ZR1 testing @ Nurburgring

[bmxer99]

^ouch thats harsh

[97talon]

Why the **** is he still around? And what did his post say originally? I'm guessing something bad about memphis?

[Memphis]

[97talon]

At least the ninja finds it amusing. Better than getting butthurt over it.

[Drizzle]

Corvette ZR1 Again Spotted on Nurburgring

Corvette ZR1 Again Spotted on Nurburgring
Will they beat the GT-R?

Yesterday our Autogespot buddies from Holland spotted a brand new Corvette ZR1 at a fast food restaurant just 60 km away from the Nurburgring, just two days after another ZR1 (different license plates) was spotted on the famous German race track being followed by a helicopter. Its just a matter of time now until we get to see the ZR1 set its Ring lap time.

We can only assume that GM is putting their money where their mouth is after the recent comment that the ZR1 can “take the production-car track record at any racetrack”, including the Nürburgring in Germany which was recently lapped in just 7:29 by the Nissan GT-R.

We know what the ZR1 can do at the Papenburg track in pretty much a straight line, namely 205 mph or 330 km/h, but how will it fare on the twisty and turny Nurburgring. Power comes from GM's new LS9 supercharged V8 engine and produces 638 hp / 476 kW with 819 Nm of torque.

The question remains, can the Americans beat the Japanese? And how long until the Europeans reclaim the title on their home turf?

[01mmmz28]

^ can the vette beat the GT-R = YES

Can the Europeans reclaim the title on their own turf = NO, with what production car? they aint got shit.

[Nortad]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28

^ can the vette beat the GT-R = YES

Can the Europeans reclaim the title on their own turf = NO, with what production car? they aint got shit.

^^^true

the only production cars I can think of is maybe the 430scuderia or the next 911 gt3 with 450hp.

either that or some superexotic like a koenigsegg cc8rsx vtak edition or something like that.

[UKunt]

i cant see many cars that will beat the radical round there.

Nordschleife fastest lap times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Nortad]

but the point is beating it with a production car, only the ferrari or porsche are fast enough and qualify ( ferrari builds thousands of f430 per year)

if we count limited production like the radical then theres atleast 15 europeans cars that can beat it

[EVILZ33]

but i wonder how long the zr-1 will hold it with nissan already doing tests on the v-spec and if its anything like the r34 there will be at least 3 or 4 versions better than that

[UKunt]

Originally Posted by Nortad

but the point is beating it with a production car, only the ferrari or porsche are fast enough and qualify ( ferrari builds thousands of f430 per year)

if we count limited production like the radical then theres atleast 15 europeans cars that can beat it

yup but they are still production cars...

[Drizzle]

Well assuming if the ZR-1 does beat the GTR's time, it would be great, competition wields better vehicles. Similar to rumors surrounding the GTR and it's ring time, there are rumors on sites, that Chevy have toasted a few ZR-1's on the ring to try and be the fastest and back up their claims. Regardless, the battle for the ring track dominance continues......