Originally posted by nuchpatrick
My dream cars..
Lotus Elise (The best track car around!) & a Cadillac CTS-V A 4-Door Vett.
From Car and Driver Magazine:
"Allied with Ford’s 2.0-liter SVT Focus four-cylinder, a close-ratio six-speed gearbox, and grippy Avon CR500 tires, this adds up to lively acceleration: 0 to 60 in four seconds flat, 0 to 100 in 11.8, the quarter-mile in 13.0 at 103 mph. Only the Cobra was quicker.
The Caterham’s minimal curb weight pays off in other measurable areas. The Seven recorded 1.02 g on the skidpad, out-quicked the Elise in the lane change, and needed only 152 feet to stop from 70 mph, one of the best braking performances we’ve recorded for a street-legal car. (The best—145 feet—was by the Porsche Carrera GT we tested last month.) The Caterham was also fastest during our lapping at BeaveRun, and it was the back-road champ on the hilly byways of southeast Ohio—provided those byways weren’t too lumpy.
Anyone who looks for passenger-car virtues in a Caterham is bound to be disappointed. This car is a specialist, designed for terrorizing back roads on weekend mornings, or making everyone else look slow at a track day. It’s a car you don like a Superman suit. Once you’ve wriggled into it, you’ll be able to fly. As automotive toys go, it’s far from cheap. But few, if any, offer more agility for the money."
The Elise offers only slightly less performance (depending upon which engine and which Caterham, the 202 hp Superlight 7 hits 60 in 3.7 seconds), but offers far more comfort. Neither would be deemed a daily driver, but if you HAD to drive one of these every day, the Elise is the one I would choose.
My regards,
Widewing
