Nardo top speed shoot-out

Posted Tue Jul 10 2007 10:35 AM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Supercars are defined by how fast they can go and how quickly they can reach their Vmax, and there’s only one test that pits an array of the world’s top metal against each other, Auto Motor und Sports (AMS) annual Nardo top speed shoot-out.

Surprisingly, Bugatti’s Veyron, the world’s fastest production car, never made it to the magazine’s most recent competition. A quick look in the Guinness Book of World Records reveals that a 9ff modified Porsche is in fact officially the fastest street-legal road car, registering a top speed of 242mph (388km/h).

In AMS’ most recent trials, a Ruf RT12 took top honors with a pass of 361km/h and an amazing 0-300km/h time of just 27.6 seconds. In second place was the Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 with a top speed of 328km/h, followed by the naturally aspirated Porsche 911 GT3 with 316km/h.

The surprise of the day, however, was the Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06, which topped out at 314km/h for fifth position. Amazingly, the Z06 was the second fastest car to 200km/h, taking only 11.9 seconds, just 0.8 seconds behind the SLR 722. We suspect the upcoming ‘Blue Devil’ will have what it takes to turn the tables on some of the mega-dollar exotics. Click ahead to watch a video of the event in German. The cars are still worth the look.

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Reader Comments

Tue Jul 10 2007 2:34 PM
Paxil Ross says

Shows that if you fit a big enough engine to a rock, you can make that go 200 mph also.
Wed Jul 11 2007 12:15 AM
Angeluhe says

Paxil is obviously ignorant and knows very little about rocks and engines...
Wed Jul 11 2007 1:46 AM
Ronny B says

I have to agree with Angeluhe. You can't simply judge an engine by its size. You need to look power and torque curves and fuel efficeny before making a judgement.

I wouldn't be surprised if the 7 liter LS7 uses less fuel and develops more torque and power lower in the rev-range then the fan-boy V10 from BMW.
Wed Jul 11 2007 2:02 AM
Cphelps says

Not to mention that a 3100lb wind tunnel designed car is hardly a "rock".
Wed Jul 18 2007 9:24 AM
Kokos says

Actually it didn't reach 200mph...

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