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Here’s the newest edition to the Sport Auto threads, their wet-water handling course.
This is a rather new addition to Sport Auto’s Supertest so the list is quite short.
*All tests done with traction control on
1:27.2 - Porsche 997 GT3
1:27.5 - Audi B7 RS4
1:28.4 - Porsche 997 Carrera S
1:29.1 – Porsche Cayman S
1:29.6 - Maserati GranSport
1:30.3 - Chevrolet Corvette C6
1:30.7 - Volkswagen R32 MK2
1:30.9 - Porsche 987 Boxster S
1:31.0 - BMW M6
1:31.0 - Renault Megane Sport Auto Trophy
1:31.3 - Audi S3, 2007
1:31.8 - Ford GT
1:32.2 - Alpina Roadster S
1:33.4 - Aston Martin V8 Vantage
1:33.5 - Koenigsegg CCR
1:33.6 - Mazda 3 MPS
1:34.1 - BMW 130i Sports Package
1:34.2 - Pagani Zonda F
1:34.2 - BMW Z4 3.0 CSi
1:34.8 - Jaguar XKR, 2007
1:35.1 - Volkswagen Golf GTi DSG
1:35.6 - Mercedes-Benz SL65
1:35.7 - BMW E60 M5
1:35.8 - BMW 335i
1:36.2 - Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM
1:37.6 - Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG
1:38.2 - Ferrari F430
All of the wet water course tests are done with the traction control systems on, except of course with the vehicles which do not have the system (IE Ford GT)
This helps clarify things. For example, magazines have told countless times before that the TC system on the 997 GT3 is the same one on the Carrera GT, it's known as a traction system which allows a lot "play" before it's activates. This helped the GT3 a lot!
On the F430 matter,
I'm not sure if anybody recently watched Best Motoring's test of the F430 but they ran the F430 on a wet circle track attempting to drift the vehicle, they tried each traction mode (five setting's total), they found rain and snow mode to be extremely intrusive. I would assume the F430 was run in "rain" mode and that meant the acceleration was extremely limited.
This is a rather new addition to Sport Auto’s Supertest so the list is quite short.
*All tests done with traction control on
1:27.2 - Porsche 997 GT3
1:27.5 - Audi B7 RS4
1:28.4 - Porsche 997 Carrera S
1:29.1 – Porsche Cayman S
1:29.6 - Maserati GranSport
1:30.3 - Chevrolet Corvette C6
1:30.7 - Volkswagen R32 MK2
1:30.9 - Porsche 987 Boxster S
1:31.0 - BMW M6
1:31.0 - Renault Megane Sport Auto Trophy
1:31.3 - Audi S3, 2007
1:31.8 - Ford GT
1:32.2 - Alpina Roadster S
1:33.4 - Aston Martin V8 Vantage
1:33.5 - Koenigsegg CCR
1:33.6 - Mazda 3 MPS
1:34.1 - BMW 130i Sports Package
1:34.2 - Pagani Zonda F
1:34.2 - BMW Z4 3.0 CSi
1:34.8 - Jaguar XKR, 2007
1:35.1 - Volkswagen Golf GTi DSG
1:35.6 - Mercedes-Benz SL65
1:35.7 - BMW E60 M5
1:35.8 - BMW 335i
1:36.2 - Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM
1:37.6 - Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG
1:38.2 - Ferrari F430
All of the wet water course tests are done with the traction control systems on, except of course with the vehicles which do not have the system (IE Ford GT)
This helps clarify things. For example, magazines have told countless times before that the TC system on the 997 GT3 is the same one on the Carrera GT, it's known as a traction system which allows a lot "play" before it's activates. This helped the GT3 a lot!
On the F430 matter,
I'm not sure if anybody recently watched Best Motoring's test of the F430 but they ran the F430 on a wet circle track attempting to drift the vehicle, they tried each traction mode (five setting's total), they found rain and snow mode to be extremely intrusive. I would assume the F430 was run in "rain" mode and that meant the acceleration was extremely limited.
