Autoblog Night Watch: Mind your German, supercars unite!
Auto Motor Und Sport got the world's fastest and flashiest together to put them through their paces on a high-speed test track. The vehicles tapped for the test include the Bugatti Veyron, Benz SLR, Lambo Murcielago LP640, Ferrari 599 GTB, Dodge Viper SRT-10, Aston Martin Vanquish S, Ford GT, new Corvette Z06 and the Porsche 997 Turbo.
Expectedly, those of you who not fluent in Deutschlandic prose won't get too much information out of the clip, but its not everyday you get to see this many hi-po exotics strutting their stuff in their natural environment. Cue the Red Baron's theme music.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
nagmashot 12:06AM (11/03/2006)
the music is Richard Wagner "Ring der Niebelungen".
The report in the print magazine is much more informative as the TV show...
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Frankenstein Black 12:09AM (11/03/2006)
Myyyy goodness! Puuure porn, for HP fans. German porn too boot!!
Can someone translate that? I need to, um, finish,
drooling ;^)...
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anon 12:23AM (11/03/2006)
Fast forward to 10:50 for max speed times.
Fast forward to 13:07 for 0-100/0-200/0-300 times.
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SoloTwo 12:35AM (11/03/2006)
Didn't know they made automatic convertible Z06's, damn germans.
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Fooman 12:46AM (11/03/2006)
Ehra-Lessien Test Track is the track, and the home of the veyrons top speed attempt, not sure if this was it or not. Anyone notice the vette was an automatic?
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nagmashot 12:59AM (11/03/2006)
reply to 4.
the convertible was a normal C6... they put older car reviews to present the high speedtest contenders...
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Andi 2:32AM (11/03/2006)
In the print version they wrote, that the Veyron would have been even faster. But it started to rain a little bit and they couldn't take the curves at the beginning and end of the 9km straight with enough speed.
BTW 2.5s from 0 to 100kmh(60mph) is insane.
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kevin 5:07PM (11/03/2006)
where's the Carrera GT?
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Vega 2:43AM (11/03/2006)
If you want to see something completely surreal, cue to 5:50 and see the Bugatti high speed driveby. My god.
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fabian 3:34AM (11/03/2006)
those crafty germans did one notice the snail while the vette was taking a turn, was i the only one that noticed that insult. those german bastards hahaha dunkufs
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DPC car videos 4:27AM (11/03/2006)
Bugatti is unbeatable for a long time.
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the germs 4:50AM (11/03/2006)
They do high speed tests with tuned cars every year, too. I believe at Nardo (Italy) and it gets even more insane when a 600hp VW Rabbit/Golf goes 200+mph, but looks like the ones in your neighborhood...
BTW: You don't want to hear the translation because German car magazines aren't anywhere close to something like TopGear, they are just plain and boring!
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David 5:02AM (11/03/2006)
where was the koennigsegg and the pagani?
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power engines 5:27AM (11/03/2006)
Why did Koenigsegg missed this test?
http://www.auto-power-girl.com/cars/koenigsegg
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Alex 6:32AM (11/03/2006)
The one truly amazingly effective is the 599... It's 2nd fastest in top speed, 0-200 and 0-300, beated only by the Veyron, and 3rd in 0-100, when it's only 0.1sec slover than the Murcielago.
All the while being a RWD only!! (unlike the AWD Veyron and the Murcielago).
And it's cheaper than the 'lago, too..
Simply Amazing!!
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Hamud 9:02AM (11/03/2006)
Google Earth powaaaaaaaaa, hehehehehe.
Couldn't understand nothing but "kilometer" eheheheeheh.
How is that the Ford GT costs 177K euros??? More than twice the price of the Z06??
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Mike 10:26AM (11/03/2006)
if i was the commentator, I wouldn't be moving my arms so freely while sprechen during some of those high-speed drives, for fear of nudging the driver's arm!!
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carlo 10:32AM (11/03/2006)
There is only one winner here: the Corvette Z06. Look at the price!
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biturbo 11:54AM (11/03/2006)
Yes Carlo, Corvette Z06 wins both "Price for Speed" [euro / km/h] and "Price for Time" [euro / (100 -t300)], calculated from the values in the video:
"Price for Speed"
Corvette Z06 ................... 254
Dodge Viper SRT 10 ............. 352
Porsche 911 Turbo .............. 431
Ford GT ........................ 536
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano ........ 617
Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 ... 761
Aston Martin Vanquish S ........ 804
Mercedes SLR McLaren .......... 1343
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ........... 2886
"Price for Time"
Corvette Z06 ................... 1374
Porsche 911 Turbo .............. 2253
Ford GT ........................ 2666
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano ........ 2949
Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 ... 3793
Aston Martin Vanquish S ........ 5944
Mercedes SLR McLaren ........... 6435
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ........... 14181
Dodge Viper SRT 10 ............. #N/A
Corvette Z06 is the best supercar by price/performance!
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Mike 1:21PM (11/03/2006)
Price for speed has no meaning what so ever! Some 35K vw driving at 190km/h will get a "better score".
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