Miraculix

Our beloved 993 RS finished 91'st!
(3'rd place for Porsche Dauer)


1 LINGENFELTER CORVETTE 427 BITURBO 1.970
2 HENNESSEY DODGE VIPER VENOM 800 2,400
3 DAUER RACING 962 LE MANS 2,793
4 ULTIMA GTR Le Mans 2,800
5 RENAULT ESPACE F1 2,896
6 WEINECK POWER 427 SC 2,900
7 AUDI AVUS QUATTRO 2,991
8 CALLAWAY C7 2,997
9 DODGE VIPER GTS-R 2,997
10 DAX RUSH Turbo 400 4x4 3,152
11 LOTEC C 1000 3,191
12 MC LAREN F1 3,191
13 JAGUAR XJR-15 3,193
14 FORD GT-90 3,195
15 YAMAHA OX99-11 3,195
16 KOENIGSEGG CC 3,198
17 BUGATTI EB110 SS 3,292
18 QUADRADUCE 3,296
19 ULTIMA GTR 6,3 V8 530cv 3,321
20 VECTOR AV-TECH WX3 3,387
21 KOENIG COMPETTION EVOLUTION 3,485
22 WESTFIELD SEI 3,487
23 BUGATTI EB110 GT 3,492
24 SHUPPAN CR-62 3,494
25 DODGE VIPER VENOM 600 GTS 3,497
26 BIRKIN S3 D-230 3,540
27 FERRARI ENZO 3,600
28 LAMBORGHINI 6,2 MURCIELAGO 3,620
29 PORSCHE 959 3,687
30 PORSCHE 911 GT1 3,697
31 RUF CTR 2 3,697
32 BMW-NAZCA C2 3,791
33 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO SE30 JOTA 3,794
34 FERRARI F50 3,796
35 PORSCHE 911 GT2 3,796
36 JAGUAR XJ 220 3,892
37 ULTIMA SPYDER 3,894
38 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO SV 3,896
39 CAMPAGNA TREX 3,897
40 LOTUS GT1 3,898
41 FERRARI F40 3,987
42 BIZZARRINI EB-2001 3,993
43 MERCEDES CLK-GTR 4,000
44 PORSCHE 996 GT2 4,000
45 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO SE30 4,093
46 BMW NAZCA M12 4,190
47 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO VT 4,193
48 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO ROADSTER 4,196
49 FERRARI 575 M (*) 4,200
50 HPA VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 4,200
51 VECTOR W8 TWIN TURBO 4,285
52 LOTUS 340 R (*) 4,300
53 MERCEDES SL55 AMG (*) 4,300
54 TVR CERBERA 4,294
55 BUGATTI EB 112 4,396
56 CIZETA MORODER V16T 4,488
57 TVR GRIFFITH 4,490
58 VECTOR M12 4,496
59 MEGA MONTE CARLO 4,496
60 PORSCHE 993 TURBO 4,496
61 SPECTRE R42 4,496
62 CHRYSLER VIPER GTS 4,497
63 GILLET VERTIGO 4,497
64 PORSCHE 996 GT3 4,500
65 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH (*) 4,500
66 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE LE MANS (*) 4,600
67 LOTUS EXIGE 4,900
68 PORSHE 996 TURBO 4,600
71 LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH 5000 4V 4,682
72 FERRARI F512M 4,694
73 FERRARI F355 GTS 4,696
74 FERRARI F355 SPIDER 4,696
75 FERRARI F360 MODENA 4,760
76 ISDERA COMMENDATORE 4,785
77 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 4,792
78 LOTUS ESPRIT S4S 4,796
79 CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR-1 4,796
80 FERRARI F550 MARANELLO 4,797
81 RINSPEED MONO EGO 4,797
82 PORSCHE 911 TURBO 3,3 Model Year 1978 4,800
83 LOTUS ESPRIT V8 4,896
84 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C5 4,897
85 PANOZ V8 ROADSTER 4,897
86 DE TOMASO GUARA' 4,989
87 CATERHAM SEVEN HPC 4,994
88 FERRARI F355 BERLINETTA 4,996
89 FORD MUSTANG SALEEN S351 4,996
90 MAZDA RX-01 4,996
91 PORSCHE 993 CARRERA RS 3,8 4,996
92 ITALDESIGN SCHIGHERA 4,997

Miraculix

Here's a movie link to the Vette on first place of the list:
http://www.unclephilly.com/movies/Lingenfeltervette.mov

graham_mitchell

Are these all standard production vehicles?
What's a Yamaha motorbike (I assume) doing in there?

Miraculix

No idea mate..

16 KOENIGSEGG CC 3,198 = Swedish

coolblue

A renault espace??????????????????

Miraculix

http://www.0-100.it/supercars/classifica/english.htm

JohnM

I guess that Renault Espace is the one they built with the F1 engine, saw it do some laps during the French GP weekend some years back, it was painfully loud from trackside (even with earplugs) - much louder than the F1 cars.

The OX99 was Yamaha's aborted effort at a supercar, back when just about every back street garage and auto manufacturer seemed to reckon they needed a group C style road car.

Greg D.

The Espace F1 was amazing... Back when Renault was an engine supplier for Williams (istead of a full fledged F1 constructor like now), they took an espace Minivan and grafted the back end of their Williams F1 car to go along with a slightly detuned F1 engine !



They used it on Paul Ricard mostly (now F1s test circuit in the south of France), to give Journalists rides... that was before the 3 seater F1s... It was a hoot to watch ! A minivan with near F1 acceleration ! And handling too !

p_carfan

And you point is .

p_carfan

Hey Kim-

Actually, my comment was directed to the original post......Sorry for the misunderstanding. What I was trying to say is, I don't care if my 993 isn't the fastest, third fastest, or whatever.

Take Care

ZAMIRZ

IMHO 0-60 times are worthless, a true test of a cars acceleration is 1/4 mile time and trap speed.

ca993twin

I agree with Zamirz... If you want to measure useable horsepower, look at the 1/4 mile trap speed. 0 -> 60 times and even 1/4 mile ETs are more a function of traction, driver skill, and how much you are willing to abuse your car. Still... there are some impressive numbers up there.

Mark in Baltimore

I had no idea there was such trouble. I thought they had a good name.

Out of curiousity, Kim, what kind of problems are occurring?

993,951,944

The list is a comparison of apples to oranges.
Most of the top contenders are not factory stock
production cars. ( Although, a few of the P-cars are stock)
The comparison is really a measure of after market tuners
and their financing. They have either modified a stock
engine/tranny or completely redesigned it specifically to provide
a glorious moment of 0-60 and 1/4 mile times to be recorded and
documented. Contrary to what some believe, an after market
increase in turbo boost and/or increased engine displacement
does not prove that one car make is "superior" to another.


If someone put a performance engine in a Yugo would credit
be given even if it outperformed all the super cars?
Would anyone think a modified Yugo could be "Cool"?
Would it still truly be a genuine and authentic Yugo?
The fact is, the Yugo would never receive any recognition
regardless of its modified performance. Yet it's light weight and
could beat everything on the list with the enough modifications.
The ranking order is biased towards "faster is better", so the
modified Yogu would be the fastest and therefore "coolest" in the rank.
It is lighter than the Corvette, so there's no argument.


Many small sized tuners have street cars that even outperform
the well known tuners. I recall seeing an old Honda civic that scored
7 second 1/4 mile time, but it wasn't build by a popular or well
known tuner. The car and tuner just didn't make the "cool" list.
Although, if they put their efforts into a Ferrari, it would be
well documented, and Ferrari would therefore be ranked as "most cool".


The attached image clearly demonstrates that P-cars are superior:

Roygarth

Yep, it's a shame magazines don't test 0-100 as a matter of course, I assume they'd get in trouble if they did?!

Ref 993RS: Performance Car (Oct '95) managed 0-60 in 4.6, 0-100 in 11.1