Im new to this sight...I have been wanting and waiting for the new Gcoupe/Z for years...will be buying one soon...could anyone know the correct top speed...Ive researched and found a 140 (limited) and 155 (limited)

 

I've read that the Coupe is limited to 140, Sedan to 145, don't know the Z.
I've also heard from one poster here or F/A last summer that he saw an 'idicated' 153 on his Sedan! [img]/w3timages/icons/crazy.gif[/img]
How accurate the speedos are at that pace I've no idea.

Gsedanman's Coupe

 

Car and Driver says 158 for the coupe

 

I read that the spedo after 100mph is about 3-7mph of what it is shown. I had also read that the coupe top speed is 150 for manual 147 for auto and the sedan 145 for auto.

 

no need for me to go that fast in a car. i can go 190 on my motorcycle. hehehehe

 

I'd like to ask a question myself. Why are people concerned about the "TOP SPEED?" I would think that 0-60, 1/4 times, 0-100 are the most significant. However I do always wonder about the speedometer max on each car.

 

Speedometer max is completely different from a car's top speed,
Ex: my rolla says '110' but it can go 115 :-D


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ok in my coupe i have gone 125 so it can definetly handle that as far has it top speed well i have herd it is limited at 148MPH but with out the govener it should go a lot faster i dont see speeds of 160 out of the question. Probaly faster. At 125mph it was pritty quite and handle pritty well .

 

i doubt the g35 could make 160mph. Even though it is highly aereodynamic, six gears, and 280horse, it doesn't really have the power to reach those speeds. IMO i feel that the g35 would top out around 156mph in the right conditions. (air humidity, temperature, track conditions, tires, etc, etc.)

 

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As a comparison, my Boxster S with similar HP and a 6spd tops out at just under 170, so it will depend on gearing and aerodynamics too, for example with the Boxster top up vs. top down vs. hardtop makes a huge difference. The G is pretty slippery, so if it isn't limited and the gearing is appropriate I could see it making 160. Then again so many S2000 owners claim that they can go 160 but when a race team modified a car for the Salt Flats and did actually high speed runs the best they could get out of the car was in the low 150's so that probably tells you how far off speedometers are at that speed too.

 

I've gotten up to 136 on the freeway...I'll see if I can do better this weekend... :-p

BTW...it's amazingly quiet/smooth for going that fast...

 

I haven't taken my 6MT out for a midnight top end run (haven't broken it in yet) but I thought the Nov 02 issue of R&T said it was 155 computer limited. I also agree that top end is highly overrated. It's great if you live in Germany (I was there for 7 years) but in the US, 0-60, 1/4 mile and for me roll-on is more important. My $.02.

 

I think the top speed is very close to the computer-limited speed (or approx 160). I still had plenty acceleration left at 130 mph. Just needed more road.