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If the trap speed is the 60 feet before the end of the 1/4 mile, then it looks like we're seeing 122 mph there for C/D's tests. That is lower than the 125.1 mph trap speed (w/ 11.0 sec 1/4-mile) posted by the factory spec GT-R track edition, but pretty close.
Looks like that is the second posted 0-60 time of 3.4 sec that I've seen now for the AWD V8.
Where have you seen a proper trap speed for the V8 AWD?
As far as I know, we haven't seen a professionally administered independent speed test for the AWD under controlled conditions, so we have no idea what it's trap speed is at this point. That article was done by a journalist who just wanted to see how it ran. They only did one run, and who knows what the conditions were, etc. I read every F-Type review I can get my hands on, so I've seen a lot of similar tests done by other journalists and the numbers are all over. 0-60 times aren't the end all measurement, but in the absence of trap times that is the predominant number we see, and those fluctuate from just over 3 sec to just under 4 sec depending on who did the test.
I agree that the GTR should be the faster car, but it should be pretty close. Based on what we saw in that video, it looked like LC was the deciding factor in that run.
launch control has no bearing on trap speed, only time. in fact spinning wheels off the line will create a higher trap - hard to get your head around but that's just drag racing 101
the AWD is always going to trap lower than a RWD in comparable settings - same engine hp but less weight and drivetrain loss on a RWD
but the extra grip of AWD will produce faster acceleration times
here's another comparo of GTR (nismo) vs rwd F-Type on similar concrete surface
The next generation high performance cars will start doing low 3.0s all day once hybrid technology trickles down. I still remember when 6 seconds was respectable, 5 was fast, and 4 was super car territory. progress!
The next generation high performance cars will start doing low 3.0s all day once hybrid technology trickles down. I still remember when 6 seconds was respectable, 5 was fast, and 4 was super car territory. progress!
I think 0-60 sub 4 seconds is still considered supercar territory. Now we have hypercars with sub 3 second times is all.
07-28-2015, 04:40 PM
