I know that at least mine will be fun to drive. The engine is in the back, so really, it’s like a 5 seat Porsche, right?
So basically it’s a Panamera? 
@koolkei whoever put that together can’t count: 2000-2006 is seven years!
Because power, or rather torque comes at a cost. The more torque you have, the stronger, and thus heavier the rest of the driveline has to be in order to withstand this force ( transmission, driveshafts, differential…)
@Denta In the description he put that he didn’t expect passengers to have a lot of luggage, so a lot of us made use of that to save weight and aerodynamics
Edit: Also, just because speed only has 2 parameters doesn’t mean they can’t be weighed heavily 
oh yeah. i also didn’t notice that.
Well I submitted 400hp sedan, good economy (as far as I can read here) and only 1.6tons due to sport interior. But since even lap times are not that great (I did not want ride to get to harsh) I don’t see my car being very suitable compared to some others…
…just sitting here with by 280 bhp eco sedan…
I only had 160 kW (214 bhp) with 4 cylinder in an FWD setup eco sedan…On the plus side it is very reliable!
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about 1.8 ton with full comfort feature + 440hp still not even close to sub 8 mins in nurburgring even i’ve destroy so much stats in the comfort
got 24mpg at least with advanced safety and full premium interior
Now looking back on this, my 301bhp figure seems tiny compared to everyone elses, I should have gone for the 2.7 Turbo I had planned.
I have a 2.8 ton monster of an SUV with 900 hp.
Oh, and it only pulls 0.86g on the skidpad IIRC.
'Murica.
Am I the only one here using a V6
Probably. More cylinder = more prestige. So it’s a decent place to allocate some of the budget.
when there will be results
Nope. I had a V6 put in the back of mine. Forgot about cylinders = prestige or I would have thought about how much weight I could get away with in the back.
I have in my possession the following cars (in no particular order):
AirJordan
CamKerman
koolkei
strop
phale
nerd
Dragawn
Klinardo
Puffster
rcracer11m
Denta
CadillacDave
Rk38
Asdren
theultimated00m
Nialloftara
LORDVADER1
HighOctaneLove
Darkshine5
Bob Loblaw
thecarlover
oppositelock
Madrias
Deus Ex Mackia
I am doing the writeups now. If you have sent me a car and are not listed here, now is your last chance to make some noise.
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That’s a freaking huge round. I wouldn’t be surprised if it took you more than a day to do the writeup. Or made it pretty brief!
That would be 24 participants, do understand if there are some delays when it turns up to that amount of people. GL & HF 
personally i’d like to keep it short and make it quick.
but if you want to make it grand and awesome, no objections here 
I’m willing to wait. I know I’m not going to win, so it makes little difference whether it’s rushed along or done slower.
#RESULTS
This should go without saying, but all the comments below are intended in good humour.
Also this took all of yesterday and a bit of today. I need to go and get some other things done now.
#THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
#24.) @AirJordan - Smooth Maroon TT
5 Seat FR Sport Sedan
401hp NA V12
58,7 Arbitrary Points
The Smooth Maroon TT looks quite sporty. The front end comes off as a kind of mix between a beaver and a beemer and the back, in some way I can’t quite put my finger on, resembles the face of a snake. It is not one of the prettiest things in the lineup we received, but it looks sporty and respectable enough to be taken seriously.
The information package sent in with the Smooth Maroon TT was quite straightforward about it being over our budget. Apparently, the good people at Smooth were unwilling to compromise on quality and wanted us to have a taste of their medicine in the full knowledge we wouldn’t be able to buy any. At $33770 it is then the most expensive vehicle we had in out park over these past two weeks. While Gertrud, our accountant, made it abundantly clear we were NOT to consider these for purchase if we valued our health, we used the opportunity to have a little joyride anyway.
The AHS/Alu car is propelled by a naturally aspirated 4 litre V12. The top notch Electric LSD struggles with the output from the engine, so there is a fair amount of wheelspin through first and second gear, in spite of the wide, sticky semi slicks. The brakes are reasonably well balanced, though it seems there would have been room to put slightly bigger discs in the front and slightly smaller ones in the back for a small saving in weight and better drivability. Unlike many other contestants, this car doesn’t have a wing and a look underneath reveals why – high speed stability is catered for with Venturi cladding.
The inside is a bit of a disappointment. The seats are excellent, with high quality materials and provide very good support through the twisties. The infotainment, though, is shameful. There are two tiny tweeters behind the rear seats, connected to nothing but the radio up front. And that’s it, that’s all there is. The speakers are bad enough to make any music sound like a choir of chipmunks.
The car is near the front of the pack as far as performance is concerned, but the poor infotainment and uncomfortable ride are the chief culprits holding it back. Aside from the price.
23.) Anonymous Benefactor – Estrada Kahrma Aldercroft (@CamKerman)
7 Seat FF Luxury People Mover
301hp NA V6
61,2 Arbitrary Points
One morning we found an unassuming little minivan parked in the lot in front of our office and an envelope in our post box with a pink slip, a set of keys and some technical information for the Estrada Kahrma. Nowhere in the papers did it say who sent it to us or where to send back our feedback. Or where to send back the car, for that matter.
(This car was not named according to the rules. Shame. Shaaaaame. That takes it out of the running for the win, points notwithstanding.)
I quite like the way the Kahrma looks. It isn’t sporty, but it is stylish and very clean and, aside from the slightly unfortunate color choice, a good thing to look at. It looks like an Alfa Romeo sport coupe ate something it was allergic to and, in my opinion, would undoubtedly take the tiara in a hippo beauty contest.
The car is on an AHS chassis with Alu panels and, interestingly, a torsion beam rear suspension. The 3,2 litre V6 engine is rev-limited right at the peak of the powerband and has a nice smooth torque curve thanks to VVL, though the cam profile is a bit high. It looked good enough to me, but Bob the head mechanic commented by a string of curse words with „hypereutectic“ mixed in a few times. With forged pistons, a slightly higher compression and lower cam profile, the car would have generated exactly the same amount of power for about 10% less fuel, he said. I had to let him off for fifteen minutes to go buy himself some ice cream before he calmed down.
In this car, we found another Electric LSD, which this time was doing better putting the power down. The brakes, though, were seriously undersized and started fading very quickly on the track. Where the front wheels would have fit 350mm discs, the factory had for some reason put in 200s. The rear discs were solid, which was also contributing to the problem with fading.
The seating was, wonderful. It was geared more towards luxury than sportiness, but it was all done right, so the ample padding came together with a good amount of support. The premium infotainment system was a welcome change from the Maroon TT and, though there was no wifi or such amenities, fulfilled its purpose well.
In the general lineup, the car performed only okay. The weakest point was the V6 engine, which put it near the back in both prestige and track performance. Unimpressive safety features and fairly low reliability cemented its spot near the back.
#BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
#22.) @nerd – Americar Family Sport
5 Seat FA Standard SUV
865hp High Pressure Turbo V8
33,5 Arbitrary Points
When we opened up the crate with „Americar Family Sport“ written on it, we first thought someone had been funny and put another crate inside. But no. That was the car. Sporting a mishmash of odd angles, skewed lines and a high visibility orange paint job, this enormous road machine is a sight that will stick to your mind, no matter how hard you try to forget. When Bob was taking pictures of cars for our records, I usually told him to try to hide the buildings out of the frame to get a cleaner look. With this one, I was tempted to ask him to hide the car.
The americar was built on a corrosion resistant steel ladder frame with corrrosion resistant steel panels. MacPherson Struts have been installed in the front and Solid Axle Coils in the back to ensure you won’t be going too fast or enjoying yourself too much.
Under the hood we found a 10,8 litre cast iron MOHV V8 with two turbos bolted to the sides, steadily pushing out between 700 and 900 hp in a rev range from about 3-6k and peaking at an eye watering 1738Nm of torque. The fuel octane specification sheet suggested the car can run on anything from high octane racing fuel to asphalt shavings. We quickly found out that whatever you are going to run it on, you will need a lot of it. Bob refused to give any comment on possible improvements – in his words, this design had clearly been used with only minor changes for hundreds of years, with roots in the steam engines of yonder and he wouldn’t stand in the way of tradition. It took a bit of poking before I got him to note that the car could make about 35hp more with just a larger diameter exhaust. Surprisingly enough, the fuel delivery system for your asphalt shavings or wood oil was a modern DI.
The power from the furnace was put to the road theough a 4 speed manual box and a Geared LSD. Skinny tires and solid discs did their part in achieving the worst braking distance of the pack, though the 2552kg mass surely helped.
The interior was on par with the exterior, with cheap materials, uncomfortable seats and tinny speakers. The suspension tended to bottom out over bumps, further damaging our flesh and sanity.
When we sent out the brief looking for an improvement over the terrible, cheap little sh*tbox taxies prevalent in Blomozvakia, we weren’t just asking for a different size.
#21.) @BobLoblaw – Petroskey Lakota Extreme
5 Seat FA Premium SUV
703hp Mid Pressure Turbo V8
53,1 Arbitrary Points
The Petroskey Lakota Extreme isn’t a bad looking car. There is something going on with the proportions that doesn’t welcome the eye quite as it could - the large body of the SUV is suspended on relatively small wheels, giving an impression of a serving table, and the wing at the back is disproportionately small compared to the rest of the car. But aside from those, it looks like any other SUV you see on the streets, which is good, unless you’re looking for a fancy executive flashmobile.
The AHS steel chassis and Partial Alu used in body panels chassis sound like reasonably lightweight choices, but in reality the car still weighs in at just under 2,5t. A large part of that, no doubt, comes from the 411kg turbocharged AlSi V8 at the front. Going through the numbers, Bob noted that the cam profile is perhaps unreasonably low. By raising that by about 20 points, lowering the VVL profile by some twelve, adding just a touch of compression and adjusting the ignition timing to suit, he guessed the car engine would make an easy thirty extra hp at a better economy. A three-way cat instead of a high flow one would have cleared almost 1000 bucks of budget for that and other endeavours at a negligible cost to engine parameters.
The small wheels have a cost in more than looks. The front brake discs cannot keep up with the mass of the car and the sticky semi slicks. An additional piston would have done wonders to reduce braking distance. The rear discs, by contrast, could do with a piston less for better balance. Almost 200kJ/s of cooling air is being diverted to the brakes to keep them from fading. The changes mentioned with harder brake pads up front could remedy fade without any cooling vents.
The Premium interior is pleasant enough to be in, but the infotainment systems and safety features are unfortunately at an economy car level.
Thanks to the plentiful amount of available power, the Petroskey Lakota Extreme is in the middle of the pack on the racetrack. While it doesn’t have any screaming weaknesses, it tends to be near the back in most other parameters, though scores a bit better than most in interior space. Unfortunately, this isn’t enough to deliver it to a better spot in the overall lineup.
#20.) @Madrias – Storm Medusa GTV6
5 Seat RR Premium Sedan
402hp NA V6
54,5 Arbitrary Points
„Oh, I know those,“ said Bob when he first saw it. „It’s a badonkadonk. They make them in the USA to… get away from floods or something.“ I considered it better not to argue. The car looked a bit out of place, sporting the straight, sharp lines of something from the eighties. The LED headlights, though, made it plenty clear this was fresh off the factory floor. It didn’t look bad, though perhaps it didn’t look very pretty either.
We found the engine in the back after a brief misunderstanding with the cargo space, and it turned out to be an absolute piece of art. For starters, the block was made from magnesium. I think I saw a tear in the corner of Bob’s eye and later caught him trying to lick it. Thankfully his tongue wasn’t long enough. The engine had a capacity of 3 litres and six cylinders with five valves each. The cam profile was direct from the racetrack and the sound at the 9500rpm redline would have awoken the dead. It was glorious. It took an effort to get Bob to comment that a regular three way cat would have saved some cash. For anything inside, though, Bob stayed adamant. „I don’t want to make it better. It’s perfect the way it is, just shush.“
The wheels, too, were made from magnesium it turned out. The outer surface had been painted with something rubberlike - we’re not sure what it was, but it stuck to the road very well and helped deliver an impressive 3,9s 0-100km/h acceleration figure.
The interior was Premium level through and through, but unfortunately the Storm Medusa was the smallest car in the lineup for both personal and cargo space, so some points were lost in the tally.
The Storm Medusa was able to keep up reasonably well with considerably more powerful cars. Unfortunately, the ride quality suffered, the interior space is severely lacking and safety features are not something one would want to advertise. I think Bob might be considering one for himself personally, or just the engine for his living room, but for the company I will need to look elsewhere.
Trivia:
Lowest safety
Least passenger space per person
Least cargo space per person
Best throttle response
Lightest
#19.) @LORDVADER1 - TAURUS
7 Seat FA Premium Van
655hp NA V12
58,3 Arbitrary Points
It looked… Plain. Very plain. And yellow. Long sharp nose, square nineties looking headlights and a square grille. While there wasn’t anything particularly out of place, it didn’t seem like the designers had put in too much effort.
The familiar combination of AHS steel and Partial Alu had been used in the chassis. The long sharp nose turned out to be almost entirely filled with a 6 litre aluminium V12. With a slightly lower compression and higher ignition timing, it could have made a few more hp, but in general was reasonably well tuned.
The car sported 375mm vented disc brakes front and back, with 6 pistons each. Granted, the van weighs in at 2338kg, but five less pistons could have been done with at the back.
The interior was agreeable at Premium level, but infotainment lacking for our purposes.
The TAURUS provided a comfortable ride and a very good level of safety. Unfortunately the interior was lacking in quality, the reliability and economic considerations were behind on the competition and the comfortable ride seriously compromised the performance one would expect from a 655hp V12 on the racetrack. All in all, not a bad car, but there are better ones on the market.
Trivia:
Highest Drivability (which didn’t count for anything in the score)
#18.) @CadillacDave – Bell Fleet ST
5 Seat FA Premium Wagon
361hp Mid Pressure Turbo V12
59,8 Arbitrary Points
The Bell Fleet ST looks nice. It looks like a respectable premium family car for when you want to go out and buy one of those. It doesn’t particularly scream „come hither I have luxury inside“ or „this is for racing“ but you wouldn’t be surprised to find quality materials inside and a good solid jolt in your back when you gave it some welly.
The AHS steel/Partial Alu chassis is fitted with a relatively small 3.1 litre V12 engine. The spec sheet drove Bob into another fit about hypereutectic pistons and like the Petroskey Lakota Extreme, the cam profile was perhaps a bit too high. There were also words about a slightly lower compression with a higher ignition advance and a regular three way catalytic converter for more power, better economy and less money spent.
The interior was Premium level and found to be thoroughly OK.
I made an excel spreadsheet to tally the strengths and weaknesses of each car, with red-to-green conditional formatting to highlight the standings. The Bell Fleet ST was absolutely the yellowest car in the entire lineup. It didn’t have any particular weaknesses except perhaps safety, but on the other hand it didn’t stand out in any category, either. The Bell Fleet ST is a simple, solid car. Unfortunately for it, we are looking for excellence.
Trivia:
Most average.
#WITH STILL A WAY TO GO
#17.) @Puffster – Rhino Nightshade MkII
5 Seat FA Premium SUV
1216hp High Pressure Turbo V8
60,0 Arbitrary Points
„What’s the name of that… Dinosaur thing?“ said Bob when he walked into my office. „Dinosaur? Like Tyrannosaurus?“ I asked, with some confusion. „No, the one for children. Barry. BARNEY. They’ve sent us one of those. They’re calling it a Rhino but I ain’t fooled.“ I was rather engrossed in a newspaper at the time, so I was willing to postpone children’s dinosaurs for later. Or possibly delegate them to Bob altogether. „Bottom line it for me,“ I said.
Bob smiled like a shark: „Twelve hundred hp.“
I missed the news that day.
The Rhino Nightshade looks like a reasonably regular SUV on the outside, except for the shockingly large dual exhausts at the back and two more on each side. You would perhaps think some of that area is not functional. You’d be wrong.
It’s made from Partial Alu panels on an AHS steel chassis. It has an AlSi flatplane V8 with two turbos, which sounds perfectly reasonable until you learn that the V8 has a 10l capacity and the turbos provide 1.4 bars of boost. At about 3000RPM there is an event in the engine that can probably be registered on seismic measurement devices around the world, and suddenly 2021Nm of torque is being madly scraped across the surface of the road. Somewhat ineffectually, since this, the most powerful car in the lineup is also the only one with an open differential.
„The most radical one wheel peel in history,“ noted Bob happily.
The maddest thing about the engine, perhaps, is that it is tuned to produce peak power on 85 octane fuel, which is a fair bit higher than the Americar but still firmly in tractor territory. A leaner fuel mixture and higher compression could provide a similar output at a much, much better efficiency, though it would do little to improve the notoriously low reliabilty. A regular cat instead of a high flow one would not have reduced the power (since that is limited by strength of components), but would have saved enough money to fit a Viscous LSD into the budget.
Somewhat predictably, there is noticeable fade on the brakes. It is clear the majority of the budget is revolving under the hood, though for track times it may have been worth looking for a few hundred bucks to play around with disc sizes.
The interior is fully Premium and provides a good amount of space.
The Rhino Nightshade MkII is a wonderful show of Clarksonesque enthusiasm, but with running costs roughly three times those of its competitors, would constitute financial suicide for any taxi company. Pure power has demanded too many compromises in reliability, comfort and economy. Even the best safety rating of the whole group could not raise it higher in the rankings.
Trivia:
Lowest engine and average reliability
Highest power, torque and performance index.
Lowest drivability
Highest safety
Worst economy at 53l/100km
Worst running costs at 9,4k py
Tied for fastest quarter mile
#16.) @strop – GK-RS HQE Edit
5 Seat FA Premium Sedan
1000hp Mid Pressure Turbo V8
61,9 Arbitrary Points
The GK-RS looks like a sportscar, because it is. It sits low and close to the ground, with wide, low profile semi slick tires, aero gadgets on the bodywork and enormous cooling areas at the front. You would half expect somebody from DTM to call and ask if you’d seen one of theirs that went missing last week.
The chassis and panels are AHS steel and Aluminium respectively, with a 4 wheel drive system and a turbocharged 6 litre V8 dropped in the front. A half of a grand has been spent on a high flow cat to save 2,4kg of weight, which is a bit questionable. For the purpose of this challenge, that money may have been best spent on something comfortable, though keeping with the spirit of the car could also have been used to shave even more off the lap times.
The GK-RS is clearly not trying to be a luxury car. The ride is stiff, the infotainment system is rubbish and the crash safety is near the back end of the group. It has been built for the racetrack and there, it truly shines. The engine is good, the setups are solid and for a driver’s car, there would probably not be a better choice in the lineup. For our purposes though, the performance is unfortunately just too uncompromising.
Trivia:
Highest top speed
Tied for fastest quarter mile
Best acceleration 0-100 and 80-120
Best times on both racetracks
#15.) @Nialloftara – Centauri Bourgham CPV
5 Seat FR Premium Sedan
613hp NA V8
63,8 Arbitrary Points
There is a bit of a Nissan GTR vibe going on at the front end of the Centauri Bourgham CPV. The hood has lots of vents and ventlets and a big ominous bulge in the middle, and seems to be saying „Hey, you! Don’t look at the back with the four doors and the trunk. Look here! I’m a coupe! I promise!“ In fairness, that is probably a good thing, because the back end of the car has a kind of 1990s Ford Taurus look from the wrong angle which in my opinion isn’t visually quite on the same level as the GTR. Surprisingly enough, the two images blend together reasonably well when you take a stroll around the car.
The Centauri is another racing machine, with full aluminium chassis and body and pushrod suspension at the back. The 5,7 litre flat AlSi V8 has, you guessed it, a high flow cat. Aside from that, it is sound, well tuned and reliable. For further weight savings, the car is also sporting a set of magnesium wheels.
This car is excellently set up and shows track times close to the very best of the group, where power outputs are generally 50% more. It has even managed to fit a Premium interior into the budget (and to carry it at speed), but unfortunately loses a lot of ground in comfort and personal space, and is not particularly prestigious. All in all, great driver’s car, but a bit too specialised.
Trivia:
Highest Sportiness
#14.) @rcracer11m - Chief
5 Seat FR Premium Sedan
760hp NA V8
65,4 Arbitrary Points
You wouldn’t think the Chief was built in 2015 at first glance. A quick look at the brochure would set you straight on that.
At second glance you wouldn’t think an executive stepping out of an airport in the heart of Blomozvakia would dare sit in an enormous black land barge, especially if the driver told him to. A look at the brochure wouldn’t help there, but big friendly signs saying „Executive taxi (you will not be murdered)“ might.
In spite of appearances, the Chief has a modern full aluminium body, double wishbones at the front and multilink suspension at the back. The 7,5 litre AlSi V8 sports VVL and high spec internals and is well tuned for both power and economy. Power is transferred to the back via a sequential seven speed box with TWO overdrive gears and an automatic locker.
There is a Premium interior and advanced safety features.
While aluminium helps in keeping the weight of the car down, the sheer size of it still makes the end result barely scrape in under 2000kg. Surprisingly, very little of that size is used for passenger space, which makes the Chief lose quite a few points to the competitors in that category. The abundance of power and a near perfect weight distribution still carry the car around the tracks at an absolutely stunning pace, but compromises have been made in reliability and upkeep costs are fairly high. There is some very solid engineering in the Chief, but ultimately, it is a bit too small on the inside and doesn’t shine enough elsewhere to make up for it.
#13.) @oppositelock – GSI Conestoga
7 Seat FA Premium Wagon
525hp Mid Pressure Turbo V6
66,4 Arbitrary Points
There is a probably a certain way the executive of a billion dollar tech conglomerate wants to look when stepping out of an airport and into a car. I’m not one of those executives so I don’t know exactly what that look is, but I’m certain „being picked up from soccer practice by your mom“ wouldn’t rank very well. The GSI Conestoga is angular, with bland square fixtures and the first parallel for the colour in my mind was a plate of sick on Top Gear, which Jeremy Clarkson added a BMW badge to.
Thankfully the impression improves once you get inside. The Conestoga is by a long way (a long, long way) the roomiest car in the competition. I am talking „be careful opening the door because people may be playing squash inside“. It has a solid Premium interior, a good ride quality and a good safety rating. It is shockingly quick around the AutoX track considering the size, thanks surely to the full aluminium body and extremely fat tires.
The engine is immaculately tuned with VVT but no VVL and an absolutely flat torque, uh, straight. Money has been spent on a high flow cat, which seems like a bit of a waste as usual. One does wonder whether the engine might have been a bit better off with a higher redline, but it’s a tradeoff so Bob kept relatively quiet.
Ultimately, the car is let down by its look, the low bragging value being pulled around by an I6 and some mediocre scores elsewhere. Considering the pace it showed on the autoX track, Green Hell performance is surprisingly poor.
Trivia:
Highest space per passenger at 1175l
#12.) @theultimated00m - lazor
6 Seat FA Premium Sedan
659hp Mid Pressure Turbo V8
67,1 Arbitrary Points
The lazor looks a simple kind of good, in my opinion. It doesn’t give the impression that a designer has slaved over it for hours on end, adding little bits and bobs and tweaking everything just so, but things are certainly well enough in place to look clean.
On the inside, to my slight surprise, I found two rows of three seats each. The car does not look enormous on the outside, but even with three people in it side by side, there is a reasonable amount of elbow room.
The body is made in the fairly common AHS steel/Aluminium combination with a 4 litre flatplane turbo V8 dropped in the front. Bob suggested that the engine was quite well tuned, but could put down a few more hp with similar economy via a few adjustments to the cam and vvl profiles and ignition timing, coupled with a slightly higher redline.
Surprisingly, this high performance sports car arrived on hard plasticky long life tires, which saved a bit of money but put a bad dent in the track times. On the flipside, the rear brakes had 4 piston saddles, which was three too many, and the brakes generally could have used some tuning. In fact, Bob did some calculations on the corner of a napkin and suggested that with these cheaper rear brakes and tuning, Sports Compund tires would have fit into the 33k budget and the car would have been nineteen seconds quicker around Green Hell.
The lazor is fairly fast, very safe and reasonably comfortable, but falls behind in reliability, economic considerations and prestige. All in all, good but not great.
Trivia:
#11.) @koolkei - Gallop
6 Seat FR Premium SUV
602hp Mid Pressure Turbo I6
67,7 Arbitrary Points
The Gallop is a representative of the More is More school of thought. It is a big, big enormous thing with a boxy back end and a bulbuous front and styling cues for the lights that bring to mind concept cars from way back when. The wheel wells are almost big enough to fit two wheels one after another, each. I’m going to be brutally honest and say it isn’t pretty.
Full aluminium body helps keep the weight at a manageable level and DW/Multilink suspension help control it at speed. A 5,1 litre turbocharged I6 sits in the engine bay and produces a respectable 602hp with a fairly smooth power curve. There’s a high flow cat in there – one small click for an engineer somewhere, one giant leap for the accounting department.
The brakes are quite well balanced, but there seems to be a bit too much cooling capacity. The car is running on medium compound tires, winning in cash but costing in track times accordingly.
The Gallop has premium seats which are fine, but the infotainment system is sublime. There’s wifi, excellent screenage all around, blue teeth, charging outlets and so on and so forth.
The Gallop comes very close to the most comfortable ride in the lineup and is fairly high in the running for safety and interior quality. Track times are on the poorer side, though, especially on the tight AutoX track, and prestige is fairly low.
The track times would have been helped along a little bit if a few hundred bucks had been found for sports comp tires.
Trivia:
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