As the fall new-model season begins to heat up, here’s a look at some of the most interesting and important vehicles debuting between now and fall 2020...
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BMW M8 Vs Modified GT-R Drag Race
New 911 Turbo S Camera Car Captures BMW M8 Vs Modified GT-R Drag Race
The new Porsche 911 Turbo S is a fast car – there isn't a shadow of doubt about that. We've seen it run a race track and almost beat a McLaren 720S, while a previous drag race showed us that it can eat the British supercar in a straight line.
In fact, the 911 Turbo is so fast, it was like a camera car in this drag race. The battle is between a BMW M8 Competition and a Nissan GT-R showered with fancy Liberty Walk body kits. We've seen this build before, though this GT-R below wasn't exactly what you'd see in the video above.....
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One particularly interesting bit regarded the shooting brake, which Nurnberger said, "we sort of started it and then realized to make a really good shooting brake we had to do a lot more engineering." Thus, the long-roof Vanquish actually has a longer wheelbase than the rest of the cars. According to Nunberger, the rear of the car is taken from a modular platform and is essentially a rear of a Rapide that has been added on. Of course, that required total reengineering, retesting, as well as re-crashing to bring it to production......
So the car's RFID key card got her thinking, much as any of us would: Hey, why not put that thing in my other arm? They chip dogs, don't they?...
