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Viggen vs. "everyone" - track times from C&D Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:33:48 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Lap times around Nelson Ledges raceway:
From C&D 9/99:
M3 - 1:21.0 / 88.9
Audi S4 - 1:22.6 / 87.2
M-B C43 - 1:22.7 / 87.1
Viggen - 1:24.1 / 85.6
And now the interesting part. In the 9/97 issue of C&D, they ran a bunch of cars through a battery of tests, searching for the "best handling car over $30k". One of those cars was an M3, on paper identical (except for tire model) to the M3 in the '99 test. In the '99 article they state that on the M3 "the power and the grip seemed slightly diminished" compared with previously tested M3's, but as you'll see, the lap times for the two cars are almost identical. Yes, I realize I'm ignoring a lot of variables here, so don't go sell the kids to wager on these numbers.
C&D 9/97:
Viper GTS - 1:17.3 / 93.1
F355 - 1:18.3 / 92.0
Corvette - 1:19.9 / 90.1
Supra TT - 1:20.1 / 89.9
M3 - 1:21.0 / 88.9 *** '99 time
911 S - 1:21.3 / 88.6
M3 - 1:21.6 / 88.2
NSX-T - 1:22.0 / 87.8
Audi S4 - 1:22.6 / 87.2 *** '99 time
M-B C43 - 1:22.7 / 87.1 *** '99 time
Boxster - 1:23.5 / 86.2
Viggen - 1:24.1 / 85.6 *** '99 time
Prelude SH - 1:25.0 / 84.7
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