Rankings (plus score out of 100 - 50/50 road & track):

1st: Porsche 911 Carrera S = 89 (44/45)
2nd: Noble M400 = 84 (40/44)
3rd: Ford GT = 80 (39/41)
4th: Ferrari 430 = 79 (40/39)
5th: Aston Martin V8 Vantage = 78 (40/38)
6th: Nissan Nismo 350Z = 76 (37/39)
7th: BMW M5 = 76 (39/37)
8th: Porsche Boxster S = 75 (40/35)
9th Lotus Exige 240R = 72 (33/39)
10th: Mitsubishi EVO IX = 71 (36/35)
11th Renault Clio Trophy = 70 36/34)
12th: VW Golf Gti = 69 (38/31)
13th: BMW 330i = 66 (36/30)
14th: Nissan 350Z convertible = 65 (33/32)
15th: Ford Fiesta ST = 64 (29/35)
16th: Mercedes CLS 55 AMG = 60 (31/29)
17th: Chevrolet Corvette C6 = 56 (29/27)
18th: VX Astra VXR = 48 (26/22)
19th: Morgan Aero 8 Mk2 = 35 (10/25)

Dry/Wet Lap times/Peak lateral G (Rockingham)

1st: Porsche 911 Carrera S = 81.4secs/94.7secs/1.05
2nd: Noble M400 = 76.6secs/98.0secs/1.22
3rd: Ford GT = 80.7secs/93.6secs/1.04
4th: Ferrari 430 = 81.1secs/101.5secs/na
5th: Aston Martin V8 Vantage = 84.4secs/100.0secs/1.00
6th: Nissan Nismo 350Z = 84.7secs/102.5/1.02
7th: BMW M5 = 84.4secs/98.3secs/0.98
8th: Porsche Boxster S = 82.7secs/99.1secs/1.09
9th Lotus Exige 240R = 81.8secs/94.7secs/1.07
10th: Mitsubishi EVO IX = 82.5secs/98.4secs/1.01
11th Renault Clio Trophy = 87.0secs/101.2secs/0.95
12th: VW Golf Gti = 88.8secs/103.8secs/0.93
13th: BMW 330i = 88.1secs/106.5secs/0.95
14th: Nissan 350Z convertible = 85.9secs/103.9secs/1.00
15th: Ford Fiesta ST = 89.1secs/105.0secs/0.97
16th: Mercedes CLS 55 AMG = 86.4secs/98.9secs/0.93secs
17th: Chevrolet Corvette C6 = 84.0secs/94.7secs/1.02
18th: VX Astra VXR = 88.0secs/103.8secs/0.96
19th: Morgan Aero 8 Mk2 = 84.0secs/103.9secs/1.04

Film http://www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?ar=217161

 

no lambos?

 

I'm quite surprised the 911S beat out the Noble, and F430 on the track. But good on ya Porsche!

Also was this test based on lap-times, or just track performance/price?

 

Read again. The last row is lap times in the same order as they rank the cars