German car magazine SportAuto conducted performance tests of Corvette C7 Stingray vs. Jaguar XKR-S vs. Porsche 911 Carrera S PDK. The ratings traditionally included straight line acceleration time, brake system tests and lap time. Corvette Stingray became the winner of these tests but it was also noted by SportAuto journalist that Porsche was still the best comfort and sports combination. Jaguar showed best straight line acceleration performance.
3rd place: Jaguar XKR-S (48/60 points, 80 %)
Best acceleration thanks to the most powerful engine, limited traction at corner exits. Great tourer for long distances.
- Power, torque: 550 hp, 680 Nm
- Gearbox: 6-speed-automatic
- Weight: 1841 kg
- 0–100 km/h: 4,3 s
- 0–200 km/h: 14,0 s
- Vmax.: 300 km/h (limited)
- Flexibility (80–120 km/h) in 5th gear: 5,9 s
- 18 m slalom: 67,4 km/h
- Braking (100–0 km/h) with warm brakes: 35,6 m (-1,10 g)
- Hockenheimring: 1:14,2 min
2nd place: Porsche 911 Carrera S PDK (52/60 points, 87 %)
The 911 is still the best mixture of comfort and sportiness. This particular testcar was 1,4 s slower around the HHR as the Supertested one was with PCCB, sport suspension and 10 mm wider rear wheels. Also, it's only second fastest in this comparison...
- Power, torque: 400 hp, 440 Nm
- Gearbox: 7-speed-PDK
- Weight: 1507 kg
- 0–100 km/h: 4,4 s
- 0–200 km/h: 14,8 s
- Vmax.: 302 km/h
- Flexibility (80–120 km/h) in 5th gear: 7,5 s
- 18 m slalom: 71,8 km/h
- Braking (100–0 km/h) with warm brakes: 34,3 m (-1,15 g)
- Hockenheimring: 1:11,8 min
1st place: Corvette C7 Stingray (57/60 points, 95 %)
On the track the new Stingray is on the same level with the previous Z06 model. Fantastic power-and-performance-to-price ratio. Negativum: the manual gearbox of this pre-production testcar was far from precise.
- Power, torque: 466 hp, 630 Nm
- Gearbox: 7-speed-manual
- Weight: 1577 kg
- 0–100 km/h: 4,5 s
- 0–200 km/h: 15,0 s
- Vmax.: 292 km/h
- Flexibility (80–120 km/h) in 5th gear: 7,9 s
- 18 m slalom: 71,0 km/h
- Braking (100–0 km/h) with warm brakes: 34,6 m (-1,14 g)
- Hockenheimring: 1:11,5 min
Source: http://www.sportauto.de/
