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the new S is quicker than advertised, for two reasons:

1. next year's needs to be quicker on paper by a small margin

2. the 918 needs to be the fastest on paper by a large margin

what's remarkable about the S is it can do launch-controlled full throttle runs to 60 repeatedly. most other cars in this acceleration class (this new tesla, gt-r, veyron) are simply incapable of that, for various reasons.

well, maybe the veyron, but who really cares because it's ludicrous for other reasons.



>simply incapable of that

The car computer actually prevents you from doing too many launches to avoid damaging the car.

I'm sure you've seen this, but it's amazing nonetheless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DRCTW-Q7o




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