Suberman

I just had to share something i found some time back.

As we all somehow think the Nurburgring is the holy grail of test tracks for vehicle development. Let's take a look at an article from an unidentified Japanese magazine comparing the times between the STI and the EVO.



I don't understand Japanese, but it basically says:

Lancer Evo
Nov 2000 - Evo 6 RS - 8:31.90
Nov 2000 - Evo 7 RS - 8:14.85
Sept 2002 - Evo 7 RS - 8:09.90
Oct 2003 - Evo 8 MR RS - ?? Not sure why this > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmaMVXTDqE wasn't recorded. But it is a 8:14.98 lap
Sept 2004 - Evo 9 RS - 8??.?? The Evo 9 GSR did it in 8:11.16 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMimf1q7TxY

Impreza
Mar 1996 - WRX STI - 8:24
Oct 2002 - WRX STI Spec C - 8:06
Oct 2003 - WRX STI Spec C - ??
May 2004 - WRX STI Spec C - 7:59

And the official times from Subaru

1992 - WRX - 8:28.93
1996 - WRX Type RA STI Ver3 - 8:10.75
2002 - WRX STI Spec C - 8:06.59
2004 - WRX STI Spec C Type RA - 7:59.41
2010 - WRX STI prototype - 7:55.00

Do note that test conditions such as, drivers, atmospheric conditions, surface conditions, timing methods (flying start or standing start) were not identical.

Although the times are probably used more as a tool of showing off at the pubs than it really matters to most of us it's still interesting to see how they compare.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

And yet, whenever ANYONE does a comparison, the EVO ALWAYS seems to get praise for it's extra grip, turn in and lack of roll.
You would think that that would make it a quicker car.

Mus

iTrader: (2)

love it, i recon the ra could of done better if it had longer 5th gear

Suberman

Or was timed in a flying lap like how the rest of the industry does it.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

All the Subaru laps are from standing start for the cars tested, the RA probably wouldnt have benefited any more from a longer 5th gear, the speedo is in KM's so up to 112mph, gearing would probably have been around 150mph, not as short as the older wrx ra's, but that would probably need to be confirmed.
Shows you how the developement went though
heavier does not equal slower

Tony

juggers

iTrader: (1)

I reckon the RA-R would of done it quicker than the current saloon by a good few secs. However they can't publish those figures as they obviously knew the new hatch was going to be slower.