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I have to admit Italians do make the best looking super cars but like you said the gtr is a beast in performance.
I personally like how the gtr looks. Sometimes people put silly mods on them, which makes them look ridiculous but when done right then can look stunning.
I drove a friend's TT Gallardo several years ago, perhaps 2009 time frame, when only Heffner was doing it. It was crazy fast. I really don't see how these 1200+ hp cars can put the power to the pavement; I could not get anywhere close to full throttle in first or second.
I drove a friend's TT Gallardo several years ago, perhaps 2009 time frame, when only Heffner was doing it. It was crazy fast. I really don't see how these 1200+ hp cars can put the power to the pavement; I could not get anywhere close to full throttle in first or second.
AWD.
Even then, the higher horsepower cars will have traction issues until well over 100mph. A friend of mine used to have a twin turbo Viper... He could break the tires loose at 130mph. Switched to a modded Porsche Turbo and it was better, but he doesn't even bother racing from a stop anymore, he just does 60mph pulls. There's just no traction down low.
I drove an Aventador at Palm Beach Raceway last spring as part of the Lamborhgini Esperienza and was pretty disappointed in the thing. I couldn't believe that a 2013 model year car that costs $400k msrp still didn't have a dual clutch gear box; it was like doing the saturday night live head bob thing while testing out launch mode. Handling wasn't all that great either, although the traction control was fairly good; not interfering with drivers that know what they're doing but helping a lot for those that didn't. I'm very happy to hear the Gallardo replacement finally has a modern gearbox; it looks great too. Very excited about that car.
I drove an Aventador at Palm Beach Raceway last spring as part of the Lamborhgini Esperienza and was pretty disappointed in the thing. I couldn't believe that a 2013 model year car that costs $400k msrp still didn't have a dual clutch gear box; it was like doing the saturday night live head bob thing while testing out launch mode. Handling wasn't all that great either, although the traction control was fairly good; not interfering with drivers that know what they're doing but helping a lot for those that didn't. I'm very happy to hear the Gallardo replacement finally has a modern gearbox; it looks great too. Very excited about that car.
I recall that Lamborghini claimed they didn't install a dual clutch in the Aventador because a dual clutch box weighs ~400 pounds more than a single clutch box. I guess that's kinda important, considering that the Aventador already weighs 2 tons the way it is.
Of course, Pagani uses the same reasoning in not including a dual-clutch box in its $1+ million Huayra, which is considerably lighter than the Aventador.
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