I've bunged a few pictures from our assessment weekend up at
http://www.badroo.alivewww.co.uk/PCO.../PCOTY2003.htm
Needless to say, IT WENT OFF! What a weekend. I'll write a more detailed report on it next week when I get back to the office but it really was a car nut's dream. As well as the five cars we took, I also got to drive an 800bhp Viper GTS-R around the Nurburgring plus prat around in a bunch of Formula Renault cars. I can still hear the team boss at Zakspeed - "Andy, zis is not a rally car. Zis is a race car wiss downforce. Please don't drive it sideways."
http://www.badroo.alivewww.co.uk/PCO...pShotSmall.jpg
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10-24-2003, 12:19 PM #1
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Performance Car of the Year Review
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10-24-2003, 12:22 PM #2
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Jealousy is only the tip of the iceberg.
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10-24-2003, 02:18 PM #3
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Well hot damn. What I wouldnt give to drive an M1 around the Ring.
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10-24-2003, 02:23 PM #4
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I figured the M1 guy would nanny it round but he blew me away in the Evo VIII. One look at his tyres gives a clue as to that thing's cornering ability...
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10-24-2003, 02:26 PM #5
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Ditto here..Originally posted by truth
Jealousy is only the tip of the iceberg.
So roo, whats the performance car of the year?
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10-24-2003, 02:34 PM #6
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Porsche gets the threepeat for our review. Boxster S won in 2001, Carrera 4s in 2002 and the Turbo X does the business this time round.
Matt Becker from Lotus travelled with us and I got to do some laps with him and Dirk Schoysmann. Matt had just got back from Glendale where he's been doing federalisation testing for the new US Elise. It's got air con, electric windows, carpet and even a cupholder! I also got a first glimpse at the new 190bhp Toyota engined Elise as some other lads from Lotus were down doing some ABS tests.
The car park outside the Pistenklaus was a spy photographer's dream the night before industry day. As well as that Elise there was the hot Caddy CTS, the new Merc SLK and the baby Aston DB GT.
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10-24-2003, 02:39 PM #7
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The awards are in for Maggot With the Coolest Job.
Roo wins.
He was the only nominee.
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10-24-2003, 02:39 PM #8
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it didn't happen to be the concept car with the 16 liter 1000 hp motor did itOriginally posted by bad_roo
there was the hot Caddy CTS
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10-24-2003, 02:56 PM #9
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NICE. Travel and getting to drive schweet cars. Defenitely a winner.
More fucked up than a cricket in a hubcap
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10-24-2003, 03:10 PM #10
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Yeah, R compounds on an M1 will do that.(or are those the Yoko Advans?)
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10-24-2003, 03:38 PM #11
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siick Roo..
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10-26-2003, 11:19 AM #12
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Nah, I'm sure it was this one. And if they make the convertible with that engine it'd be a pretty cool caddy.Originally posted by board
it didn't happen to be the concept car with the 16 liter 1000 hp motor did it
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