Car & Driver Burnout Kings

[tama z71]

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11471...nout-kings.html

Cadillac XLR-V Under all those aggressive, creased body lines is a Corvette chassis married to a supercharged and intercooled 4.4-liter Northstar V-8 producing 443 horsepower to motivate the quickest Cadillac ever. That huge number connects with not-particularly-wide 255mm rear tires, making for rubber hazed more readily than a fat boy in boot camp. We suggest you torch the tires with the hardtop down.

Chevrolet Corvette With the wimpiest example making 400 horsepower, any Corvette has little trouble incinerating the inevitable Goodyears strapped to the back. Coupe, convertible, automatic, standard, Z06, base model, whatever — any Vette smokes meats better than a Texas BBQ.

Pontiac GTO Rental-car looks only encourage you to lay waste to the GTO’s rear tires as if Avis would be replacing them. The 400-hp Corvette-sourced LS2 turns tarmac into a cheese grater once you disable the traction control. Despite a published base price of $32K, a lukewarm reception by buyers means you can get a GTO for significantly less.

Cadillac DTS The only front-wheel-drive vehicle on this list is powered by a 291-hp Northstar V-8. This is sufficient to leave two smoldering piles of redistributed silica and carbon just aft of the DTS’s Grandpa-hauling rollers. One of our editors got pulled over doing just that, and the cop couldn’t help laughing. No ticket!

Pontiac Solstice GXP One of the cheapest paths here to destroying a perfectly good set of gummies is the turbocharged 260 horsepower found in the Pontiac Solstice GXP for about $25K. Burnouts might, in fact, be a required part of the ownership experience, necessary each time a neighbor asks if you borrowed your hairdresser’s car.

5 out of 10! Sweet!!

[Sixty8panther]

No real "news" here. GM is all about torque to the rear wheels...

except after 1996 & 2002... then it's not so much.

FWD Donuts in the DTS?

So how are those flat spots on the rear tires from the car pulling

itself forward even with the Parking brake on.

[Cory Wolfe]

Burnouts, not donuts, smart one.

[GEESIXER]

So with the news of a GXP Solstice, has anyone heard of any news on the GXP G6!!!!!!!!!!

[ocnblu]

Awesome! Finally, something positive from C&D.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

GM is coming back strong.

Nice.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

How much you want to bet Ford didn't make the cut? (And if they did, it was probably the Mustang...as usual.)

[NOS2006]

Yeah!

Think about it.. when the Camaro and Challenger arrive, it looks like there won't be ANY imports on the list! (and the CTS may be a contender on there, too!)

Edited August 23, 2006 by NOS2006

[regfootball]

oh yeah, because smoky burnouts makes one look real cool.......

[mjdecker]

...(and the CTS may be a contender on there, too!)

I was supprised to see the DTS rather that either the CTS-V, STS-V, or both on there.

[ocnblu]

Now I'm not sure of C&D's intent. Sure, redblooded American males will appreciate it, but what about Prius drivers? They'll hold this as an example of "wasteful use of precious resources" and hold an even bigger grudge against builders of fun cars.

[thegeswho3]

Now I'm not sure of C&D's intent.  Sure, redblooded American males will appreciate it, but what about Prius drivers?  They'll hold this as an example of "wasteful use of precious resources" and hold an even bigger grudge against builders of fun cars.

183857[/snapback]

let em...

[I hope GMRULES again]

The Solstice -your hairdresser's car????

[zhawk]

Now I'm not sure of C&D's intent.  Sure, redblooded American males will appreciate it, but what about Prius drivers?  They'll hold this as an example of "wasteful use of precious resources" and hold an even bigger grudge against builders of fun cars.

183857[/snapback]

And we won't be able to hear them over the engines and screeching tires.

Let them complain, they don't understand automotive performance and never will.

As their Prius struggles to merge onto the freeway and get out of the way of that semi, we've already merged, changed lanes and are cruising.

[SS427]

Now I'm not sure of C&D's intent.  Sure, redblooded American males will appreciate it, but what about Prius drivers?  They'll hold this as an example of "wasteful use of precious resources" and hold an even bigger grudge against builders of fun cars.

183857[/snapback]

Ya and use this as an excuse to cry for more tax breaks.

[Camino LS6]

If they don't like it - screw 'em. Tire smoke is good!

[76ChevyTrucker]

I have to admit that laying down long, smokey, inky, black marks is always fun in any vehicle, but especially a GM vehicle, there's just a certain "goody-goody" feeling when you do it.

[daves87rs]

If they don't like it - screw 'em. Tire smoke is good!

189145[/snapback]

Yep.