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Z07
July 20th, 2009, 20:07
They gave the GTR a 200 yard headstart and...
In the twisting hills of Wales the Veyron was only matching the GTR not catching it!
Bugatti Veyron | Car video | evo (http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovideos/238312/bugatti_veyron_and_nissan_gtr.html)
Bugatti Veyron | Car video | evo (http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovideos/238312/video_202798/bugatti_veyron_and_nissan_gtr.html)
Also looks like the Veyron weighs 2025 kg all-up.
Ruergard
July 21st, 2009, 07:30
I'm not that surprised. This one type of roads that the GTR is one damn hard car to match. That gearbox, powerange and AWD system ads up to impressive performance. They Veyron carries to much weight... Give it a long enough straight though... :revs:
ZCD2.7T
July 21st, 2009, 13:09
They gave the GTR a 200 yard headstart and...
Bugatti Veyron | Car video | evo (http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovideos/238312/bugatti_veyron_and_nissan_gtr.html)
Bugatti Veyron | Car video | evo (http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovideos/238312/video_202798/bugatti_veyron_and_nissan_gtr.html)
Also looks like the Veyron weighs 2025 kg all-up.
Anyone else having trouble getting the video to play? I'm using IE7, and get nothing when I click on the video links.
ZCD2.7T
July 21st, 2009, 20:34
Anyone else having trouble getting the video to play? I'm using IE7, and get nothing when I click on the video links.
Nevermind - they're on YouTube now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36kPMj8Psow
Fun to watch!
wankeldude
July 23rd, 2009, 00:22
I'm not that surprised. This one type of roads that the GTR is one damn hard car to match. That gearbox, powerange and AWD system ads up to impressive performance. They Veyron carries to much weight... Give it a long enough straight though... :revs:
not sure what video you were watching...
the one I just saw shows the veyron making the gtr look like a rabbit diesel
Leadfoot
July 23rd, 2009, 10:57
not sure what video you were watching...
the one I just saw shows the veyron making the gtr look like a rabbit diesel
What Ruergard is referring to is the article which had both cars following each other on the back roads with the GTR in front. This is the area where the Veyron wasn't designed for and was less happy but is the arena where the GTR was born to be king and in this pairing it was.
The surprise for me in the article was that the Veyron prove to be much harder and less comfortable compared to the already less than complacent GTR.
emve
July 23rd, 2009, 12:57
Leadfoot : Did they measure any performance figures ? Could you post the results if so ?
Leadfoot
July 23rd, 2009, 13:48
Ok, here's some figures for both.
0-30: 1.4 vs 1.8
0-40: 1.9 vs 2.4
0-50: 2.3 vs 3.1
0-60: 2.8 vs 3.9
0-70: 3.4 vs 4.8
0-80: 4.1 vs 5.9
0-90: 4.9 vs 7.1
0-100: 5.8 vs 8.4
0-110: 6.7 vs 10.0
0-120: 7.9 vs 11.7
0-130: 9.1 vs 14.2
0-140: 10.5 vs 17.2
0-150: 12.0 vs 20.6
0-160: 13.9 vs 25.3
0-170: 16.2 vs 32.8
0-180: 19.1
0-190: 23.0
0-200: 28.6
I believe both sets of times were slow compared to other reviews so maybe wind conditions were less favourable can could have been.