Not exact matches
It doesn't even start to make real power until about 5k or so, if you just let the clutch out and start rolling at idle and then
open the
throttle, there's a good second or two
before you start accelerating at any useful rate.
Some sections are painfully slow, others
open up into straights where we go
throttle down on the W12
before braking hard for the next hairpin turn.
On a few occasions — low traction, big
throttle opening — the engine would bang off the rev limiter
before the transmission shifted into second gear.
You can take this roller - coaster ascent at wide -
open throttle, but you've got to have the car lined up perfectly
before you crest the rise and the suspension unloads.
The old model required 80 - percent
throttle opening before the electric motor would step in to assist acceleration, but in the new car it's always ready and 516 lb - ft is just the flex of a toe away.
On light
throttle openings the engine rarely needed to get above 2000rpm
before shifting up a gear.