The McLaren MP4-12C is a car that broke several records here at CAR. To start off with, it is the fastest-accelerating rear-wheel drive car that we’ve tested. It is also the fastest car cover the standing kilometre, but more importantly, it is now our Killarney Raceway track index record holder.
Watch this Racelogic video of Deon Joubert setting the flying lap around the Cape Town track.
We are the first South African publication to be allowed to do a full track test on the much talked-about McLaren MP4-12C supercar. We gave the key to our resident racer, Deon Joubert, to find out if the Nissan GT-R (2011 specification) held on to the lap record, or if the McLaren beat it. Watch this video to find out…
Although we tested the F10 BMW M5 on track at Kyalami as part of our January Performance issue, we decided to give it another blast, this time around Killarney Raceway, for its track battle against the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. Watch as Deon Joubert sets a flying lap, and narrowly beats the AMG in the process. For the full comparative test, get a copy of CAR’s April 2012 issue.
In the April issue of CAR, we published a comparative super-saloon test of the BMW M5 vs. Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG vs. Jaguar XFR. As part of our full track test, we gave Deon Joubert the keys to the M5 and E63 AMG. Here are the results of the E63 AMG’s laps around Killarney Raceway.
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See CAR’s track test driver Deon Joubert light up the brake discs of the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG en route to setting a blistering lap time around Cape Town’s Killarney race circuit.
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Watch CAR test driver Deon Joubert put the new Nissan GT-R through its paces at Killarney and give his impressions of the updated 2011-spec supercar… CAR has track tested many supercars; can the mighty GT-R post the fastest ever lap time we’ve recorded?
This video concentrates on the flying lap racing driver Deon Joubert set during our track test. With a time of 1:24,81, 1 M Coupé did the same time as the Audi TT RS at 1:24,80, was a second slower than the BMW M3 Frozen Edition and, more importantly, faster than the standard BMW M3’s 1:25,50. For the full road test, get hold of the August issue of CAR.
Watch and listen as we track test the Subaru WRX STI. Also, CAR track test driver Deon Joubert gives his opinion of the car after setting an official lap time. After that a CAR tester shows that this Scooby can do the donut thing as well… The full road test of this performance saloon will appear in the June issue of CAR magazine, on sale 23 May.