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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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Ruf RT12 vs Veyron and others in Road & Track

hope not a repost.

ok so the Ruf got raped by the Veyron, Henessy and Lingenfelter. No surprise there really.

Bit disappointed by the 1/4 mile ET (11.6) and trap speed (124mph) of the car tested though. That's a LOT slower than other RT12's tested that typically do 11 secs and around 135mph...

Not that it would have made a difference... the other cars are clearly in a different class, and it would have taken the likes of Markski's, Craig's, Joe's and other 6Speeders' monster 911's to make for a closer fight...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=5680

 
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Thanks for the link.

It is amazing reading about the power of the Hennessey- its just too bad in the real world nobody actually wants to do business with them.
 
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Another stupid comparison article by R&T...
 
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Another stupid comparison article by R&T...

true. but wat i thought was surprising was the fact that the muci and SLR are totally stock cars. just shows the power of european super cars
 
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and obviously the bugatti which is in a totally different class itself
 
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Would be nice if they would have included some US tuners like EVOMS, AWE etc

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Another stupid comparison article by R&T...
I think the same...
 
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Shows the RT12 is not worth the money - IMO of course...
Please don't flame...
 
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It is a repost you are a little late but in your defense it was posted in the 996tt forum:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=92365
 
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It is a repost you are a little late but in your defense it was posted in the 996tt forum:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=92365
strange... i could have sworn i did a search before posting... oh well...
 
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how's it "stupid"

it's an entertaining article period.

thx for sharing bud
 
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how's it "stupid"

it's an entertaining article period.

thx for sharing bud
It's stupid in that R&T makes another comparison of exotic cars from around the world and ranks their performance based on one single category...regardless of whether or not the car was designed for the purpose of drag racing. The entire article is a comparison of drag racing capabilities...again proving that the only thing that R&T is impressed with, is acceleration.
 
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