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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sakuraguy" data-source="post: 2414232" data-attributes="member: 6441">0–200: 35.5 secondshttp://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2064/corvetteiv3.jpgBefore Millen goes out in the 650-bhp awd Rt 12, Ruf's 12th version of a turbocharged Porsche, we expected Ruf technician Andreas Wetzer to offer specific instructions on how to get the best performance out of the car. But like his boss, Alois Ruf, Herr Wetzer is a man of few words.All he says to Steve: "Everything is fine. This car is easier to drive than Yellow Bird [the famous Ruf that won our 1987 World's Fastest Cars test and did so well at our 2005 Standing Mile at Lemoore]." Steve no doubt agrees. With wastegates chirping at each 7000-rpm upshift, the Porsche 911-based Ruf takes less than a mile and a half of real estate to reach the magical 200-mph mark, and no car in our test, with the possible exception of the Bugatti, reaches that speed with anything approaching the calm and composure of the Rt 12.Says Millen: "It's just effortless, this car. There's no turbo lag. It has a nice broad powerband. It's just really nice. It doesn't even feel that you're really going that fast."Steve does two runs back to back, and finds that there's not a lot of grip on the Lemoore concrete. Even so, the car — which is powered by a dry-sump twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat-6 — puts in a 0–60-mph run of 3.8 sec. and a quarter-mile blast of 11.6 sec. at 127.2 mph. And when he comes back, he's still happy:  "I hit about 185 at the mile marker. This  really is a super car. It's so stable. It's comfortable. Up around 200 mph, which is at about  a mile and a half, the car just tracks perfectly down the middle of the runway, so there's  absolutely nothing to be concerned about."Of note, once past the 5280-ft. mile marker, where the beautifully built Rt 12 hits 187.5 mph in 28.1 sec., the car takes an additional 7.4 sec. and 2104 ft. to reach 200. While that may seem like a long distance to gain only 12.5 mph, be aware of this: At 187.5 mph, the Ruf is gobbling up lots of real estate at the rate of 275 ft. every second. So yes, this composed everyday driver is a quick car.In fact, owner John Lotz, who drove the Ruf from his home in Southern California, picked up the Rt 12 from Ruf in Germany last year and enjoyed it on a European vacation with his wife, even spending some time in the Alps. Says Lotz: "The reason I have a Ruf, and the reason my car is Yellow Bird Yellow, is because of Road & Track." We must renew this man's subscription....</blockquote>

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