Best Driver's Car 2008, Testy

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ASTON
MAEIIN
DBS
Pric€t162,500
Power510bhp
at 6500rpm
Torque420lb
LEXUS!q-F
Pri<et51,155
Power
417bhpat 6600rpm
Torque3721b
VWSCIBOCCO
2.0TSl
Pri.e tzl,94O
Power197bhP
at 5l00rpm
lorque 2071b
ft at 1700rpm
Kerbweight
1298k9
Gearbox
6-spdmanual
O-5Omph6,7sec
MITSUBISHI
EVOXTQlqo
Price
t38,349
Power354bhpat
6500rpm
Torque3631b
ft at 3500rPm
Kerbrvelght1560k9
Gearbox5-sDd
manual
O-6omph4,lsec
KTMX-BOW
ft at 3000rpm
Kerbweight
790k9
Gearbox6-spdmanual
O-5OmPh
l.9sec
tsEST
DRIVER'S
CAR
o
--t
I
ft at 4750rpm
Kerbweight
1695k9
Gearbox6-spdmanual
O-60mPh
4.2sec
ft at 5200rpm
(erb
weight1700k9
Gearbox
8-spdautomatic
O-6Omph5.2sec
Power237bhP
at 5500rpm
torque 2291b
BRITAI
NI'S
ANDSCITBEGINS
ThreedaysatBedfordAutodromewoulddecide
thefive
fortheboatclaimedmore
thanone
notable
scalp
e'vebeen doing this for 20
years and there's still no
event on the calendai we look
fbrward to more. Every year we
cherry-pick the finest-handling carswe've
driven in the past 12mouths, tal<ethem to a
tack and thrash the
pants
offthem.
In recent
yean
we've added new
disciplines such asroad routes ald lap
times, and ertended the time taken for the
lestfiom a singledayto morel}ar a week.
but the purpose remains the samenow as
it did back at our first
gathering
at Casde
Combein1989.
And eachyear,erperience tells us
certain things evenbefore tie first new car
is chosen.We lcrow where t}Ie bar is set,
becausethe only car thatt everinvited back
is last
year's
winner. we know something
cheapisgoingto makesomethingexpensive
stare at its shoesbecauseit always does.
We larow too, that despite our very best
efforts to choosethe very best cars,one car
will disappoint somuch that we'll wonder
why it was there; another we expected
merely to do well will exceedour every
er:pectations,while a third
q'ill
divide our
judging
team down tlre middle.
24
SEPIE]\4BER
'finalists
forthelsleofMan.AsAndrewFrankelexplains,
thebattle
2OO8
Finally
-
and most importaldy
however
good, however insuperable the
winner ftom
the previous
year
might be, we lanow
that the
defenceoI irstitle is
going to beaso-ugglc
Thisyearthat carwasAudi'sR8.
whose
win in 2007was one ofdre most convincing
on recotd. But drere were 10new contenders
itching to consign tiat victory to history
both on the Bedford Autodrome
and the
pubiic roads nearby.Our
purpose here was
simply to
whitde the t1 down to five, which
would then go forward to the toughest test
we've
yet to design: a day on the Isle ofMan,
driving on some oftheworld's greatest
public roads closed especiallyfor us.
Taking the challengers in price order, the
first up to the start line was the Renaultsport
Clio 197Citp, L14,995 oflegalised
dot. How
much fun was it to
drive? By democratic
consensus,
more fun dran at least one car
present costing more tlan 10 times asmuch.
The Clio
was the everyrnan ofthis
group,
t
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24 SEPTEIIBER
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- the
o y onecapable
ofproviding
thrills to
our
bestdriversand
novicesalike
Noneofus rvill
forget
ju
sthou'hard vou
couldleanon its
nose,trail-braking
allthe
way
iltto slou' alIlrd
quick tums. Anyone
who reckonsahumble
torsionbeam
is:rn
'nadequate
meanso'suspending
fie rea
r
well over
a decadeand
is nothing lessthan
the
referencepoint.
On road or track
lbr
handling below,
on and over the
limit,
it setsthestandard
to which the
others
mustaspirc.
It still feltaskeen,
progressNeancl
communicative
asever,
with its deliciously
fluid steering
a pafiicular
delight. Yet,
and
asrve shall
see,others are
now starting
to
pushbackthebouldaries
ofpure handling
prowess beyond even
the Elise's
grasp.
ir'safineca; offering,
arJeo"r
higlrperformance
halchbackneedc
to
drive this Clio now.
It
proved
brilliant
onourtest route,
too
l]ltimately
its modest
power and
inevitably
(
omfromi\edlracdon
oidnt make
f"r the
qui.ke*rlaptime.
burn hen
l
oure
having
this much
fun,who
cares?
The €20940
WV Scirocco
GT
Prcved
nothing like as
adaptable asthe
Clio. on
the rcad it showed
precisely why
it ha-s
won
therespect
andadmjration
ofalmost
all
who have driven
in; its damping
is
beautifullyjudged
for tough Bfitish
B roads, allowing
it to sit nonchalantly
on
the tails
oftheoreticallv
far quicker but
less
compliandy
susPendedmachines.
But what seemed
usefullv supple
on rhe
road proved
liu stratingly soft
on the tackJ a
lclonr
compounded
hj \rW.
Jeci*iunnnt
ro
aJ
probably
Lhepuresl
driving
q,.perience
ofd'te entirc
group, but
ro longer
is it inviolate.
In particular
there
was one
other car here that
not only
played
it at its own
qame
but also beat
it.
That cari; not the
935,499
Mitsubishi
Evolution
X FQ 360,
though. The Evo
spht
opinion
like few cars
th is year or, indeed,
in any ot} er One
judge
placed it
asligh
asfi
ri,rin theorerall
ranfungs.another
as
iowas
10dI,
Anyone
doubting the
sheer effectiveness
oftheoackaee
shouldbereferred
to thelap
times,
"uherethis four-door
saloon
proved
quickert} al the
droroughbred
Porsche
911,
but fewjudges
goton\Mti
rfsLlltra-
aggrcssir
esreerirgor its
ncedle\slyIarring
ri-Jeon the ruad.Back
on LheEack,ii cnped
wit]l t]]]e
bumpsbener
than anyother
carat
rheconteql,
bulaseach
dliverrciLlrned
lorv
1ru
ro
di.engage
*lc stabilitvconnol'
As a lisult
it proved impossible
to neutralise
theScirocco's
inherentdesire
to unde$teer,
and
while it steeredalIlrd
stoppedwcll,
it was
fartiom
irsfaroured
environment.
To
he
to
t1re
pits,their facestold tales
ofshockand
awe-,not love
and aflection.
Could this alone
earnitpromotionto
thelsle
ofMan?
Mosi
judgeswere
atbest
quizzicalandat
worst entirJv
nonplussedafter
their ilrst
'
blunt,it showed.
Which is something
You'd
never saY
aboutthe t33,499
supercharged
Elise
SC.In various
guises and
derivatives the
Elisehasbeen
attending
this eventtor
2008
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rxri.,r,:",r
.!ir-itii!l1.;i
ti' 45
74
SEPTEMBER
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V/FDIDIT
BedfordAutodromehasavarietvofcircuit
configu
the mostandleastDowerful cars.sooverall
the
lap
timesarelongerthan last
year's.
It'sstillmostly
afastcircuit.
only
through
the€omplexdothesecarsneedsecondgear;
everyothercorner
thiscanhave
this
year,
unlike
last,weoptedto includeachicane
inthe
fasteststraightto eventhingsupbetween
is
taken
in
eitherfourth
gear,oratleastthemiddle
of
third.
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(l\irPF)
[i]INSPEED
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(6)
i4INSPEE
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SLOWEST
CORNER
([4
PH)
IIAX FORCE
SLOWEST
G
F{STEST
IORNER
(M
PH)
x-Bow
1m074osec
112.1
19.2
1.05
:0.8
1.13
GALLARBO
lm
08.40sec
125.1
71.5
0.94
:0.4
t.l2
GT.R
1m08.8oec
112.81jnrtedl
0.95
:2.:
l.r9
R8
1m09.005ec
]L2A.2
7r.7
0.94
34.1
1.28
EVOX
ln 0t.l5sec
108.6
78.9
0.98
26.8
0.96
for
tractionoutofthecomplex.
TheDBSandlS-FstrLrggle
totherightfor
thenextbend,whichsuits
The
lighter
gtr
1m10.20s.ac
l'.1
0.85
24.4
0.88
carsfairly
rocketawayandtheR8carries
astonishing
Theleftitselfcan
be
straightened
DBS
1m10.75ser
r19.5
61.1
0.81
26.4
0.89
m!chmorethan
themapsuggests.
Thefe
aretwostraightforward
andincreasing
speed
through
it.
Et-tsE
1m11.20sec
11i.8
16.4
0.92
25.9
kifklspretty
fast,withahighkerbontheway
inthatonlyasupple,
Theeft-right
t5-F
1m12.45sc.
114.1
7t.3
0.87
25.2
0.82
y
iastleftsbefore
themainstraight.
cUo
1mi5.65sec
98.1
71.8
0.38
21.9
0.92
stablecar
ishappymakingcontactwjth.
Afterthekinkthecarsneed
Then
themore
powerfulcars
canstarttoassert
themselves
serRocco
1fr16.05sec
ra3.l
68.1
0.85
:4.8
0.81
to
again.
tt 5EPTE
tBa!tt
rl
rations,llutforourtaptimeswe
usedtheSouthCir.xit.Even
differentconfigurations;
VMAX
beha!ledback
fo!r-wheel-drive
rnachinery.
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