Porsche Cayenne tows TT at 122 MPH and 503HP AMG Mercedes pulls the Bullet.
Car and Driver mag has an interesting write up this month (Jan 07) on page 115. Here is a nutshell summary or the article.
John Phillips assignment was an exercise in summer, self indulgence. He called a friend from Mercedes who quickly suggested a 503HP, silver ML63 AMG Mercedes attached to a Airstream.
He got the keys to the AMG and headed to Jackson Centre to meet with Airstream president Bob Wheeler. Well apparently Bob is a car guy and was eager to set up John with an Airstream for his adventure.
A new 20' Safari was hooked up to the AMG. We now had the $86,000 AMG and the $40,000. Airstream.
Bob new about the AMG's performance capabilities. 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, 155MPH top speed, and 15.4 inch front brake rotors that stop the 5,162lb vehicle in 160ft (70 to 0). He wondered about how fast the AMG could tow the Airstream? He reported that they recently had hooked an Airstream to a Porsche Cayenne Turbo and went for a drive at the Honda test track. They got it up to 122MPH, but then he commented that it sort of achieved liftoff. He said their goal is 140MPH which he thought was the world record.
After the weekend outing they got back to Jackson Centre they were asked how it towed. John replied, Fantastic, it's so light, it tows like a feather.
And to think the ST tires are rated at 65 MPH
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SO then do we really need these hitches, shocks stabilizes, anti sway thingies anyway?? They are proving to me that the answer is no. Maybe all we need is a few correctly placed vortex generators to screw the boundary layer around to place more weight on the contact patch. And what tires were they running at what PSI? Guess I'll try to break 100 mph while tilting back a cold one. And yes I was a test pilot.Looks like a future lawsuit developing to me. Like the guy who was denied a tranny for his 06 mustang- when he was asked how he was driving it he replied "just like in the commercials". So whats next? did we ever land on the moon??
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A new 20' Safari was hooked up to the AMG. We now had the $86,000 AMG and the $40,000. Airstream.
Bob new about the AMG's performance capabilities. 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, 155MPH top speed, and 15.4 inch front brake rotors that stop the 5,162lb vehicle in 160ft (70 to 0). He wondered about how fast the AMG could tow the Airstream? He reported that they recently had hooked an Airstream to a Porsche Cayenne Turbo and went for a drive at the Honda test track. They got it up to 122MPH, but then he commented that it sort of achieved liftoff. He said their goal is 140MPH which he thought was the world record.
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