St Tropez is certainly one of the worst place to be into a Carrera GT. The streets are too narrow and bumpy for such a car. And there are really too many people there in summer!

 

You're telling me! It was just about fine with the little rental Boxster last year ( once I figured out the valet parking at the Byblos); attack of the masses this year... It's previous romanticized version has quickly disappeared into ostentatious showboating; a place to be seen, to say "I was in St. Tropez". I even stay just outside town (Hotel Sezz). Some of the local roads outside are nice except for the kamikaze small cars that come barreling around a blind corner. Anyway, an experience -- but the town center is a death trap for any serious sports car. The scooters have no respect for either the laws of nature or man. No helmet, and zooming between cars. Hmmmm. Let me think -- we get on an accident, how's is zee French socialist judge going to feel -- "Ah, ah -- you are from Switzerland and driving an expensive GERMAN sports car (witness their recent ban on the tops line models of Mercedes) while zee poor local woman was trying to get to work on time to earn her basic living and you didn't even get out of her way! I am appalled, insulted!" Even the British socialist state would be embarrassed by the wealth redistribution possibilities from this situation...

 

I just picked up the September issue of EVO today at Barnes and Noble.

 

Me too! Can't wait to dig into it.

 

seems they picked the CGT first as it was named first and then the F50 and F1

 

Agreed, although the article seems to talk most enthusiastically about the F50. Interestingly enough, they never picked the CGT as one of the best cars while it was being made and this article refers heavily to the effect of the "Super Sports" they put on the car (a consistent theme on other threads here). If someone really knew the whole tire history of the CGT and could recant it here, it would be interesting. I've have the Michelin tires just below the "Super Sports" -- the "Sport" -- for various regulatory reasons right now (if you can believe it). Sounds like it would be particularly critical on the Track...

 

Although it is interesting to note that they considered the CGT a car from the future -- totally agreed here -- so it's not nostalgia that caused it to be ranked so highly. I totally believe it represents the zenith of racing technology unless you are willing to support a racing team. Envy the 20,000 (now limited to 18,000) revs of a Formula 1 engine? Okay, be prepared to pay for 8 of them during One Season (and that's artificially constrained by regulations). Be prepared to replace the tires during the race, etc. The CGT is just at the technological edge where the costs pf racing start to go insane (and they are pretty significant for an individual now). The only car that represents the same sort of relative technological achievement for its time in this survey is the F1, but the Porsche comes in roughly one decade later (not to disparage the Ferrari, etc., the beautiful Pagani or the M600!) and at a critical turning point for the industry. The CGT was well appreciated here for its ability to drive in cool "Country" roads and generate that magical feeling that a special car can give a driver. Now take all these cars to the track for a full day of racing and I doubt any car other than the F1, the Zonda and the M600 would have survived it -- could be wrong, but I doubt it and the F1 had better be well maintained to do so. The CGT is ready to go! Expensive, but no where so in comparison as to what it delivers...

 

 

IMO the F50 is so much better in every way then the F40. Not sure what the fuz is about over an F40...Yes I have seen both cars in person. F50 hands down for me.

 

Thanks for posting this, great read

And thanks also for posting this. Fantastic watch.

98,xxx miles on the F1, impressive.

 

Been waiting for this to come out. Thanks for posting.

 

What a great video. Nice one Baf

 

Where was the Ferrari Enzo?

 

Not "analogue" enough for the testers I guess.

 

The Lambo should have been left off the test as well.