Journalists from AutoBild conducted performance tests of two powerful sports cars in their drop-top versions: McLaren MP4–12C Spider vs. Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet. Both cars are fitted with 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged engines but they are still a bit different. Porsche is equipped with a six-cylinder engine producing 560 hp and 750 Nm of torque while McLaren hides a V8 delivering 625 hp and 600 Nm of torque under its bonnet. MP4–12C was better in acceleration performance tests; however, in 0–100 km/h sprint Turbo S did not leave any chances to McLaren. The latter started demonstrating its advantage in weight and power only after 200 km/h. Both cars had almost equal results in deceleration tests but Turbo S showed better results on the Sachsenring lap in spite of its big weight and less horsepower. The magazine also published a video of Porsche’s best lap. Below you can find the results received in the course of the tests:
1st place: Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet
- Tyres: Dunlop Sport Maxx Race N0 (semi-slicks)
- Weight: 1658 kg
- 0–50 kph: 1,2 s
- 0–100 kph: 2,87 s
- 0–160 kph: 6,4 s
- 0–200 kph: 9,9 s
- Quarter mile: 10,83 s
- Flexibility (80–120 kph) in 5th/6th/7th gear: 3,7 s/5,0 s/8,0 s
- Braking (100–0 kph), warm: 33,1 m
2nd place: Mclaren 12C Spider
- Tyres: Pirelli P Zero Corsa MC1 (semi-slicks)
- Weight: 1512 kg
- 0–50 kph: 1,4 s
- 0–100 kph: 3,07 s
- 0–160 kph: 6,3 s
- 0–200 kph: 9,4 s
- Quarter mile: 10,80 s
- Flexibility (80–120 kph) in 5th/6th/7th gear: 4,0 s/6,9 s/15,8 s
- Braking (100–0 kph), warm: 33,6 m
Sachsenring laptimes:
- 1:33,23 min — Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet
- 1:33,69 min — McLaren 12C Spider
Source: http://www.autobild.de/
