mph time: 3.7 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.3 @ 137 mph
Two turbos, two fewer drive wheels—and Ferraris in its crosshairs.
Read the full test here.
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9. Heffner Ford GT 1000 Twin Turbo
Base Price: $207,645
0-to-60-mph time: 3.7 sec
Quarter-mile time: 10.6 @ 152 mph
Gentle off the line, then hang on; this GT is all about boost.
Read the full test here.
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8. Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Base Price: $73,255
0-to-60-mph time: 3.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.7 @ 124 mph
Chevy’s middleweight Vette shows just how far America’s sports car has come.
Read the full test here.
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7. Porsche 911 Turbo
Base Price: $127,060
0-to-60-mph time: 3.5 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.8 @ 120 mph
Porsche’s point-and-shoot road rocket for recreational daredevils.
Read the full test here.
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6. Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
Base Price: $99,891
0-to-60-mph time: 3.4 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.8 @ 126 mph
Loud and proud, the ACR makes no apologies for being brutally effective.
Read the full test here.
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5. Katech Chevrolet Corvette Z06 ClubSport
Base Price: $109,000
0-to-60-mph time: 3.4 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.6 @ 126 mph
The featherweight of the bunch, the ClubSport sticks like glue and goes like stink.
Read the full test here.
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4. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Base Price: $105,000
0-to-60-mph time: 3.4 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.5 @ 128 mph
With a supercharged V-8 so special it gets its own window, the ZR1 raises the bar for all future Corvettes.
Read the full test here.
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3. Nissan GT-R
Base Price: $70,475
0-to-60-mph time: 3.3 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.5 @ 124 mph
Continuing the legend of Godzilla, Nissan’s samurai proves thrust can’t be measured by MSRP.
Read the full test here.
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2. Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano
Base Price: $318,045
0-to-60-mph time: 3.3 sec
Quarter-mile time: 11.2 @ 131 mph
A 12-cylinder, internal-combustion symphony fit for Michael Schumacher.
Read the full test here.
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1. Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Base Price: $1,657,700
0-to-60-mph time: 2.5 sec
Quarter-mile time: 10.1 @ 142 mph
All-wheel drive, four turbos, and 1001 hp easily put the Bug out front, for a price greater than the rest of the cars here combined.
Read the full test here.
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01-03-2009, 07:52 PM
Video of Bugatti Veyron post crash
Fast is the ultimate, but stopping is rather important and we all love a good car crash (w/o injury or death) of the exotic kind:
2007 First Crashed Bugatti Veyron Worlds Fastest Cars
2007 First Crashed Bugatti Veyron Worlds Fastest Cars
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01-03-2009, 08:57 PM
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ultima gtr
standing ¼ mile time of 9.9secs @ 143mph
1.176g lateral grip around a 200ft diameter circle
9.4 secs for the 0-100mph-0 sprint
0-60mph in 2.6 secs
0-100mph in 5.3 secs
braked to zero from 100mph in a mind blowing 3.6 secs, which are all in themselves road car world record times
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standing ¼ mile time of 9.9secs @ 143mph
1.176g lateral grip around a 200ft diameter circle
9.4 secs for the 0-100mph-0 sprint
0-60mph in 2.6 secs
0-100mph in 5.3 secs
braked to zero from 100mph in a mind blowing 3.6 secs, which are all in themselves road car world record times
[IMG]file:///C:/Users/S/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/img]
link to site
Last edited by SFactor2; 01-03-2009 at 09:08 PM.
#7
01-03-2009, 11:17 PM
It is true that depending on which drive-line the owner installs, the Ultima GTR is one of, if not the fastest road legal cars out there, but it is a kit car and not a full production car.
When you purchase one from the factory in England, it comes in a few, very large crates and you have to choose, purchase, and install the entire drivetrain, the braking system and the fuel system as well as electronics. Not to mention paint it and either assemble and tune it yourself or have someone else do it for you.
A local business owner I know flew over to the factory and ordered a GTR. When he got it, he dropped in a camm'ed up, poked and stroked LS7 7.0L C6 Z06 crate motor and Porsche 911 G50 tranny. It puts down right at 700-725whp N/A and it weighs a little less than 2100lbs. That is more power and less weight than the GTR tested above with the 9.9 sec 1/4 mile and 9.0 sec 0-100-0mph run. That GTR had about 630-650whp from a twin turbo Lexus V8 that weighed an ass-load more that the all aluminum LS7.
So from the perspective of Car and Driver, the above listed vehicles were the quickest production vehicles they had available to them in the U.S. for purchase and registration.
When you purchase one from the factory in England, it comes in a few, very large crates and you have to choose, purchase, and install the entire drivetrain, the braking system and the fuel system as well as electronics. Not to mention paint it and either assemble and tune it yourself or have someone else do it for you.
A local business owner I know flew over to the factory and ordered a GTR. When he got it, he dropped in a camm'ed up, poked and stroked LS7 7.0L C6 Z06 crate motor and Porsche 911 G50 tranny. It puts down right at 700-725whp N/A and it weighs a little less than 2100lbs. That is more power and less weight than the GTR tested above with the 9.9 sec 1/4 mile and 9.0 sec 0-100-0mph run. That GTR had about 630-650whp from a twin turbo Lexus V8 that weighed an ass-load more that the all aluminum LS7.
So from the perspective of Car and Driver, the above listed vehicles were the quickest production vehicles they had available to them in the U.S. for purchase and registration.
Last edited by Sid 6.7; 01-03-2009 at 11:22 PM.
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