Cebera 4.5.....0-60mph times

[Elise_Manchester]

Does anyone have any links to roadtests showing the Cerbera 4.5 doing 0-60mph times of 3.9secs........that is what they are capable of right?

[d_drinks]

try logging on to the autoexpress site - www.autoexpress.co.uk you'll need to register but once on the site go to road tests (@ the top of the screen) Then you can select the 4.5 Cerbera roaad test.

Or you might like this???......

4.5

75 degree alloy V8 engine
Capacity (cc) 4475
Bore/stroke (mm) 91 x 86
Compression Ratio 10.75:1
Max power 420 bhp @ 6750 rpm
Max torque 380 ft.lbs @ 5500 rpm

Performance

0 to 60 mph in 3.9 secs
0 to 100 mph in 8.3 secs
0 to 150 mph in 17.9 secs
Maximum speed +190 mph

This is from the TVR website- though it might just be a bit biased !!!!

[fraser]

Have an MPEG of the original test 4.5 (not a 4.2 as they stated) versus Viper Porker turbo Caterham and all that lot on Bridlingthorpe(spell??) runway where the Cerbera does a standing mile in about 30secs (and thrashes the pants off of everything else) but no 0-60 times I am afraid

[d_drinks]

Fraser - any chance you can post a link to the MPEG? would love to see the Cerbie in action

[tvradict]

Fraser, do you mean Bruntingthorpe??? That MPEG wouldn't be the JC test on one of his videos would it??? Post a link, would be good to finally get a TVR video on my computer!

[Ston]

aye, post a link please.

[fraser]

Please excuse my crappy old web page but I am in the process of writing www.cerbera.me.uk so follow the link below and click on relative accelration mpeg - new site will be up and running soon


www.geocities.com/fblackbu21/MyPage.html?1006967399442

[plotloss]

Followed the link to Comparative Acceleration and its a dead web page?

Any thoughts?

Matt.

[d_drinks]

Fraser - followed the link from your geocities page (nice picture of the Cerbie by the way), but just get an error saying the user hasn't set-up the page any ideas why the link's down?????....

[tvradict]

erm, Link on your site doesn't work!!

[Pedestrian]

The giant cogs of the world wide interweb could take up to 48 hrs to online your pictures ( i could say when they go hot, but i'm neither from London or computer litterIT)

[M@H]

Is see the pandora.be smileys are spreading ..

[thom]

quote:
erm, Link on your site doesn't work!!

same

[fraser]

I'll try and sort it out later....

[Elise_Manchester]

so does the 4.5 do 0-60mph in 3.9 secs like TVR say cause I have this friend who says it can't.....anyone tested their own car?

[GreenV8S]

quote:so does the 4.5 do 0-60mph in 3.9 secs like TVR say cause I have this friend who says it can't.....anyone tested their own car?

Well my little old V8S does 0-60 in about 4.5, measured (AP22) on cold tyres and a normal road surface, from a mere 280 BHP ish. It is power limited most of the way. Cerbera is slightly longer wheelbase so presumably less traction off the line, and a cammier engine so harder to get a good launch, but I reckon if you could find a really grippy bit of road (runway or summat) you could probably use all the extra power. 3.9 doesn't sound out of the question. Anyway, if it's just a matter of telling your mate will it or won't it - yes it will, because the factory specs say so. We know better than to take the BHP figures at face value, but the official performance figures actually tend to be quite conservative.

[richb]

quote:
so does the 4.5 do 0-60mph in 3.9 secs like TVR say cause I have this friend who says it can't.....anyone tested their own car?

Show him Clarkson's video where the Cerbera eats absolutly everything else for breakfast - then he will believe you.

[AndrewD]

I don't think that was an entirely standard Cerbera however

[richb]

Rumour has it that it was a 4.2 but running a development 4.5 engine.

[purple_throbber]

if it was running the 4.5 engine, so what?

the test was to find the fastest production car in the world, and the 4.5 has since surpassed the 4.2. maybe porsche et al have tweaked their fastest production models since, but not enough to beat the 4.5 i suspect.