Fastest Family Car

[austin552]

2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo
FOXNews.com - 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo

[Z-man]

I dunno about the fastest -- let's compare: Panamera Turbo vs. Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG:

Panamera V8 Turbo:
Motor: 4.8L twin-turbo V8
500hp twin-turbo V8
Power: 500hp / 516 lb ft of torque (568 lb ft in overboost mode)
Weight: 4343 lbs
0-60 - 4.0 sec.
1/4 mile: 12.0 sec
Top Speed: 188mph
MSRP: $133,575

CLS63 AMG:
Motor: 6.3L V8
Power: 507hp / 464lb ft of torque @ 5,200rpm
Weight: 4200 lbs
0-60: 4.3 sec.
1/4 mile: ?
Top speed: ?
MSRP: $97,950

Too close to say, IMHO... but the price difference is rather large, IMHO.

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by Z-man

I dunno about the fastest -- let's compare: Panamera Turbo vs. Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG:

Panamera V8 Turbo:
Motor: 4.8L twin-turbo V8
500hp twin-turbo V8
Power: 500hp / 516 lb ft of torque (568 lb ft in overboost mode)
Weight: 4343 lbs
0-60 - 4.0 sec.
1/4 mile: 12.0 sec
Top Speed: 188mph
MSRP: $133,575

CLS63 AMG:
Motor: 6.3L V8
Power: 507hp / 464lb ft of torque @ 5,200rpm
Weight: 4200 lbs
0-60: 4.3 sec.
1/4 mile: ?
Top speed: ?
MSRP: $97,950

Too close to say, IMHO... but the price difference is rather large, IMHO.

Or,

Cadillac CTS-V:
Motor: 6.2L V8
Power: 556 hp / 551 lb/ft
Weight: 4277 lbs
0-60: 3.9 sec.
1/4 mile: 12 sec.
Top speed: 191 mph
MSRP: $66,835

Cadillac CTS-V does 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds, has 556-hp | Car News Blog at Motor Trend

[m21sniper]

A 12 second flat ET Cadillac. What a bizarro world we live in today.

[pwd72s]

Agreed...I can understand those who ignore the domestic car makers...because I did for years. But really, there's some pretty hot stuff out there. Hardly a family Sedan, but a Shelby GT 500 Mustang now has 550 horsepower...adequate for the runs to Wal-Mart...

[m21sniper]

I'm planning on adding a 100shot of nitrous to my 928 so i can still play with the current generation of Pony cars on equal footing.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

I'm planning on adding a 100shot of nitrous to my 928 so i can still play with the current generation of Pony cars on equal footing.

That should work...for a few seconds...which is the usual length of most street wars.

Me? Gettin' too old for that stuff. The 315 horse 4.6 gets me to the pool hall just fine...

[m21sniper]

Mark Kibort ran a 75 shot of nitrous on his 928 race car for almost 3 seasons IIRC.



Modern wet systems are very simple and reliable, i doubt i'll have any problems.

[island911]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

Mark Kibort ran a 75 shot of nitrous on his 928 race car for almost 3 seasons IIRC.



Modern wet systems are very simple and reliable, i doubt i'll have any problems.

pfffttt ...no way the nitrous did anything for his car. It was ALLLLL EEEEE-RRAAHHMMM ....bhaaahahaha

[m21sniper]

LOL!

The poor E-RAM! I don't think he actually ran E-RAM's, they were just a sponsor of his.

The E-RAM theory of operation is perfectly sound, but at just 1/2 to 1lb of boost i am quite certain it is not worth the huge piles of money it would cost to put FOUR of them on a V-8 928 engine....lol

For the same price you can put in decent lightweight racing seats and a nice lightweight 3" exhaust and obtain a far more pronounced performance increase.

Is E-Ram still in business?