I know it was in a recent magazine but I thought it would be a good topic. If you asked me I would put my vote on the Carrera Gt, It's just better in almost any way. Oh, and don't interpert the price.
The Enzo has the most beautiful interior, the SLR is a gr8 car but not compared to these and the Carrera GT is the most beautiful between the 3.
Essentially on alot of tests the GT is the fastest that i've seen of the 3.
I'd most likely choose the Carrera GT becuz of it's beautiful interior, gorgeous styling and fast as all hell.
EDIT: No damn clue y i put the Veyron in there instead of the SLR.
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The SLR never really was the performance car that people had hoped it would be. It is a great GT, but not so much an at the limits thing. It could be driven every day, but would you. The Enzo is a racecar, brakes that break ribs, all about track performance, and to me the GT is the balanced performer of the group, the best on the road performance and the most all around impressive car to me.
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I totally agree. THe SLR is definately the most well-rounded one of the bunch, and it has the stamp of Mclaren's meticulous engineering, with the comfortable, meticulous userfiendlyness and styling of a merc.
what i was getting at was that the SLR was the most refined and controlled, the most practical and usable. I think for being a well rounded supercar, the Carrera GT is hard to beat, but the SLR is more than just its numbers because really, it is a supercar that can be driven daily without issue. Sorta like the Robb Report said, you can do with it everything you could do with an SL all week and everything you could do with a ferrari all weekend.
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Though it's the most beautiful car I've EVER SEEN close up, the SLR doesn't handle comfortably enough to do the "everyday" driving stuff, and it doesn't respond like a Ferrari. The Carrera GT is the dream car.
The Carrera GT, I think is the best. It has one of the best quarter mile times, also one of the the best 0-60 times, it has great handling, and is great looking. The Enzo has one of the best 0-60 and 1/4 mile time too, but isn't as good performance wise as the GT, except it is .2 seconds quicker in the 1/4. The SLR, was meant to be both style and performance, they could of done a lot better. They pretty much slapped the F1 in the face.
SLR was certainly not meant to be competing with Enzo or Carrera GT. I doubt McLaren and Mercedes even tought about it. Over 1600 kg car with a front engine, even if nicely placed behind the axles, cannot compete with a midengine superlight car with no compromise. If McLaren placed an SMG in it, and removed all luxury equipment they wouldn't still be fast enough.
Mercedes and McLaren should make something in the direction like the CLK-GTR, wihtout any compromises! With SLR the knew they didn't get anywhere in performance (FR-car), so I guess it was no use to try harder...?
Does anyone know if there really is any difference in braking with the airbraker on and off....?!! I mean the car is heavy, it can't do much work on that car... on lighter cars it might help.
Just for the record, the SMG is a BMW system ( standing for Sequential M Gearbox ) not a Mercedes or McLaren component. But what you mean is a hydraulically operated manual.
About the air-brake on the SLR, I'm thinking it's just a trick feature. It has some effect simply because it disturbs smooth air flow over the body of the car, but the SLR would have to be an aircraft for it to have a great effect on forward momentum. A small wing is not going to noticably slow the car from barreling down the road, but the break discs would do that.
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