The special edition Lamborghini was the 5000sp, which had a significant hp advantage over the other Countach's.
The Ferrari 308GTS made 240hp from 1975-1980. From late 1980-1981 it made 205hp, and when the Quattrovalvole came out in 1982, it was worked back up to 240hp. All that in a car that weighs about as much as an Fox Mustang.
Perhaps you'd like to test your knowledge on the Testarossa? It's about even with a new LS1 SS. 0-60 5.3sec, quarter mile in the low 13s.
The new Lamborghini Diablo VT should run 12's in the quarter. I don't think people are real good as grasping how much these cars really weigh. We're talking 4000lb curb weight on that thing. It's like a suped up Mitsu 3000GT VR4.
Running some of the exotics in the 1/4 mile isn't some impossible task, but running them at 120 is suicide. The Testarossa can hit more than 180, the Countach around 180 as well. There was a special edition, modded Countach that was reported to do 200mph, but it's mostly an old wives tale.
The fastest production car in the WORLD, EVER was the Jaguar XJ 220 in the early 90's. It did 212mph. They were hoping to get 220 out of it, they just had problems doing so. The current F50 can't even hit 200. They say it does, but upper 190's is what all the testers have stated for max velocity.
Of course, the McLaren F1 is the current king, something like 235-240, whatever, never see it anyway.
[This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 06-07-2001).]
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