stevebez

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Se...rburgring-lap/

Beats GT-R , 997TT , not sure about Carerra GT...

speedpeddler

Awesome vid and a beast of a car.

I want one.

Yacht Master

Repost of ProV1's information

Laptimes of some interesting rides:

7:26 ZR1 vette
7:55 Ferrari F430 F1
7:56 Porsche 996 Turbo
7:56 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale
7:59 That new 4 door Cadi SVT
8:02 Mercedes CLK 63 AMG - Black Series
8:05 BMW M3 E92
8:10 Chrysler Viper GTS
8:13 BMW M5 E60

stevebez

Thats just a rediculous time ... its streets ahead of anything else...!

bobgodd

Even faster than the GT.

Hammer Down

Yes it's faster than the CGT

Hammer Down

The ZR1 broke the record that was set by the Zonda F. The previous record was 7:27.82 and the ZR1 did it in 7:26.4x

ROCKETW19

Wow that thing just chrushes everyone!
Maybe I need one of thoes instead of a R8????

bobgodd

You'd need a lot of things before an R8

dc63er

GREAT F ING JOB GM!!! The king of supercar performance for ONLY 100k. A little more boost, some CF wheels and seats and another 3 or 4 seconds come off.

rkao

Didn't the Porsche 911 (997) GT2 already better the time of the CGT around the 'ring in the hands of Walter Röhrl?

stevebez

Yep but Porsche were not too keen on that becoming too "public". One legand of Le Mans , Derek Bell, had a run in a 997GT2 and he said he thinks it could have won Le Mans "a few years back"... I would guess it may need to be more than a few...

ItalianStallion

I hope the ZR1 owners leave their cars stock...a pullied ZR1 would be devistating.

tscales

Has to be embarrassing to BMW. The CTS and CLK both beat the M3 E92 and just crush the M5 E60.

jrcart

I already have an appointment to ship mine to Lingenfelter in Indiana this winter. They did excelent work on my CTS-V. I'm not sure how extreme I am going to go with it, but nothing of mine stays stock. I think about 650 @ the wheels would be fun and from what they tell me easily attainable. They claim 850 @ the wheels would be reliable and streetable enough for every day use??? I guess I would have to see that to believe it, but not on my car!

C43AMG

What about traction ?

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

Um....not really, how about this?

Has to be embarrassing to AMG, the CTS-V Sedan beat out the track version of their CLK. Now THAT sucks.

Wait for the new M5 to counter the new CTS-V. All will be answered.

ItalianStallion

With 650rwhp in a Vette, you have limited traction, but it is still drivable. Just don't launch it from a dig too hard with street tires and don't turn off T/C. 650rwhp should spin street tires all the way up to 100mph but it's still totally streetable.

Jrcart...lucky b@$tard! Definitely give us the review of your ZR1 MONSTER.

MB_Forever

Do you know how fast the new Nissan GT-R go around the track?

ItalianStallion

Nissan gave it an official time of 7:38. Recently, some magazine (I think) was able to get a 7:29. Not sure if that's recognized as the new official time, but I believe it is.

Jakpro1

Nice then!! SL65BS creators claims she should run a tick under 7:46 on the ring. That would definitely put it in Supercar territory even though she won't be close to the King right now.

jrcart

The 7:29 car was "tweaked", it had camber adjustments, lowered ride height, and other non-production suspension settings. I read that the ZR1 was 100% OEM set-up, right down to the tire pressure. Every suspensions setting and adjustment was set as the car will leave the plant in Bowling Green.

itz16v

Very impressive numbers on the ZR1 track time way to go GM!

ItalianStallion

Ah, thanks for the info bro. And you are correct about the ZR1, 100% OEM on this run.

rkao

I guess this is the start of a few rounds of if AMG > M or if M > AMG?

Fact of the matter is, there will always be new products coming out that will eek out an advantage from previous generation products and other manufacturers' products - until someone FINALLY introduces a compact plutonium powered reactor in the AMG or the M, or maybe even a Quattro, that produces 1.21 gigawatts...until someone makes one that punches out 1.22 gigawatts...

Kudos to GM for the Corvette ZR1 and the CTS-V, the General needs some goods news these days as its share price lingers slightly above where it stood during the Eisenhower administration.