Well i heard that the 0-200 was actually 9.1 sec with stock tires or 8.9 sec with corsa tires. Now if that is true then this is pretty incredible and from another planet compared to pretty much everything we've discussed here.
WIth the explicitly stated by the press time of 0-160 at 6.1 then maybe it is true? I dont know. A few days to go i guess until the first magazine tests..
Whoever drove the car (different dealers from different countries) have told me that;
- power is very linear and with a huge range of rpm. Am still very bothered by the low torque figure of 600nm..
- sound is between an AMG and a 458. Driving feeling has the clinical element of a porsche but with some of the "soul" of the italians. (well they would say that wouldnt they..)
- steering/response/handling is at a different level because of the carbon tube chassis
- confort is incredible for a sports car when in non-sport mode. Super stiff with a press of a button. For people who have ever modded cars this is an amazing achievement
- gearchange in sport mode gives the "shift" sensation (or soul) that people complain that double clutch gearboxes lack. However in track mode it is super smooth, with no shift sensation at all for max lap times. Its very impressive that they took in the comments by prospective clients and implemented it. Had also discussed this point a year ago with them.
- weight with fluids around 1350-1400 which is almost 200kgs lighter than 997.2tt if am not mistaken and around 100kg from 458. Mclaren head of development was proudly boasting about the latter when i met him. So the rumours that it destroys 458 is not a surprise for me as they were say that a year ago. The had actually benchmarked this car vs all its competitors at the time and made sure that was the case.
Now it remains to be seen by how much..