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The latest issue of Motor has a comparision between the 35th Aniversary 350Z (ie. 221kW) and an e46 M3 SMG. I have not read the article, but they did not have their performance testing equipment on the day when they had both cars so it looks like the perfromance testing was done on different day (and maybe even venues). They only published 0-100kph and 400m times which is a shame. The numbers they got out of the 221kW 350Z were:
- 0-100kph = 6.24sec
- 400m = 14.47sec @ 160.3kph
So not bad, but more or less in line with the 206kW 350Zs that they have tested. I was expecting a reasonable gain in the 0-100kph time as the 221kW Zed can reach 100kph in 2nd gear. Accoding to the data-logging info that I logged, there should be a 1/2sec advantage to 100kph just due to needing to make only one shift to reach 100kph. Therefore I was expecting a sub 6sec time. Well, it's the 1st test so we'll see what the others show.
Also in the article they mention that they lined the two cars up from a 20kph roll ... it reads a bit like the comparisions I do. The M3 was always quicker and had about 1 - 1.5 car-lengtrhs on the Zed by the top of 2nd gear. They said that in 3rd gear the M3 starts really showing it's heals.
it looks like there are a few good articles in this months Motor so it's certainly worth picking up.
- 0-100kph = 6.24sec
- 400m = 14.47sec @ 160.3kph
So not bad, but more or less in line with the 206kW 350Zs that they have tested. I was expecting a reasonable gain in the 0-100kph time as the 221kW Zed can reach 100kph in 2nd gear. Accoding to the data-logging info that I logged, there should be a 1/2sec advantage to 100kph just due to needing to make only one shift to reach 100kph. Therefore I was expecting a sub 6sec time. Well, it's the 1st test so we'll see what the others show.
Also in the article they mention that they lined the two cars up from a 20kph roll ... it reads a bit like the comparisions I do. The M3 was always quicker and had about 1 - 1.5 car-lengtrhs on the Zed by the top of 2nd gear. They said that in 3rd gear the M3 starts really showing it's heals.
it looks like there are a few good articles in this months Motor so it's certainly worth picking up.