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[Soup]

Sport Auto Test - Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS (MR) vs Porsche Taycan Turbo GT (WP)

HHR - 1:46,20 / 1:46,30
Vmax: 256 km/h / 279 km/h
Max Lateral G-Force: 1,50 g / 1,30 g
Air / Asphalt Temperature: 19 c / 23 c

Acceleration:

0-40: 1,5 / 0,9
0-100: 3,7 / 2,3
0-160: 7,5 / 4,4
0-200: 11,6 / 6,4

Slalom 18m: 78,6 km/h / 73,9 km/h

Braking:

100-0(Cold): 39,8 m / 37,7 m
100-0(Warm): 28,9 m / 32,4 m
200-0(Warm): 109,8 m / 122,6 m

Tire Brand: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R / Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS
Tire Size: 245/35/20 | 295/30/20 - 265/35/21 | 305/30/21

Weight: 1,417 kg / 2,241 kg
Weight Distribution: 41,8/58,2% | 50,0/50,0%

Price as Tested: 237,367 € / 242,284 €

 

[Bridster]

A reasonable upgrade for the GT4RS MR - 1.4s ahead of the regular GT4RS.

A good time for the Taycan as well (only 0.5s behind the 992 GT3), but quite far away from the Senna equaling Laguna Seca lap time - proving once again that you can't compare a factory lap to an independent one. And still it's the dumb 2 seat version, too, which I will never stop mentioning because of how dumb it is.

 

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[Revvd]

Those poor tires on the Taycan got cooked.

 

[Rolf]

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Wow their times virtually the same, 1:46.2 /1:46.3

 

[Rolf]

Sport Auto Test - Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS (MR) vs Porsche Taycan Turbo GT (WP)

HHR - 1:46,20 / 1:46,30
Vmax: 256 km/h / 279 km/h
Max Lateral G-Force: 1,50 g / 1,30 g
Air / Asphalt Temperature: 19 c / 23 c

Acceleration:

0-40: 1,5 / 0,9
0-100: 3,7 / 2,3
0-160: 7,5 / 4,4
0-200: 11,6 / 6,4

Slalom 18m: 78,6 km/h / 73,9 km/h

Braking:

100-0(Cold): 39,8 m / 37,7 m
100-0(Warm): 28,9 m / 32,4 m
200-0(Warm): 109,8 m / 122,6 m

Tire Brand: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R / Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS
Tire Size: 245/35/20 | 295/30/20 - 265/35/21 | 305/30/21

Weight: 1,417 kg / 2,241 kg
Weight Distribution: 41,8/58,2% | 50,0/50,0%

Price as Tested: 237,367 € / 242,284 €

Wow check the Taycan GT acceleration figures!!!

Its faster to 200km/h (6.4sec vs 6.6sec) than the Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale just tested recently!!! Holy Crap!!

HHR - 1:43,50
Vmax: 287 km/h
Max Lateral G-Force: 1,55 g
Air / Asphalt Temperature: 12c / 20c

Acceleration:

0-40: 0,9
0-100: 2,3
0-160: 4,4
0-200: 6,6

Slalom 18m: 71,1 km/h

Braking:

100-0(Cold): 39,4 m
100-0(Warm): 29,1 m
200-0(Warm): 109,2 m

 

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Autocar Road Test - McLaren 750S

Anglesey Circuit (International) Lap Time:

Ferrari 296 GTB AF Package / Michelin PS Cup 2 R - 1min 32.9sec
McLaren 720S / Pirelli P Zero Corsa - 1min 33.7sec
McLaren 750S / Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R - 1min 33.8sec (New)
McLaren Artura / Pirelli P Zero Corsa - 1min 35.4sec


Acceleration (mph) / [18deg C, dry] (Pirelli P Zero Corsa):

0-30: 1.4
0-40: 1.9
0-50: 2.4
0-60: 2.9
0-70: 3.4
0-80: 4.0
0-90: 4.7
0-100: 5.4
0-110: 6.2
0-120: 7.3
0-130: 8.4
0-140: 9.6
0-150: 11.3
0-160: 13.3
0-170: 15.6

1/4 Mile - 10.3s @ 144.4mph

0-1000m: 18.3s @ 179.5mph

Max Speeds in Gear:

1st: 45mph @ 8300rpm
2nd: 69mph @ 8300rpm
3rd: 94mph @ 8300rpm
4th: 122mph @ 8300rpm
5th: 155mph @ 8300rpm
6th: 198mph @ 8300rpm
7th: 206mph @ 6553rpm*

Braking:

60-0: 2.40s

Tires Brand: Pirelli P Zero Corsa (MC)
Tires Size: 245/35/19 | 305/30/20

Drag coefficient: n/a

Weight: 1,412 kg
Weight Distribution: 41/59%

Price as tested: £352,665

Autocar Rivals Ranking:

1st: Ferrari 296 GTB - 5/5
2nd: McLaren 750S - 4/5
3rd: Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica - 4/5
4th: Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (3LT) - 3.5/5
5th: Aston Martin Vantage - n/a

 

[manuelf]

@Soup
Weird - 750s slower around Anglesey than its predecessor? Although having a tire, power, chassis advantage? Bad environmental conditions during test?

 

[A.P.]

@Soup
Weird - 750s slower around Anglesey than its predecessor? Although having a tire, power, chassis advantage? Bad environmental conditions during test?

Most likely.

 

[DeDe]

720S was incredibly fast on the P Zero Corsa. Maybe it was the perfect tyre for the car with its everyday usability.

 

[bmwz4coupe]

The 765LT didn’t manage to be faster than 720S, and I’ve said before that the 750S won’t be faster. And here we go. 720S was incredible fast around a circuit with it’s inferior Corsa tyres.

 

[Revvd]

Bad environmental conditions during test?

Weird for Autocar to provide air temp and conditions for the acceleration tests (750S used Corsa tire during those), but omit that information from the track notes.
Hopefully they're gonna put out a youtube video from Anglesey, so we'll know more then.

 

[DeDe]

The combo of bigger power and shorter gearing makes the car more nervous in tight corners, it's in the article.

 

[Revvd]

The combo of bigger power and shorter gearing makes the car more nervous in tight corners, it's in the article.

I read it, but I still have hard time accepting it's that "undrivable" to the point of being slower on the grippier tire. What would the difference be with Corsa? That'd be properly embarrassing for McLaren.

 

[bmwz4coupe]

I read it, but I still have hard time accepting it's that "undrivable" to the point of being slower on the grippier tire. What would the difference be with Corsa? That'd be properly embarrassing for McLaren.

Maybe what is happening is the same as with the 765LT, this car has been kust marginally faster and some times slower in tested lap times than the 720S. And this despite having more power, less weight, grippier tyres, and better aero. As far as I have understood the reason is that 765LT is more nervous and therefore it is more difficult to extract all the abilities out of the car. Maybe this is also the problem with the 750S?

 

[Bridster]

I am not really buying any of that. I am sure that if you put the 720S (on Corsas) and 750S (on Trofeo Rs) on track on the same day with the same driver, the 750S would have been faster. But, it's notable that if it was on the same tire, it wouldn't probably be that much faster.

 

[DeDe]

Acceleration-graph (750S in blue, 720S in gray) based on Autocar data - on level at 100 kph and even at 250 kph.

 

[Jo_Sta7]

500 pounds less than 296 and still slower.