Ny rekord.

[Viking067]

Fra 0-160-0.

 

Før: 11,6 sek Mclaren F1

Nå: 11,4 sek Caterham R500

 

:-)

[Loppa]

Da snakker vi kjappe saker. Går ut fra det er 0-100 Mph-0 vi snakker om her. Har du no' mer info om rekorden ?

[Ratata]

Hva brukte AC Cobra'en da?

Noen som vet?

[Bjørn Vidar Pedersen]

AC Cobra hadde lenge rekorden med 13 sekunder.

[Viking067]

Tok litt feil, det var Mclaren på 11,5 sek.Ikke 11,6 sek.

 

Fra Caterham News:

 

The Caterham Superlight R500 has broken the world road car record for speeding from standing to 100mph and then back to standing, completing the test in an astounding 11.44 seconds.

The previous record time of 11.50 seconds had been set in 1999, in a MacLaren F1 LM car, specifically shod in bespoke race tyres.

 

The 0-100mph-0 exercise, designed to separate the men from the boys when it comes to fast cars, was conducted a fortnight ago at Bruntingthorpe airfield. It was part of a series of tests conducted annually by the editorial team from Autocar Magazine.

Test co-ordinator, Steve Sutcliffe commented: 'In our experience 0-100mph-0 is the defining test of what is - and what isn't - a genuinely rapid road car. Ideally your entrant will be light, very powerful, have great traction, a snappy gear change, well laid-out pedals and, most importantly of all maybe, a massive - and friendly to use- set of stoppers.

 

'The Caterham R500 is the greatest expression of straight-line speed merged with awesome braking ability.'

 

Overall, the R500 finished third in the test, beaten only by two non-road going race-prep'd cars the Jaguar R3 Formula 1 car and a 477bhp Gould Cosworth Hillclimb car.

 

Amongst the considerable scalps claimed by the British sportscar maker were the Pagani C12 S (11.84 seconds), the Porsche 911 Turbo (13.02 seconds) and the Lamborghini Murcielago (13.90 seconds).

Caterham's Managing Director, Simon Nearn, was delighted with the result: 'When we created the R500, we spared nothing in our determination to reduce weight and then packed all the performance into it we could. We designed it specifically to go fast and stop fast. I am not surprised we finished top of the pile!'

 

The Caterham Superlight R500 is priced at £36,200.

 

R 300:

Caterham's all-new Superlight R300 has been voted EVO's Track Car Of The Year for 2002 - the third consecutive year the British sportscar maker has picked up the prestigious gong.

 

Hailed by many as the best in a long line of modern-day engineered versions of the 1957 Colin Chapman design, the 160bhp Seven beat stiff competition from the likes of the Mitsubishi EVO VII, Vauxhall VX220, Lotus Exige and BMW M3 to the prestigious title.

With a finely tuned and balanced X-Power badged version of MG Rover's K Series engine under the bonnet, the lightlight R300 boasts a 0-60mph sprint time of 4.7 seconds and an elementary top-speed of 130mph. Delivering a potent 300 bhp per tonne, the R300 skilfully mates the new 1.8 MG X Power engine to a minimalist lightweight chassis.

 

The R300 is priced at £22,950.

 

Angående prisene så er jo det overkommelig i forhold til supercars da!

 

Men så skal vel den norske stat ha sitt.........