2009 9ff GT9R First Drive

On the damp, slippery road next to Dortmund airport, as the back wheels claw desperately in a bid to overtake the fronts and the exhaust outlets in the rocker panels spit fire and noise, it feels just for a second as if this car might have gone too far in the horsepower department.

And then as there's the faintest whiff of traction from the 325/30R19 Continental ContiSportContact Vmax tires in the rear, the twin Garrett T35 turbos kick in and the world explodes. There are very few truly intimidating cars left, and the 2009 9ff GT9R is one of them.

The Bugatti Veyron has proven that the title as the world's fastest production car can sell automobiles. If our terrifying drive in Dortmund is any measure, the next record-breaking effort could come from the wild, Porsche-based 2009 9ff GT9R.

Twin-turbo 4.0-liter flat-6 1,105 hp
0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds
260-mph top speed


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veyron1001 - 1/2/2009 4:11:52 PM

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Hmm 4 litres less, 2 less cylinders and the same hp and its projected to beat the SCC. This is engineering not some 8 litre V8 with 2 turbos on it.

uall - 1/2/2009 6:18:43 PM

+1 Boost

That interior causes eyecancer

Agent63 - 1/2/2009 10:02:59 PM

+1 Boost

Cool looking 9FF. Not so cool interior. Very fast and potentially very dangerous with an average joe behind the wheel.