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Originally Posted by Bifta
I'll start with a 1996 N Reg Caterham Super Seven 1.6 litre, £11,750 on Autotrader, it's getting close but not quite close enough, 0-60 in 6.9 seconds and a top speed of 110 .. I'm still looking!
edit: Lotus Esprit Turbo, £7995, reputed top track speed of over 180mph, 0-60 in 4.7 seconds, the only problem is it's I believe a 2.2 litre engine, still half of that of the Corvette though, and with a marked improvement of over half a second in acceleration and it leaves your 'bus' in the dust top speed wise.
edit again: perhaps someone else on here could find a suitable contender?  |
The Lotus Carlton
Itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s a Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. To cut a long story short, Lotus were employed to produce a Limited Edition version of the Vauxhall Carlton. They started with the already superb 3.0 litre 24v Carlton GSi, reengineered it, and ended up with a 3.6 litre 24v twin turbocharged and intercoooled 377 BHP, 170+ MPH monster. The gearbox, differential, brakes and chassis were all modified and/or replaced to handle the increased power. In all, only 950 cars were built, of which 284 were right hand drive Vauxhall Lotus Carltons, the rest were left hand drive Opel Lotus Omegas. The worldââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s fastest production saloon car.
Difficult question. The †˜officialâà ƒÆ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€ žÂ¢ top speed is 176 MPH. Several motoring magazines of the time attempted to verify this, but there arenââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t any runways long enough in the UK to do it on. And no-one in there right minds would publish an article claiming to have done 170+ MPH on public roads. Rumor has it that top speed is governed by the rev. limiter in 5th gear, and this would give a top speed of about 187 MPH. The 0-60 time is around 5.2 seconds, according to the magazines, but they donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t have to pay for new tyres, clutches and gearboxes. Itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s not particularly quick away from the lights because of its weight (nearly 2 tons), but since you can do nearly 60 MPH in first, you donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t get beaten that often.
The SAAB 9-3 Aero
2.0T 210bhp
Four-cylinder high output turbo.
Displacement: 1,988 dm3.
EEC rating: 154 kW (210 hp) at 5300 r/min.
Recommended fuel: 95 octane (min. 91).
Top speed: 146 mph; auto. 143 mph . 0 to 60 mph: 7.5 sec; auto. 8.3 sec.
Overtaking,6 speed man.: 40 to 60 mph in fourth gear 6.2 sec; 50 to 70 mph in fifth gear 8.5 sec.
Fuel consumption mpg *: 23.7/41.5/32.8; auto. 20.2/39.8/29.4.
Carbon dioxide emission (CO2)combined g/km: 207; auto. 232.
*City/highway/Combined driving cycle, according to the 1999/100 EC directive.
This car is actually faster in normal driving (e.g. 40-70 in Third) that a Ferrari -