yep the car in the pic is indeed the 1997 version of the porsche gt1. between 911 gt1 and clk-gtr… that's a really tough choice. i'm surprised nobody ever did a comparison test between the two, on a track or something. it's important to know how fast this type of cars are on circuits
I find this funny. I wonder who decided how much $$ would be too much to pay photographer for not releasing pictures of crashed F1… How do you calculate something like that… I guess they don't want the bad imagine for the brand, but it's not like other supercars don't crash or that there aren't plenty of pictures with crashed McLaren's, Ferraris etc around anyway
1992 F1 has incredible acceleration because it weighs only 1150 kg and has a power of 620 hp or 545 hp / t. The modern Porsche 918 has a power ratio of 520 hp / t. F1 is a very light supercar with a powerful engine, all modern supercars weigh more than 1600 kg
Top speed — what is the topspeed advertised in 1992 McLaren F1 owners manual/brochure? That number should be used, if there is such a number. The prototype speed records can be ignored, but it would be best to have some other number in place.
Estimates — they are based on deep learning (not really deep tbh). The AI does take in account the year of the car (which implies tyre performance) but this effect probably in this current version of neural net is not strong enough. So you could look at it as if the tyres are almost ignored or the effect diminished.
In the great automotive Venn Diagram, BMW and Porsche don’t tend to have a lot of commonality in their middle section. Occasionally they stand-toe-to-toe conceptually but, even then, so disparate are the German giants’ personalities and audiences that, like two heavyweight champs holding different belts and never quite setting up that unification fight, they don’t really slug it out.
There is one notable exception, though, and it’s a battle that has been raging for 50 years and counting. It’s not as if the CSL and RS were strict rivals in competition, but the homologation road versions were a different matter altogether. And, I would posit, two of the greatest road cars turned racers turned road cars that the world has ever seen.
These are cars about which every single true enthusiast knows (and readily shares) some element of pub trivia, just as they do with the GT40’s height-name confluence or the fact that Enzo Ferrari waxed lyrical about the beauty of the E-type. With our cover stars it will probably be the fact that, in its home nation, you had to buy your Batmobile with the very thing that made it a Batmobile detached and in the boot. Or they might reel off the siren call names for the vibrant hues on the Porsche colour chart. That such should-be-obscurities are so widely known is as verifiable a sign of legendary status as I can think of.
Nece design — but very bad tech - I hope that I am right because Maserati doesn't underrate horsepower like Audi, BMW or Mercedes does. The Trofeo leans more middle-ground than high-ground, despite being marketed as the latter. That means its performance is more closely comparable to the Audi S6, BMW M550i, and Mercedes-AMG E53; although one could argue that in top speed it beats the RS6/M5/E63 type of cars
F90 new M5. Will be available from September. Despite it's AWD it's 15 kg lighter than the previous generation. Power is 600 PS at 5600-6700 rpm, torque is 750 Nm at 1800-5600 rpm. It gets the ZF's popular 8 speed automatic instead of BMW's own 7 speed dual-clutch automatic. It's ironic that «simple» automatic gearboxes have developed so much in the last few years that many sport cars uses them instead of dual-clutch automatics. BMW says the biggest improvement is the AWD system and the new gearbox, they make the biggest part of being faster than the previous generation, not the more powerful engine. Top speed is 305 kph, 0-100 kph: 3,4 s.
This car was with cool rear susspension system
Nice pre-Fiat era example of rear wheels drive Alfa big sedan!
yep the car in the pic is indeed the 1997 version of the porsche gt1. between 911 gt1 and clk-gtr… that's a really tough choice. i'm surprised nobody ever did a comparison test between the two, on a track or something. it's important to know how fast this type of cars are on circuits
I find this funny. I wonder who decided how much $$ would be too much to pay photographer for not releasing pictures of crashed F1… How do you calculate something like that… I guess they don't want the bad imagine for the brand, but it's not like other supercars don't crash or that there aren't plenty of pictures with crashed McLaren's, Ferraris etc around anyway
1992 F1 has incredible acceleration because it weighs only 1150 kg and has a power of 620 hp or 545 hp / t. The modern Porsche 918 has a power ratio of 520 hp / t. F1 is a very light supercar with a powerful engine, all modern supercars weigh more than 1600 kg
Top speed — what is the topspeed advertised in 1992 McLaren F1 owners manual/brochure? That number should be used, if there is such a number. The prototype speed records can be ignored, but it would be best to have some other number in place.
Estimates — they are based on deep learning (not really deep tbh). The AI does take in account the year of the car (which implies tyre performance) but this effect probably in this current version of neural net is not strong enough. So you could look at it as if the tyres are almost ignored or the effect diminished.
Two definitions of legendary status
In the great automotive Venn Diagram, BMW and Porsche don’t tend to have a lot of commonality in their middle section. Occasionally they stand-toe-to-toe conceptually but, even then, so disparate are the German giants’ personalities and audiences that, like two heavyweight champs holding different belts and never quite setting up that unification fight, they don’t really slug it out.
There is one notable exception, though, and it’s a battle that has been raging for 50 years and counting. It’s not as if the CSL and RS were strict rivals in competition, but the homologation road versions were a different matter altogether. And, I would posit, two of the greatest road cars turned racers turned road cars that the world has ever seen.
These are cars about which every single true enthusiast knows (and readily shares) some element of pub trivia, just as they do with the GT40’s height-name confluence or the fact that Enzo Ferrari waxed lyrical about the beauty of the E-type. With our cover stars it will probably be the fact that, in its home nation, you had to buy your Batmobile with the very thing that made it a Batmobile detached and in the boot. Or they might reel off the siren call names for the vibrant hues on the Porsche colour chart. That such should-be-obscurities are so widely known is as verifiable a sign of legendary status as I can think of.
Nice look for this SWB version
Cool resto-mod car — like new era of tuning swap!
Yes — but bi-turbo + intercooler and a lot of power
Nece design — but very bad tech - I hope that I am right because Maserati doesn't underrate horsepower like Audi, BMW or Mercedes does. The Trofeo leans more middle-ground than high-ground, despite being marketed as the latter. That means its performance is more closely comparable to the Audi S6, BMW M550i, and Mercedes-AMG E53; although one could argue that in top speed it beats the RS6/M5/E63 type of cars
F90 new M5. Will be available from September. Despite it's AWD it's 15 kg lighter than the previous generation. Power is 600 PS at 5600-6700 rpm, torque is 750 Nm at 1800-5600 rpm. It gets the ZF's popular 8 speed automatic instead of BMW's own 7 speed dual-clutch automatic. It's ironic that «simple» automatic gearboxes have developed so much in the last few years that many sport cars uses them instead of dual-clutch automatics. BMW says the biggest improvement is the AWD system and the new gearbox, they make the biggest part of being faster than the previous generation, not the more powerful engine. Top speed is 305 kph, 0-100 kph: 3,4 s.
Real all of this 2 sports cars are rare and cool — but performance — and real acceleration is no so good
Just 2.0-litre engine?
cool red
Nice blue colour
Design of this render is true epic
Nice look for so old car — colour like my E63 630i
nice pre 3-Series compact BMW sports sedan
The 2002tii hits 50 this year, and it’s still looking fantastic, isn’t it?