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Motor Trend Tours Scotland in a Bentley Continental GT V8

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The story of the Bentley Continental GT V8 starts with the president of company casually asking one of his engineers how much fuel they could save by going to a twin turbo V8 instead of the W12. The engineer estimated “probably around 40%” which the president then started using as a hard statistic for the car even before it had been designed. The engineering teams were actually able to more or less hit the mark (37%) in the “fuel efficient” Bentley which still makes 500 hp and 480 ft-lbs of torque. Motor Trend’s senior editor, Johnny Lieberman, takes the new Bentley for a tour of all of the places he’s wanted to see in Scotland. The video is long, but you learn a lot about the car and about some cool things in Scotland.


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Motor Trend Drag Race: GT-R vs. Z06 vs. GT500

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I came across another one of Motor Trend’s random gratuitous drag races. This is the 2012 Nissan GT-R vs. the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. One of the interesting stats to note is that the Corvette is the only car without forced induction, but weighs in under 3300 pounds while the other two are north of 3800. Enjoy:

Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

Drag Racing with the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport: Motor Trend Head 2 Head

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The folks over at Motor Trend / Automobile magazine really love to do some gratuitous drag racing. Don’t believe me? They put together this 11 car showdown with all of their “Best Driver’s Car” contenders last year. It was 1.5 million dollars worth of cars all running down an abandoned runway at one time:


They’re back at it this week in their latest YouTube Head 2 Head segment. This time they’ve collected just 4 cars that are worth 1 million dollars. The contenders are the McLaren MP4-12C, the Lexus LFA, the Lamborghini Aventador and the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. They’re trying to see if anybody can challenge Bugatti’s hold as the drag racing king. Check out the video for all the details and the results.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

Motor Trend Epic Drives: Corvette ZR-1

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Motor Trend’s editor in chief, Angus Mackenzie, takes professional race driver Justin Bell on a road trip through Europe in the Corvette ZR-1. They of course hit the Autobahn and the Stelvio Pass to see what it can do. As an added bonus, Mackenzie and Bell pick up a Ferrari 458 Italia from the Ferrari factory in Maranello to do some follow the leader. It’s a nice video for showing what the essence of the cars are like beyond the dry performance stats.


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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.


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