Mclaren Electric Car Corvette Vs Ferrari

We test three of the purest purpose built v 8 powered supercars on the planet chevrolet corvette zr1 vs ferrari 458 italia vs mclaren mp4 12c essentially.

Ferrari f1 merch dodge viper acr specs. Europes supercars cars news chevrolet corvette mclaren 570s mercedes amg gt porsche turbo coupe sports cars comparisons. Chevrolet corvette zr1 vs ferrari 458 italia vs mclaren mp4 12c. V8 engine 3990 cc 780 cv 769 hp max power at 7500 rpm via an internal combustion engine integrated with three electric motors two of which are independent and located on the front axle with the third at the rear between the engine and the gearbox with total.

As always the 495 hp lt2 engine sounds great on those full throttle runs down the straights and hes taking corners at 85 mph and the car is just sticking to the pavement. The car squats hard on its rear michelin pilot sport cups lifting the nose visibly punching a jagged hole in the air en route. The corvette he admits may not be as fast as the ferrari 488 but nearly 100 percent of the power in the vette is usable on public roads.

As for handling the corvette doesnt have as much grip at higher speed as the ferrari and mclaren but it didnt bother him. At the end of the run speed does a debrief of the cars performance and then closes with wondering how good the c8 corvette z06 might be with a flat plane crank v8 engine. Mclaren started with the million dollar 903 horsepower hybrid p1 in 2013 which joined such contemporaries as ferraris la ferrari hybrid and porsches 918 spyder hybrid.

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