Sportauto C6 Corvette Zr1 Supertest Results

[gp900]

c/o nagtroc

Results: ZR1 (GT-R)

Acceleration

0-100km/h: 4.0s (4.1s)

0-200km/h: 11.4s (13.1s)

Nordschleife

Peak lateral g: 1.6g (1.45g)

Straight Vmax: 288km/h (276km/h)

Lap Time: 7:38 (7:38)

Note: The GT-R is 10-12km/h faster than the ZR1 through difficult technical sections

just not on the straight.

[LSX-438]

so the original 7:38 time has been replicated by a car mag, surprise surprise.

- who was driving?

Makes you wonder how/why Porsche test drivers just couldnt do better than a 7:54 in a GTR

oh hang on, no need to wonder, it's actually pretty obvious really

[Max_ST-R]

c/o nagtroc

Results: ZR1 (GT-R)

Acceleration

0-100km/h: 4.0s (4.1s)

0-200km/h: 11.4s (13.1s)

Nordschleife

Peak lateral g: 1.6g (1.45g)

Straight Vmax: 288km/h (276km/h)

Lap Time: 7:38 (7:38)

Note: The GT-R is 10-12km/h faster than the ZR1 through difficult technical sections

just not on the straight.

0-100 km/h times for both cars are a bit on the tardy side, but as expected 0-200 km/h ZR-1 has a clear advantage. It shoould be no suprise that they recorded the same lap time since the best times both have acheived are almost identical (7.26's). This should prove to many of the GT-R knockers that the GT-R is what Nissan claim it to be. There is no shortage of Amercian car journo's and Corvette fans who claim the GT-R is a fake. This test proves it runs with their ZR-1. Also proves to Porsche that it's quicker than the 7.54min time they achieved.

7.38min is very quick but the factory drivers must be special to find the 12 seconds! Still it proves thru most performance parameters the GT-R and Zr-1 are about the same. At the end of the day GT-R has 4 seats, a decent boot and AWD to get you home safely in wet and damp conditions, it costs less, has a better interior and for me a better exterior. The Vette sounds glorious tho and is more low slung beast.

[gp900]

so the original 7:38 time has been replicated by a car mag, surprise surprise.

- who was driving?

Makes you wonder how/why Porsche test drivers just couldnt do better than a 7:54 in a GTR

oh hang on, no need to wonder, it's actually pretty obvious really

Both laps were driven by the mag editor, Horst von Saurma as is normal for most Supertest laps.

Sportauto's numbers for the 911 turbo make the whole Porsche/Nissan debarcle even more interesting.

Acceleration

0-100km/h: 3.8s

0-200km/h: 12.6s

Nordschleife

Straight Vmax: 282km/h

Lap Time : 7:54 (!!!!!)

and this particular 911T that Sportauto received was shod with Pilot Sport Cups and PCCBs

[Mandingo]

Over such a distance. Does anyone know roughly how much quicker the GT-R would be with carbon brakes on board?

[skyline_man]

Over such a distance. Does anyone know roughly how much quicker the GT-R would be with carbon brakes on board?

My guess is that it would be the same. The 'ring' is not a track that is particularly hard on the brakes. steel rotors are just as effective as carbon ceramic in terms of stopping power - so long as they remain cool. One or two laps on the 'ring' is not enough to overheat steel rotors.

Edited September 22, 2009 by skyline_man

[pixel8r]

7.38min is very quick but the factory drivers must be special to find the 12 seconds!

On a circuit so long it would be near impossible to do a perfect lap ever, so 12seconds over 7+ minutes should be possible, considering Nissan's chief test driver has a lot of racing pedigree, including Formula 1.

There are too many factors involved that could impact both track conditions and also the car's performance. Thats why this is important to have the two cars run back to back on the same day. Its a more fair comparison. Use the other 'ring times as just an indication of each car's "best run so far".

[Mandingo]

Calling it "best lap so far" rather then "fastest" sounds like a good idea. Considering as you said track conditions, where 2 days there can "look" the same but the conditions are different.

More and more i want to plan a trip over to hire a car and go mental. mmm