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2013 Nissan GT-R vs. 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S: Motor Trend Head 2 Head

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Motor Trend pits their new 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition long term test car up against the 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S. This may not seem like a natural comparison, but both of these cars have twin turbocharged 3.8 liter V6’s powering all wheel drive systems. Nissan has been incrementally upgrading the GT-R every year since its release. Starting in 2012, they really killed the car’s natural tendency to understeer and a lot of people declared that they had given the car a soul. The 911 Turbo S costs $71,000 more than the GT-R. Even though the naturally aspirated 911 moved to the new 991 chassis this year, the turbo is still on last year’s 997 chassis. Johnny Lieberman flogs both cars on Mulholland drive, then drag races them and hits the standard performance tests.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

BMW M3 GTS vs. Mercedes Benz C63 AMG Black vs. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

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It really doesn’t get much better than this if you like cars. Lets round up the three best track oriented street cars that are currently made and set them loose in the hands of one of the best car reviewers alive today. Chris Harris pits the BMW M3 GTS and the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series against his personal Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Liter. These are the most hardcore track oriented street cars currently made by major manufacturers. The key distinction of this genre of cars is that they should perform well on track as well as being just practical enough to able to drive to the track. That’s what sets these cars apart from something like the KTM X-bow. In the first part of the video, Harris explains the background and philosophy of each car. The second part of the video involves taking all three cars to the track to set lap times and to see how well you can hoon in them. Dreaming about stuff like this is a big chunk of what being a car guy is all about.


Source: Drive on YouTube

Meet the 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

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Porsche Motorsports and Falken Tires released these videos promoting their updated 911 GT3 RSR for the 2012 American Le Mans Series. In the first video, the head of Porsche Motorsports details the upgrades made to the car:


They also released this pretty cool first person point of view video of one of their pit stops from the race in Long Beach. You’ll notice that these stops are little different from Formula 1. The guys are not allowed to change the tires on the car until the refueling is complete. At the end, you get a good look at the refueling hose. The fitting has two equal size ports in it because one pumps fuel in and the other pumps an equal mass of air out of the tank. That way you don’t get the gurgling effect of air bubbles trying to leave in the same space as the liquid fuel going into the tank.


Source: Falken Tire YouTube Channel

Motor Trend Head 2 Head: Corvette Grand Sport vs. Porsche 911 Carrera S

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YouTube’s push for exclusive content (kind of like having their own TV shows) has resulted in some very high quality car reviews. This is Motor Trend’s segment called Head 2 Head where they do direct comparisons of two cars. In their first episode of H2H they do one of their favorite comparisons, the Corvette vs. the 911. Motor Trend has been pitting these two against each other for years in the pages of their magazine. Editor Angus Mackenzie takes the first part of the video to explain why they like comparing these two cars despite of the fact that they are in completely different price categories. One thing I’ve noticed with the new Motor Trend content is that they are really trying to go into extreme detail talking about what it’s like to drive the cars they review. It makes for far more interesting videos about cars that I can only dream about driving.


Source: MotorTrend YouTube Channel