Tiff VS Chris Harris - Ferrari 458 Speciale & Porsche 911 GT3 | Fifth Gear

The 458 Speciali and the 911 GT3 sit at the top of the extreme sports car tree, but somehow we have to decide which is best. Three tests will determine which offers the best combination of handling and road manners, and because there's a lot at stake here,

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. Gear has recruited a man whose job it is to evaluate machines like this automotive journalist Chris Harris. So Chris, you actually have a bit of an advantage here because you've already driven both cars. You are also a renowned 911 lover, so I have decided to leave the Porsche with you today. Well, I'll have a Ferrari, which is very nice.

I know we are face to face here on the track and you have chosen the car that has a hundred. and some more horsepower and maybe it weighs less, but I know how much you love the Porsche. I didn't want to take it away from you. I have to admit, when it comes to looks, of course the Ferrari is the most attractive car, other than this one being yellow, but I mean, look at that, look at these little dings on the impressive front, no, I think it's too complicated , it's got these frivolities on the front, look at these berries, complicated pieces with a style too,

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the price, well, it starts at £206,000. so it's more than double the price of this vehicle so I'm talking about a good bang for the buck this is the one you might be right.

In fact, it is not just the price that differentiates these cars because, as Chris has pointed out, the Ferrari has more power than the Porsche and is also faster to 62 miles per hour, however, he also knows that the 911 always surpasses their weight, making it difficult to predict a winner. The first round will test the agility of our car, acceleration and braking, first we have to cross a slalom course. Then accelerate up to 100 miles per hour before hitting the brakes, the car that stops in the shortest distance wins. We're going to run this test with the driver assist switch on to see how well each car's electronics can handle the steering changes and violent power delivery the styling will show how well the traction control works I have my sporty manatino setup normal road position every day all traction controls the question is how much will it hold the

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which will help you get through the cones plus it has carbon ceramic brakes as standard , it should stop quickly.

I think Mr. Harrison is in shock even in the first round. Now I think he'll be around. Do you have that cone ready? mark my position to stop mr

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it's the orange thing at my feet he's going to be like this all day i wish you'd leave when i say three two one wow oh that's not like a turn of the wheel but it wasn't virtually can you have full throttle now and the traction is doing the job, the brakes are working, this is important for accelerating. Look, I have reached the goal. Harrisburg Notice 80 90. Don't mention the cone, it was literally about four feet away, come on.

Did you listen to the game because it is in automatic mode? You hear it shift down. Yes, yes, yes, it's mega. What is the penalty for knocking down that cone? You realized. Did I just tickle him? It won't make any difference even with the safety aids activated. The Ferrari has traveled the course and thanks to its race-spec brakes they took me from 100 to a stop in an extremely short distance. It was a tough goal for Porsche to beat, but never discount German engineering. The 911 is interesting, it should be inherently at a disadvantage because it is rear-engined and the Ferrari is mid-engined, the Ferrari should change direction better, but the Porsche has this clever rear wheel that moves, which effectively shortens the wheelbase by the way the car behaves, and the 911 is always surprising, isn't it?

I don't think it's going to be as misleading as these guys think, but now we'll find that a shorter wheelbase makes a car more agile, so even though the 911 is heavier, it could keep up with the 458 through of the cones. Oh, it's very agile. I, Chris, had all the electronic aids on and the

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box was in full automatic mode, it didn't engage enough, which is clearly a bit slow to react now. Woody's brakes work as good as mine. All your emergency lights have turned on. Have you been doing anything? dangerous but you've moved yours back I didn't touch my cone but I have to admit you stopped better than I thought so what we're saying is the difference between these two cars 120,000 pounds is like that, well, yeah, but that's a lot. 120,000 pounds, that's how big the accident would have been if it had been a truck or a brick wall.

I call it unfair and you can't get a rematch, okay Chris you exaggerated the price difference by 14 grand and you had to do it. I paid £6,000 for their optional ceramic brakes, but as I won this test I'll let it slide, but these cars aren't just extreme track tests, they're also a romantic drive through the countryside for a weekend, the question then is which one? of them is the most practical and who would you take with you the space is a monument to weight loss with a thinner carbon fiberglass floor and not a tuft of carpet in sight but it will be ferrari's decision to create a Stripped track racer make this an irritating car on the road and speaking of irritating, can I point out one of two things?

You are showing a slight green color when driving a Ferrari in the UK. There is a button you have to press to make it drivable on the road. There's a button here on the steering wheel, that one there's a suspension and it says bumpy road and now it will drive correctly so suddenly you feel how much better the ride is, it's not a bumpy road so I can't tell the difference, it's a bumpy road it's brilliant, it takes those bumps well, it takes them very, very well I'm going to remove the bumpy suspension, yes, bumpy, that's it, yes, you wouldn't have known, no, you would have written this car off for being too harsh.

Driving well I think Chris, but I have to agree the set up is correct and the 458 suspension can handle British roads. Now let's move on to one of my favorite topics, the placement of the paddle shifters, because Ferrari doesn't make paddle shifters that go with the steering wheel, so when you have a lock on the panel it's not there, but wait, you're always on your side on the on the way to the shops, when you go to buy half a liter of milk on Sunday, you are completely crossed and if you are crossed you don't know where you are with the paddle so you need them turn on the radio now you are bothering me radio please there is no radio tape me I'm afraid this has been specified in a super light legere spec and it has no space to store the radio good glove compartment no, there is a little space to store back here there is a net which is a net to put things not in the name of a girl I I feel guilty when opening the accelerator on public roads, it's just that you're very noisy and if you add a millimeter of acceleration it suddenly goes ah and it's also controversial whether it's a pleasant noise or just a noise.

I found that if you make a lot of noise, your passenger suddenly becomes very quiet. I can't turn down the engine button either, yeah, you just come in wet, okay, I'll try it wet, I shouldn't kick that so easily, look, that's not so beautiful, coming to this in a yellow Ferrari. I'll get the bag, sweetheart, but open your Porsche. Can you come? Come on, I'm coming. I really like this baggage handling by

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. Oh no. Have. I have more space in the Ferrari. There is more. There is more space. I'll give it to you there, but this is going to be a better road car, isn't it?

This is going to be more comfortable than my rock getty and I'll show you, come on, despite Chris' comments. make my own decision thank you it is very civilized it is quieter but in reality the ride is just as firm it could even be further away we don't have soft buttons I have buttons but I'm already on the soft one if I enter the hard one, don't you want to know, no, why Does the scaffolding in the back work, I mean, do you really want all that? But you can take it out, it's a no-cost option, you can take it out and where are the paddles on your Porsche steering wheel hey, hey, hey, come on, take me, yes, yes, it turns with the steering wheel, should it go up or not, no, you press the button to open it, it's okay, it's constantly, I love it when you play, when you play, oh what. car you like you want carpet don't pull the door handle look how the door handle feels small the door is low but I'll fall wouldn't necessarily be the problem in this situation I don't think they're good seats, it's a good seat, right is that so?

Can I recline my seats even or not? No, it's fixed. You realize that I have answered all the questions you have asked me about these two cars, I mean you need me around. I figure I'm a passenger obviously I don't want to be a passenger, however as a passenger I was able to appreciate some of the finer points of the 911, but look at the comfort, I've got a glove box, satellite radio, look, oh and you've got that. I mean, that sounds like a motor, not like something forced, it doesn't feel very spicy at all, it doesn't feel very fresh, no, it's fine, it's ready for 9000 rpm, that feels crazy, that's mega, right Is it how mega the buyers of these cars are?

You don't have to do nine thousand revolutions to feel like this is too much. Do you have to go too far? Yes, you have to go too far to get some noise and excitement on public roads. Has anyone ever called you picky? Maybe unfortunately I know. Sometimes you feel an affinity with the cards if I feel a certain affinity towards this thing and I think you might get stuck on the track, you think you're going to cheat on me in your fancy yellow Ferrari once we're back on the track. race trip now you're dead i know what you're going to say but i mean the ferrari is lovely it's just stopping it's a better road car it's more comfortable more accommodation radio in the glove compartment absolutely it's time for that romantic dinner for two Yes, please Please come on Harris let me explain, but ultimately these are track focused vehicles with one main purpose.

Mind-blowing performance that suits this contest must be decided by the car with the best combination of brake handling and outright speed. Well, here we are. Castle Comb, uh, tiff picked the specs early. It's funny, that carries more power, carries less weight, but I have Porsche traction and four-wheel steering. I have a pdk

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box. Come on, I think I can get close to him on this. I really do, it's show time. I have a little mandatino switch to turn everything off. I've got nine thousand robes to play with with launch control to get me going and a Porsche that's about to take a beating.

Ladies and gentlemen, step on the accelerator. oh rabbi

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you just had lunch away from me thank you for your lighter weight and 130 extra horsepower the ferrari is half a second faster to 62 than the

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so no wonder i drew first blood , he will never come close to me, this is simply incredible. but it looks like

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had other ideas but we're getting there we're getting there because i have more confidence in the brakes he's moving all over the place a wayward moment in the ferrari gave

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his chance to come on tiff share it man you turn around , you dive bomb, hooligan, change of direction is good on this board, I'll make you get out of those corners that deceive you.

The GT3 may be less powerful, but with electromagnetic adaptive damping and four-wheel steering, Chris was very fast. When cornering, these brake lines flash. I dropped another gear there, however, when the next straight beckoned, I knew things would change. I can't do much with that Tiffany, but when you're going that fast it's not always that easy. Slow down a little more. He has already run at this time. Chris had almost 500 horsepower under his right foot, but with my 458 to chase him, that still wasn't enough. Every time he steps, there are a few more meters. It's a problem.

I'm afraid one more quarter to another famous Ferrari victory with our battle over, it was time for a gentlemanly report, you brake, you cut dirt, you throw, you showed up for a conker battle with the end of a machine gun, it's not fair, well with the brakes, that boy, this one is very good with the brakes, but I don't have the grunt, right? No, I don't have the snarl, too much padding there, that's just overweight issue by any other measure. The Porsche 911 GT3 is an impressive car, as we said at the beginning. of this challenge, it is the best pound-for-pound supercar in the world and, for most drivers, it will deliver more than they will need;

However, if money is no object and you want the best track day machine that also offers a reasonable daily ride. practicality of the day, then it has to be the Ferrari 458 Speciali. One word sums up this car, sublime.