Performance Shootout 2012

Shootout 2012: Dyno Day

The CAR team stopped off in Durban to measure the power output at the wheels of five of our Shootout cars on the same day.

Posted by CAR magazine - 27 January 2012

CAR Performance Shootout 2012: Cover Shoot

It takes skill to coordinate a 13 supercar cover shoot, but CAR’s photography team made sure it all went down without a hitch. Watch what goes on behind the scenes at CAR’s 2012 Performance Shootout cover shoot.

By CAR magazine - 23 January 2012

Shootout 2012: KTM X-Bow

Watch as Deon Joubert takes the fastest car in the Shootout around Kyalami racetrack. It’s as close to a pukka formula racing car as you’ll ever get.

By CAR magazine - 20 January 2012

Shootout 2012: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

With the Aventador in the sick bay, Lamborghini sent us a previous Shootout winner and there’s nothing quite like the sight and sound of this beauty attacking the track.

By CAR magazine - 17 January 2012

Shootout 2012: Hot hatch gymkhana

Our hot hatch contingent not only did track duty at Kyalami but also drifted and weaved about a tight gymkhana course to see which lightweight was fleetest of foot.

By CAR magazine - 12 January 2012

Mercedes CLS63 AMG: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Has the adoption of a turbocharged 5,5-litre V8 over a normally-aspirated 6,2-litre V8 muffled this big AMG’s deep, burbling exhaust note in any way? Press play to find out for yourself…
By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

Citroën DS3 Racing: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Sporting modifications courtesy of Citroën’s racing team, the DS3 Racing kicks out 152 kW and 275 N.m and it sounds just wild enough to make would-be robot racers reluctant to challenge you to a dice!
By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

Audi RS3 Sportback: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Packing 250 kW from its 2,5-litre turbocharged engine, the Audi RS3 Sportback proved the perfect foil to the BMW 1 Series M Coupe – and it sounded pretty good too!
By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

Mini Cooper S Coupe: Sounds of Shootout 2012

This snub-tailed sports Mini caused quite a stir on the Shootout – thanks partly to its striking appearance and the raspy beat of its turbocharged 1,6-litre engine…
By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

BMW 1 Series M Coupe: Sounds of Shootout 2012

There’s nothing like the addictive snarl of a BMW straight-six, especially when its the 250 kW unit planted at the heart of the company’s most visceral M-car offering…

By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG: Sound of Shootout 2012

The twin-turbo 5,5-litre unit at the heart of the Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG still packs a stupendous wallop – and it sounds sublime as it blasts down the main straight of the Kyalami circuit in Midrand!
By CAR magazine - 11 January 2012

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: Sounds of Shootout 2012

There’s nothing like the bellow of a muscle car being revved on the line before barreling down the main straight – listen to the Mustang Shelby GT500 doing just that at Kyalami.

By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

Gallardo LP560-4: Sounds of Shootout 2012

The Lamborghini Gallardo wowed us during the production of the 2010 Performance Issue, and for the 2012 edition, the LP560-4 e.gear returned to make Kyalami reverberate with its sonorous V10.

By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

Renault Clio Gordini RS: Sounds of Shootout 2012

The Clio Gordini RenaultSport relies on a rorty 2,0-litre 16-valve motor to keep other baby hot hatch contenders at bay. It may not have a turbo, but the Gordini’s raspy exhaust note is better for it!

By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

Chevrolet Camaro SS: Sounds of Shootout 2012

While it didn’t transform into a laser-toting robot warrior, the “Bumblebee” Chevrolet Camaro SS did provide one of the most stirring soundtracks to our 2012 Performance Shootout at Kyalami.
By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Torrential rain and a 522 kW muscle car usually don’t make happy bedfellows, but with CAR track test ace Deon Joubert at the helm feathering the throttle the result was an aural delight!

By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

BMW M5: Sounds of Shootout 2012

The most recent addition to BMW’s M-car stable, the 412 kW M5 had its work cut out against the CLS63 AMG – listen to its twin-turbo 4,4-litre V8 sounding off.
By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

KTM X-Bow: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Tipping the scales at just 800 kg and punted along by a sonorous 2,0-litre turbocharged engine, the KTM X-Bow goes like its sounds…
By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

VW Polo GTI: Sounds of Shootout 2012

Pitched into battle against a long-standing compact hot hatch favourite in the Renault Clio Gordini RS, the Polo GTI waded in with this sharp sounding twincharged engine.
By CAR magazine - 9 January 2012

Shootout 2012: Audi RS3 vs BMW 1M

Can the RS3 Sportback, Audi’s thrilling four-wheel driven final hurrah for the current A3 range, defeat the 1 Series M Coupe from BMW, the most compact M car that’s ever made? Both kick out 250 kW…
By CAR magazine - 6 January 2012

Shootout 2012: Mustang vs Camaro

So you thought one couldn’t buy a brand new American musclecar in South Africa, right? Wrong! We pitted a Transformers edition Chevrolet Camaro SS and Mustang Shelby GT500 (both legally converted to RHD for our market) against one another at Kyalami!

By CAR magazine - 5 January 2012

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