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Of the following cars, which would you take and why? (LARGE PICS!)
12-05-2009, 12:02 AM
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Of the following cars, which would you take and why? (LARGE PICS!)
You have a tough decision ahead of you, three choices all of them being GREAT in their own way. The car you choose is free and so is all of it's maintenance for the life of the car. The catch is that you have to keep this car and can never sell it, once you take delivery it's yours forever.
Although these cars are similar performance, they are VERY different in terms of their own personalities (Yes, personalities). From extreme to subtle, these are the options that await you.
I'll try to be as unbiased as possible as to not sway you in any direction. Here are the options: (Please think about this before you choose, I have listed the basic specs of each model and added a single photo. If you need more examples please look them up on google. I'm using this thread as part of a research paper that I'm writing and your choices are important! Choose wisely!)
1. 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo "LP 560-4" (The updated Gallardo model).
MSRP: (USA) $198,000 (Standard model w/6speed, no other upgrades such as ceramic brakes, etc)
Specs:
Top speed: 200mph
0-60mph: 3.65 seconds
6 Speed manual gear box
5.2L V10
520bhp @ 7800rpm and 376.2 lb.ft of Torque @ 4500 rpm
(Notice the updated styling cues such as the front bumper inspired by it's bigger brother, the Murc)
2. 2009 Ferrari F430 (The standard F430 model)
MSRP: (USA) $168,005 to $227,000 (Minimal upgrades to keep cost below 200k)
Specs:
Top speed 196mph
0-60mph: 3.5 seconds
6 Speed Manual Gearbox
4.3 L V8
483 hp at 8500 rpm and 343 lb·ft of torque at 5250 rpm
2009 Porsche 997 GT2
MSRP: (USA) $194,000 (GT2)
Specs:
Top Speed: 206mph
0-60mph: 3.3 seconds
6 speed manual gear box
520 hp @ 6500 rpm, 500lb/ft @ rpm 2,200 - 4,500 rpm
3.6 L Twin Turbo (dry sump, 6 Cylinders)
Although these cars are similar performance, they are VERY different in terms of their own personalities (Yes, personalities). From extreme to subtle, these are the options that await you.
I'll try to be as unbiased as possible as to not sway you in any direction. Here are the options: (Please think about this before you choose, I have listed the basic specs of each model and added a single photo. If you need more examples please look them up on google. I'm using this thread as part of a research paper that I'm writing and your choices are important! Choose wisely!)
1. 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo "LP 560-4" (The updated Gallardo model).
MSRP: (USA) $198,000 (Standard model w/6speed, no other upgrades such as ceramic brakes, etc)
Specs:
Top speed: 200mph
0-60mph: 3.65 seconds
6 Speed manual gear box
5.2L V10
520bhp @ 7800rpm and 376.2 lb.ft of Torque @ 4500 rpm
(Notice the updated styling cues such as the front bumper inspired by it's bigger brother, the Murc)
2. 2009 Ferrari F430 (The standard F430 model)
MSRP: (USA) $168,005 to $227,000 (Minimal upgrades to keep cost below 200k)
Specs:
Top speed 196mph
0-60mph: 3.5 seconds
6 Speed Manual Gearbox
4.3 L V8
483 hp at 8500 rpm and 343 lb·ft of torque at 5250 rpm
2009 Porsche 997 GT2
MSRP: (USA) $194,000 (GT2)
Specs:
Top Speed: 206mph
0-60mph: 3.3 seconds
6 speed manual gear box
520 hp @ 6500 rpm, 500lb/ft @ rpm 2,200 - 4,500 rpm
3.6 L Twin Turbo (dry sump, 6 Cylinders)
12-05-2009, 12:22 AM
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Gt2. The other cars are over appreciated. The gt2 is overlooked because there are so many boxers rolling around.
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12-05-2009, 12:28 AM
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Wow, I'm surprised by your guys' answers, I didn't expect the GT2 to take an early lead like that at all!
I'm with you 100%, I'd take the GT2 in a second. I love the fact that most people don't know it apart from a regular turbo porsche, and I also love the fact that it has 520hp and 500lb/ft that it puts down to the ground like a champ!
I'm just not a big lambo/ferrari fan (well, when compared to a high end porsche like this). Too loud and crazy for my tastes (looks).
I'm with you 100%, I'd take the GT2 in a second. I love the fact that most people don't know it apart from a regular turbo porsche, and I also love the fact that it has 520hp and 500lb/ft that it puts down to the ground like a champ!
I'm just not a big lambo/ferrari fan (well, when compared to a high end porsche like this). Too loud and crazy for my tastes (looks).
12-05-2009, 12:41 AM
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GT2 for me. Always been a Porsche fan. A friend from high school was a technician for the 2 time LeMans GT winner for Peterson Motorsports. He said when they were racing the Porsche, the car was really reliable, when they switched to Ferrari, it would always break. Now he's back with the Porsches with the Flying Lizard team.
12-05-2009, 01:47 AM
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GTR's are def nice, and the R34 is def my fav of the entire lineup, but you simply cannot compare a GT2 to a Skyline GTR, no way, no how. I know you can make R34's into really fast cars, but they will always be street cars where the GT2 is a pure bred race car in every aspect.
When you go to 24 hour le mans races, the race teams use pretty much stock GT3's and GT2's to win races. The cars are meant to be run hard and will handle anything you throw at them. It's an out of the box race car, you can literally buy a GT2, do some basic prepping and upgrade the tires and run it as your race car and win races.
The GTR is great and all, and I'd sure love to have one, but when it's sitting next to a GT2 (or even GT3), it's just going to slapped around in every single category, even when the GTR is highly modified (as great as the car is, it's only as strong as it's weakest link, and unfortunately a lot of aftermarket "race" parts were developed after the fact and weren't designed to be as reliable as a factory race car is.
GT2's aren't just fast, they are ridiculously fast, not just in a straight line, but in every category that you can throw at the car. It produces 520hp / 500lb/ft out of a 3.6 liter flat 6 with twin turbos, and that's from the factory. Now imagine that car modified by a high end tuner/race team?
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(sorry if that was written in a sloppy manner, I've had a little bit of "the sauce", heheh)
When you go to 24 hour le mans races, the race teams use pretty much stock GT3's and GT2's to win races. The cars are meant to be run hard and will handle anything you throw at them. It's an out of the box race car, you can literally buy a GT2, do some basic prepping and upgrade the tires and run it as your race car and win races.
The GTR is great and all, and I'd sure love to have one, but when it's sitting next to a GT2 (or even GT3), it's just going to slapped around in every single category, even when the GTR is highly modified (as great as the car is, it's only as strong as it's weakest link, and unfortunately a lot of aftermarket "race" parts were developed after the fact and weren't designed to be as reliable as a factory race car is.
GT2's aren't just fast, they are ridiculously fast, not just in a straight line, but in every category that you can throw at the car. It produces 520hp / 500lb/ft out of a 3.6 liter flat 6 with twin turbos, and that's from the factory. Now imagine that car modified by a high end tuner/race team?
x 10000(sorry if that was written in a sloppy manner, I've had a little bit of "the sauce", heheh)
12-05-2009, 08:44 AM
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For the money and even considering others, GT-2 hands down all the way. Why?
1. OMFG
2. See #1
3. Power/weight ratio
4. RWD
5. Rear engine weight bias
6. OMFG
The only thing close I have experienced was an '04 C4S and it was amazing. The way it turned in, the steering, the feeling in corners etc etc etc. Though I have never been in the Ferrari or the Lambo... Sadly I do not really care to. I'm sure they are nice cars.
1. OMFG
2. See #1
3. Power/weight ratio
4. RWD
5. Rear engine weight bias
6. OMFG
The only thing close I have experienced was an '04 C4S and it was amazing. The way it turned in, the steering, the feeling in corners etc etc etc. Though I have never been in the Ferrari or the Lambo... Sadly I do not really care to. I'm sure they are nice cars.
