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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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The laptime was...?

 
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Interesting.
 
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Both Jeremy's faces seem about accurate to what I'd imagine it'd be like...
 
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i want to see the times is there a video of the stig taking the gt2 around the track ?
 
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here you go:
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unfortunately it's not too thorough of a review of the gt2 it was more focused towards the lp560.
 

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WTF... what was the GT2's time? that's an irritating way to end a comparison!
 
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Well, At this point, buy either one and you will fatten Porsche's coffers.
 
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Its nice to see Clarkson do some unbiased reporting for a change.
 
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so what is the time on the track ?
 
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Ok, so this is going to **** you guys off like it just did me. I just watched the full comparo in the actual full episode.

The baby Lambo went around in 1:19.5 on a slightly patchy damp track with patches of actual full wet spots.
For reference 430 Scud missile was 1:19.7 as was the GTR, the LP640 of all things did it in 1:19.8. Turns out they gave the baby Lambo some roids apparently...

Now the good news/bad news:
Good news: Clarkson after talking some crap about the GT2's handling and it being slower in a straight line compared to the Lambo is reluctant to say what the GT2 did, implying it was indeed faster than the Lambo.

Bad news: They DO NOT show the video of it going around the track and Clarkson sets the time slip on fire, no joke. So there is no official time that they show. I suppose they will show it in the next episode with a full segment dedicated to the GT2 or we should start sending emails to Top Gear.

Sorry fellas.
 
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so what is the time on the track ?
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Ok, so this is going to **** you guys off like it just did me. I just watched the full comparo in the actual full episode.

The baby Lambo went around in 1:19.5 on a slightly patchy damp track with patches of actual full wet spots.
For reference 430 Scud missile was 1:19.7 as was the GTR, the LP640 of all things did it in 1:19.8. Turns out they gave the baby Lambo some roids apparently...

Now the good news/bad news:
Good news: Clarkson after talking some crap about the GT2's handling and it being slower in a straight line compared to the Lambo is reluctant to say what the GT2 did, implying it was indeed faster than the Lambo.

Bad news: They DO NOT show the video of it going around the track and Clarkson sets the time slip on fire, no joke. So there is no official time that they show. I suppose they will show it in the next episode with a full segment dedicated to the GT2 or we should start sending emails to Top Gear.

Sorry fellas.

I ve seen couple of tests,the LP560-4 is a really suprise lambo,in straight lane it faster than 430sc faster than GT2 faster than GT-R even faster than LP640....I think the E-GEAR gearbox in it might had a big improving.
 
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witch episode and season? I need to see that !!!
 

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wtf i what to know the time of the gt2 !!!
 


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