Introducing the new Porsche 911 Turbo S.
And the Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series.
And last, but by no means least powerful Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.
Our chosen playground for the day is the two mile runway
at Bruntingthorpe.
Our mission is simply this. We are here to find out which out of these tyre shredding
icons is fastest over a standing kilometre.
One ground rule. Because the AMG's race start system didn't get on at all well with the
concrete surface we decided to not use launch control in any of them.
But, we did shift gear manually in them with the Ferrari in CST Off, the Porsche in Sport
Plus and the AMG also in Sport Plus.
And, so here's what happened.
Predictably the four wheel drive 911 gets away the best as you can clearly see.
But even by the time they hit 60mph the F12 has got it pegged.
And, by 100 mph it is well and truly ahead. With the SLS trying and basically failing
to keep up with the others pretty much from the moment they set off.
At the quarter mile post the F12 is several car lengths ahead. And at kilometre is just
a small red dot, getting smaller as it continues to move away.
Here's what that feels like from behind the wheel.
Wow. So the Porsche took off to begin with as you can see.
Then when we got to 100 - 110 the Ferrari just goes, absolutely, goes. Wow!
That is what happens when you have stacks of power in four-wheel drive and even more
power in rear-wheel drive.
It takes a while for the Fandango to get into its stride and to reel the Porsche in, but
when it happens it's incredible. It feels like somebody has lit the afterburners and
you fly past.
Unfortunately, the poor old Mercedes isn't getting an look-in anywhere.
Wow! Wow wee!
The F12 is a proper hot rod of a car. It's just so fast. I love it.
Before we went home I did one last run in the F12. All the way to the end. Just to see
what sort of speed it could hit.
So, sit back and enjoy the ride.
And remember watch that speedometer carefully right at the end.