German Car Zone

It is. The 01 Vanquish is still the best accelerator from Aston Martin. Don't know why Astons are so 'slow' above 200 km/h...

0-300 km/h times:
55,0 s - Vanquish
57,1 s - Vanquish S (???)
64,1 s - DBS
74,6 s - DB9 Touchtronic (haha)

Wow, GT2 faster than ZR1 to 300 despite being down 100HP? Didn't expect that. DBS should stick to looking good.

She didn't ask for more you know

As a german lover I hate to say it but this is a german test I say no more

lol, don't tell me AMS is going down the 'Best Motoring' route.

I wonder why on earth Mercedes gave AMS that speed demon for a SL65. That performance is not too far from 400km/h. Someone should dyno that car.

The Van S is slower than the normal one?!!


More torque and lighter weight?

As well as better grip and higher efficiency.

ZR1 has makes 100 lb-ft more of of max torque (604 vs 505). But anyway I don't think torque factors as much much for high speed acceleration as gearing and drag. GT2 has that huge wing, so I doubt it has lesser drag. So it is probably gearing. Z06 has really tall 6th ratio, wonder if ZR1 is using the same. Also the superchargers must be sapping a lot of the HP for it self at high speeds.

^ Didn't know that,but then never underestimate Porsche magic

The GT2 just somehow very efficiently applies all of it's power to the road which must counts in saving time.

Anyone has an info on that SL prototype? is it the FL one? and why it's slower than the pre-FL SL65?