Here’s a shootout between the latest supercharged Roush and Saleen Mustangs:

Just for the heck of it, here’s a claimed 900 RWHP turbocharged Saleen idling and driving on a street:

*edit- This video was deleted from Youtube.

This video is worth watching to drool at the technology alone. Check out that Enzoish steering wheel!

Jan Fatthauer’s goal was to beat a Bugatti Veyron. The results? 0-60 in a modest 4.2 seconds (traction and maybe turbo-lag limited) from his 3000 lb Porsche, but it’s only 17.6 seconds from 0 to 186 MPH. The GT9’s claim is that it goes from 125-186 MPH 2.6 seconds sooner than a Veyron. “I’ve driven a Veyron, that’s not possible.” says Chris Harris in this video.

If you want to see the car in action, skip to about 3 minutes in. It looks like he’s wearing a normal seat belt. I wonder if that’s a good idea. About 5 minutes, 20 seconds in, it looks like Harris shifts from 3rd to 2nd causing a mechanical over-rev.

Also, it should be noted that while this car is faster than a Veyron from medium to high speeds, the Veyron rips it up bad from a stop. And comparing a stripped out Porsche to the Veyron is like comparing a luxury yacht to a drag boat — when the yacht is actually as fast. The Veyron might lack that grunt (and handling), it’s an ultra-refined engineering marvel that this car has nothing on in this respect. Basically, think of this like one of those dyno queen 900+ RWHP Supras or Skylines, that while they can certainly boast some incredible performance numbers and speeds, they are simply not the type of a car that the Veyron was designed to compete with. Er, maybe nothing’s really competition with the Veyron at this point that doesn’t fly.

Just for the heck of it, here’s the Veyron racing a McLaren SLR (the 626 HP supercar from Mercedes):

An excellent look at something Audi’s done for years. Build a car with a ton of power that weighs more than a planet. The car is stylish and has 572 HP but weighs an astonishing 4800 lbs. The tester makes a good point: you can throw all the power in the world at a car, but at the end of the day if it’s as heavy as a tank you’ll run into some problems. Still, it’s always fun to see what ze Germans are up to and this twin turbo V10 powerplant really puts out the ponies. The price skyrockets with this well over the $100,000 mark.

Koenigsegg (of Sweden) makes incredible supercars. The four models you’ve probably heard of are the CC8S, CCR, CCX, and the CCGT. The CC8S is the “base” version, which still offers a 655 HP DOHC dry sump V8 and weighs under 2600 lbs. The CCR upgrades the engine to 806 HP, which the CCX shares. The CCGT is the race version.

Here’s the CCGT pulling into a garage. Listen to that exhaust and cam (clearly it does not like low speeds):

So how’s it look on a track? Click here to view the whole post.

Pro-Drive’s P2 does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds, and is equipped with the same motor as the STi (except has a bigger turbo and a lot less weight to drag around).

Top Gear reviewed the car here. One of the coolest things about this car is its anti-lag feature, similar to a rally car. It keeps the turbo spooled between shifts and makes lots of neat sounds (damn, I wish my Talon could do that!). It also has a very smart computer allowing the torque to transfer between the front and rear ends of the car effectively making it handle better, taking it around the Stig’s test track nearly as fast as a Zonda.