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Originally Posted by fatoni
not really. the ring is more driver dependent and too long to be consistent. at least a 0-60 time tells you something tangible and combined with the knowledge of transmission shows you how much power will be available. 0-60 happens way more often in daily driving than anything you would experience racing around nurburg. maybe well just have to agree to disagree but i feel at the end they are both just used as marketing ploys
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I'm not anticipating them having a 7 minute time with this car. In this case, this should be more like what the German manufacturers used it for; before it became the 'it' thing for the supercars once the 200mph club became passe'.
Basically the 'Ring is a looped, timed section of 'real' highway with some distinctly un-track like and highly varied road sections. So testing on here allows for good evaluation of real-world at-the-limit performance characteristics in a repeatable environment. At least that's what I hope their doing.
As for your buddy's MR-2/S, what was dull about it (2ZZGE 6M swap?)? I'm looking for an entertaining, comfortable, efficient daily driver. For pure 'character' my Supra will dominate the FR-S, so that's not my top priority. It's raw, rough and fast.