Which car started the HP wars of today?
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Originally Posted by CLpower
the S550 benz is close to it, and the 7 series bMW is 400 lbs more (which I wouldn't consider MUCH lighter)
if you made its competition the E55 and new M5, it's dead even as far as weight
if you made its competition the E55 and new M5, it's dead even as far as weight
2006 XJ Super V8 - 2006 S55 AMG: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
2006 Jaguar XJ8 - 2007 Mercedes-Benz - 2006 Lexus LS 430 - 2006 Audi A8 - 2006 BMW 750i: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
As you can see the XJ sedan under cuts it's competitors in weight by a good margin.
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Originally Posted by DownUnder
Compare it to the class it belongs to:
2006 XJ Super V8 - 2006 S55 AMG: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
2006 Jaguar XJ8 - 2007 Mercedes-Benz - 2006 Lexus LS 430 - 2006 Audi A8 - 2006 BMW 750i: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
As you can see the XJ sedan under cuts it's competitors in weight by a good margin.
2006 XJ Super V8 - 2006 S55 AMG: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
2006 Jaguar XJ8 - 2007 Mercedes-Benz - 2006 Lexus LS 430 - 2006 Audi A8 - 2006 BMW 750i: http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmu...op=3&tab=specs
As you can see the XJ sedan under cuts it's competitors in weight by a good margin.
So the XJR doesn't belong being compared to the E55 and M5 which are all in the same price range???? That's how the mags have always compared it. And that's how it was brought up into this conversation.
I think this is a much better comparison then the one you did
XJR - M5 - E55 (and there aren't the 20K price differences from your S55-XJ Super V8 comparison)
http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmunds/VehicleComparison;jsessionid=GZhb14jJNy1Ck1c6sQnbf hQ6Rjnt1wjDrvqvZtWyXRGTk2RXc8p3!1494095806?styleid =100541983&styleid=100650117&styleid=100578819&max vehicles=5&refid=&op=3&tab=specs
I also think the Base XJ should be more compared to the E class, and 5 series, and the A6 (not the S class, and 7 series) but that's just me. Cars are all in the same price range (well all are with in 10K of each other, as opposed to the 20K differences w/ your first comparison)
but nice try at completely trying to sway shit to show you are right
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http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmunds/VehicleComparison;jsessionid=GZbTTh9PSL8WHn1lcWNYG sCNqyLwW1fwhr4pP2k3tgcvWwGXz6rp!1494095806?basesty leid=100541973&styleid=100574347&styleid=100548788 &styleid=100645497&styleid=100578757&maxvehicles=5 &refid=&op=3&tab=specs
XJ8 - LS430 - A6 - 550i - E500
how do you get these fucking links to work correctly
it is still the lightest in these comparisons, but not by much at all
Regardless, Jag needs to step up the power
XJ8 - LS430 - A6 - 550i - E500
how do you get these fucking links to work correctly
it is still the lightest in these comparisons, but not by much at all
Regardless, Jag needs to step up the power
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Mclaren F1(this one came later), Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari Testarossa, need I say more?
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Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
For imports, the twin turbo Supra is the king.
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Originally Posted by CLpower
you forgot the 959
ahh yes, that was the slant nosed porsche, correct? 450 hp @ 6500RPM from a 3 litre 6 in 1986..... What a car!
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Originally Posted by CLpower
So the XJR doesn't belong being compared to the E55 and M5 which are all in the same price range???? That's how the mags have always compared it. And that's how it was brought up into this conversation.
Originally Posted by CLpower
I think this is a much better comparison then the one you did
XJR - M5 - E55 (and there aren't the 20K price differences from your S55-XJ Super V8 comparison)
http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmunds/VehicleComparison;jsessionid=GZhb14jJNy1Ck1c6sQnbf hQ6Rjnt1wjDrvqvZtWyXRGTk2RXc8p3!1494095806?styleid =100541983&styleid=100650117&styleid=100578819&max vehicles=5&refid=&op=3&tab=specs
XJR - M5 - E55 (and there aren't the 20K price differences from your S55-XJ Super V8 comparison)
http://www.edmunds.com/apps/nvc/edmunds/VehicleComparison;jsessionid=GZhb14jJNy1Ck1c6sQnbf hQ6Rjnt1wjDrvqvZtWyXRGTk2RXc8p3!1494095806?styleid =100541983&styleid=100650117&styleid=100578819&max vehicles=5&refid=&op=3&tab=specs
Originally Posted by CLpower
I also think the Base XJ should be more compared to the E class, and 5 series, and the A6 (not the S class, and 7 series) but that's just me. Cars are all in the same price range (well all are with in 10K of each other, as opposed to the 20K differences w/ your first comparison)
Originally Posted by CLpower
but nice try at completely trying to sway shit to show you are right
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Originally Posted by Maximized
Umm. Porsche
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Originally Posted by srika
imports = Japanese cars. I know, makes no sense, I mean German cars = imports too.
Porsche had the 911 Turbo, which was more powerful than the Supra. Or even the 959
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Originally Posted by Maximized
Imports= Imported in the USA.
Porsche had the 911 Turbo, which was more powerful than the Supra. Or even the 959
Porsche had the 911 Turbo, which was more powerful than the Supra. Or even the 959
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I probably should read the entire thread, but I remember reading about a "gentlemen's agreement" that the Big 3 in Japan honored...something about not going over 300hp? Rumor? True?
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I probably should read the entire thread, but I remember reading about a "gentlemen's agreement" that the Big 3 in Japan honored...something about not going over 300hp? Rumor? True?
Honda Legend(RL) was the first car to break the rule.
Right now, cars like STi Limited, IS350, Fuga, Crown Athlete, 350Z etc. all have outputs over 300ps.
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Originally Posted by srika
umm.. in its initial reference in this thread, "imports" = Japanese cars. "Imports" as in, the generic term.
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I'm pretty sure I remember it was Nissan who "officially" broke the so-called gentlemen's rule in Japan, not Honda. Otherwise, it's debatable, as I've been told the NSX, though rated 290hp, actually had more. Same for the Nissan GT's and Toyota Supra's.
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The TLS and CLS had 260hp before the 02 altima came out...
TL-S = BMW competitor
CLpower's comparison of a fully loaded Altima costing within 4k of a TL-S in 02 doesn't make sense IMO - a loaded Camry costs more than a BMW 325i - doesn't mean they compete in the same class.
I'd have to give a nod to the cars of the early to mid 90's - specifically the import sports cars - 300ZX TT, 3000GT VR4, Supra TT, and I'm surpised nobody mentioned the RX-7 TT. All great cars, that even today would school many performance cars in a straight line. Also the Legend Coupe deserves mention for a 6 speed manual and 230hp in 1993. Wow.
A lot of folks have mentioned the 959 and the F40 and the F1 etc. - the thing is though, you EXPECT these cars to have ludicrous amounts of HP and be insanely fast. What you don't expect is your grocery getting Altima in 02 to have 240hp, 4 doors, 5 seats, and a manual tranny for 24k. Fast forward to today, and you can pick up and nice big american sedan (ala 300 SRT-8) that costs 40k and will blow the doors of many sports cars. Now thats a golden age of HP.
As a sidenote: I still can't get over the fact that a Mercedes S600 will blast to 60mph in 4.2 freakin seconds! Long live the hp wars
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Originally Posted by vishnus11
As a sidenote: I still can't get over the fact that a Mercedes S600 will blast to 60mph in 4.2 freakin seconds! Long live the hp wars
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I know I've seen em reviewed before... here are a few quickly, scanning on Google...
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...t-rockets.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....4&print_page=y
http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/car-review/ce4935.aspx
not surprisingly, the S-Type finished dead last.
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...t-rockets.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....4&print_page=y
http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/car-review/ce4935.aspx
not surprisingly, the S-Type finished dead last.
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Originally Posted by phile
I'm pretty sure I remember it was Nissan who "officially" broke the so-called gentlemen's rule in Japan, not Honda. Otherwise, it's debatable, as I've been told the NSX, though rated 290hp, actually had more. Same for the Nissan GT's and Toyota Supra's.
Of course as we know they are more powerful than that in real life.
Honda Legend officially broke it in 04.
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Originally Posted by srika
I know I've seen em reviewed before... here are a few quickly, scanning on Google...
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...t-rockets.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....4&print_page=y
http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/car-review/ce4935.aspx
not surprisingly, the S-Type finished dead last.
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...t-rockets.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....4&print_page=y
http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/car-review/ce4935.aspx
not surprisingly, the S-Type finished dead last.
touché
however, many have also compared it to the S4, M3, C55 Which I think is more the S-Type R's competition. Regardless Jag is out classed in any situation
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I agree with Nicky Pass on this one - it has to be the real horsepower wars that began with Chevrolet, Ford, and Pontiac going into the 1990's. Trans Am WS6 vs Camaro SS vs Mustang Cobra - let the best company win. This isn't even mentioning the Corvette and Viper in this equation, of course. Then again, the Viper could be the reason for all these horsepower wars, with Chevrolet trying to make bigger motors to catch Dodge.
I don't see something like the Toyota Supra TT, Nissan 300ZX TT or the Mazda RX7 spawning this horsepower revolution, simply because the Japanese have always gotten their power from smaller displacement and mostly forced induction. American companies love their big motors - their Hemis, their LS1's, their 8.0L's in the trucks. How many Japanese cars do you know out there with over 350 horsepower? Yup.
I like this topic - very subjective.
I don't see something like the Toyota Supra TT, Nissan 300ZX TT or the Mazda RX7 spawning this horsepower revolution, simply because the Japanese have always gotten their power from smaller displacement and mostly forced induction. American companies love their big motors - their Hemis, their LS1's, their 8.0L's in the trucks. How many Japanese cars do you know out there with over 350 horsepower? Yup.
I like this topic - very subjective.
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And also, why would anyone be talking about the VQ35 as being revolutionary because their cars were pushing out 240 horsepower? Does anyone remember that Pontiac has been running the same stupid 3.8L supercharged motor that pushes out 240 horsepower in their Grand Prix GTP for almost a decade? The 1996 Chevy Impala SS ring a bell? It's always been the Americans that have put the bigger engines in with the globs of horsepower, and it always will be that way.
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And also, why would anyone be talking about the VQ35 as being revolutionary because their cars were pushing out 240 horsepower? Does anyone remember that Pontiac has been running the same stupid 3.8L supercharged motor that pushes out 240 horsepower in their Grand Prix GTP for almost a decade? The 1996 Chevy Impala SS ring a bell? It's always been the Americans that have put the bigger engines in with the globs of horsepower, and it always will be that way.
Even today, you could say that a Pontiac Grandprix GXP or a Impala SS have V8's and are family sedans, and would desamate (sp?) all, but they really don't offer a complete package i.e. they can't handle competently for example.
Sorry, kinda off topic, back to hp wars!
EDIT: Srika: had no idea that the older S600 was that capable to!
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Originally Posted by vishnus11
Even today, you could say that a Pontiac Grandprix GXP or a Impala SS have V8's and are family sedans, and would desamate (sp?) all, but they really don't offer a complete package i.e. they can't handle competently for example.
Can the japanese cars handle competently? Nope. Have you driven either of those cars you just dissed to see how they drive? Doubt it
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I've driven a Grand Prix GXP, I was quite surprised. It just needed a better interior
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Can the japanese cars handle competently? Nope. Have you driven either of those cars you just dissed to see how they drive? Doubt it
Like I said, its not just handling. Like Ken said, the inteior is
But back to the topic...
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Originally Posted by vishnus11
Even today, you could say that a Pontiac Grandprix GXP or a Impala SS have V8's and are family sedans, and would desamate (sp?) all, but they really don't offer a complete package i.e. they can't handle competently for example.
I drove a new GT rental 3 weeks ago and was impressed. The handling of the car was great. The chassis reacted well under transition and provided great feedback. The only problem chassis wise is that the brake feel was off. Take into account that it's an 18 year old chassis which GM has been refining over the years.
The car looks good IMO, but the interior uses cheap materials. If they upgraded the interior, it would actually be a great all around car. A 5 or 6 speed Auto would help too.
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Originally Posted by MSZ
Not true at all, GT-R(since R32) and NSX(included NSX-R)were rated 280ps officially.
Of course as we know they are more powerful than that in real life.
Honda Legend officially broke it in 04.
Of course as we know they are more powerful than that in real life.
Honda Legend officially broke it in 04.
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Originally Posted by MattT516
And also, why would anyone be talking about the VQ35 as being revolutionary because their cars were pushing out 240 horsepower? Does anyone remember that Pontiac has been running the same stupid 3.8L supercharged motor that pushes out 240 horsepower in their Grand Prix GTP for almost a decade? The 1996 Chevy Impala SS ring a bell? It's always been the Americans that have put the bigger engines in with the globs of horsepower, and it always will be that way.
I pressume that appearing on Ward's top 10 engines "forever" does a LOT for this legacy of the VQ35 being the renowned player that it is. And, much has to be said for a naturally aspirated VQ35DE being able to mimic the power delivery of blown 3800s and LT1s while providing a refined motor with decent fuel economy.
(Even a number of Cobra guys on SVTPerformance.com have confessed that they would love to have a VQ powered Altima as their daily driver. That says quite a bit about the impact of the VQ.)
That said, it is subjective as to accurately assert the origin of the current power wars. FWD-wise (and IMHO), the 1998 Honda Accord V6 (J30A1) was the first in its class (FWD Asian family sedans) to hit the 200hp mark stateside. (The Maxima-190hp, Camry V6-188hp and 626 V6-170hp came up a bit short, although the VQ30DE Maxima repaid its driver with more torque than the rest.) And Honda could have easily thrown down the gauntlet (so to speak) with the immediately forthcoming 225hp/214lb-ft J32A (3.2TL). )
As far as the supersedans go, I still recall the original E28 M5 being the premier sports sedan for the sporting yuppie who needed some the occassional practicality that could not be accomplished in the typical M5 stablemate at the time: a Porsche 911 Targa. BMW has been at it since!!!
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I'm thinkin' the muscle cars of the 60's like the GTO, Camaro, Challenger, Charger, and the like. Not current cars by any stretch, not the last 20 years anways.
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