What production car holds the record for fastest lap time on the Nurburgring, ever?

[mikesrex]

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Tadge J. Juechter, Corvette's chief engineer, announced this morning that Jim Mero, GM's development engineer, drove the ZR1 around the Nurburgring in 7:26.4. According to the GMNext blog, the run took place earlier this morning and that conditions were good on the track, with the exception of a strong headwind down the main straight. Mero also mentioned that he felt there were a few places where he could have gone faster, although no details were provided about why and where.

Juechter makes it clear in his post that the ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring in bone-stock trim, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s that will be found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.

The lap began with a rolling start – which falls in line with current industry practices – and the time was confirmed both through an electronic timing system and two hand-held stopwatches. The ZR1 team will be posting a video of their run when they return from Germany and we'll be keeping our eye out for it when it's online the week of July 7th.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/27/gauntlet-thrown-corvette-zr1-laps-the-ring-in-7-26-4/

[Speedy]

That car is f-in badass!

[BigJohnson]

Stick that in your modded GT-R pipe and smoke it. :devil:

[Mark]

:beavisbutthead:

[shftyazn]

dang! pretty badass!

[beckertb]

i thought a radical sr8 held that record.....maybe not

[Magnus]

The sr8 does, but it's not a mass production car.

6:55 Radical SR8 360 PS/650 kg Michael Vergers 2005-09-28 Video
7:18 Donkervoort D8 RS 370 PS/670 kg Michael Düchting Sport Auto 12/04
7:24 Lexus LF-A ~552 PS/~1360 kg 2007-12-28 Auto Express
Winding Road
Unofficial time measured by bystanders at the track
7:25 Nissan GT-R V-Spec ~551 PS/~1590 kg 2008-04-08 Car Magazine autoblog.com Unofficial time measured by bystanders at the track
7:26.4 Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 638 HP/1519 kg Jim Mero 2008-06-27 [8] Strong headwind on main straight. electronically timed and confirmed with two hand-held stopwatches.

[beckertb]

thread states fastest production car

sr8=production car

i have the fastest golf cart on Thomas road.......you can have the best or fastest at anything......just have to be creative in defining your category

That being said, I'm sure the new corvette is a capable performance car--but not the fastest in any category I am aware of.

[Mark]

thread states fastest production car

sr8=production car

i have the fastest golf cart on Thomas road.......you can have the best or fastest at anything......just have to be creative in defining your category

That being said, I'm sure the new corvette is a capable performance car--but not the fastest in any category I am aware of.


yeah you also have the most top heavy golf cart on Thomas road as well :slap:

[mikesrex]

thread states fastest production car

sr8=production car

i have the fastest golf cart on Thomas road.......you can have the best or fastest at anything......just have to be creative in defining your category

That being said, I'm sure the new corvette is a capable performance car--but not the fastest in any category I am aware of.


don't think the Radical that run that time on the ring will count as a production car. Sure it's a cool thing and all, but not a production car in my book.

It's nice to see a production vette with a stick shift on all-season tires compete against other cars with all kinds of nice go-fast goodies. The bar has definately been raised higher and higher by cars such as the GTR and the ZR1. I can't wait to see how the VSpec and LFA do once they are finalized and in production.

[Magnus]

thread states fastest production car

sr8=production car

i have the fastest golf cart on Thomas road.......you can have the best or fastest at anything......just have to be creative in defining your category

That being said, I'm sure the new corvette is a capable performance car--but not the fastest in any category I am aware of.

That's like calling the ariel atom a production car. :mynameisben:

Barely having a build count over 25 doesn't count as "production".

[Pushrod346]

That's like calling the ariel atom a production car. :mynameisben:

Barely having a build count over 25 doesn't count as "production".

:thumbsup:

[beckertb]

don't think the Radical that run that time on the ring will count as a production car. Sure it's a cool thing and all, but not a production car in my book.


According to the fia rulebooks, a production car is:

Art. 251.-Categories and groups: cars competing in events shall be distri- buted into the following categories and groups: Category A: recognized production cars (numbers between brackets are those of the required minimum production in 12 consecutive months). - Group 1 : series-prduction touring cars (5,000). - Group 2 : touring cars (1,000). - Group 3 : grand touring cars (500). - Group 4 : sports cars (25).

so i guess making 12 cars per year on an assembly line is production car.

You can print whatever book you want and publish it, maybe it can become a standard by any governing body. until then, an sr8 is a production car--cool or not.

[Magnus]

According to the fia rulebooks, a production car is:

Art. 251.-Categories and groups: cars competing in events shall be distri- buted into the following categories and groups: Category A: recognized production cars (numbers between brackets are those of the required minimum production in 12 consecutive months). - Group 1 : series-prduction touring cars (5,000). - Group 2 : touring cars (1,000). - Group 3 : grand touring cars (500). - Group 4 : sports cars (25).

so i guess making 12 cars per year on an assembly line is production car.

You can print whatever book you want and publish it, maybe it can become a standard by any governing body. until then, an sr8 is a production car--cool or not.

Sorry, but that's still retarded.

[beckertb]

Sorry, but that's still retarded.

I am thoroughly impressed with your intelligence in rejoinder.

[Magnus]

I am thoroughly impressed with your intelligence in rejoinder.

blah blah blah blah blah

I've pooped more than 25 times this year, you don't see me labeling my toilet as a poop production assembly line.

Are you honestly saying that only making 25 cars in a year, and calling it a "production car" isn't retarded?

[mikesrex]

According to the fia rulebooks, a production car is:

Art. 251.-Categories and groups: cars competing in events shall be distri- buted into the following categories and groups: Category A: recognized production cars (numbers between brackets are those of the required minimum production in 12 consecutive months). - Group 1 : series-prduction touring cars (5,000). - Group 2 : touring cars (1,000). - Group 3 : grand touring cars (500). - Group 4 : sports cars (25).

so i guess making 12 cars per year on an assembly line is production car.

You can print whatever book you want and publish it, maybe it can become a standard by any governing body. until then, an sr8 is a production car--cool or not.

if it makes you feel better that a car you like is what a select "few" call a production car then by all means feel good about yourself and your cars.

[beckertb]

if it makes you feel better that a car you like is what a select "few" call a production car then by all means feel good about yourself and your cars.

It's not what I like or what I don't like, although trying to disperce factual information makes me feel better than relaying profound ignorance. What reference do you have for an SR8 not being a production car (other than the estute gentleman referring to it being "retarded"). Also, FWIW, I don't have an SR8 or a Z06.

[Magnus]

It's not what I like or what I don't like, although trying to disperce factual information makes me feel better than relaying profound ignorance. What reference do you have for an SR8 not being a production car (other than the estute gentleman referring to it being "retarded"). Also, FWIW, I don't have an SR8 or a Z06.
Yayz, i can use big werdz!!! I can haz pridez in makins you lookz dumb with production carz n shitz! yayz! u guyz be da ignorants cuz you don't likez stupidz low productions mobiles, yayz!

[beckertb]

blah blah blah blah blah

I've pooped more than 25 times this year, you don't see me labeling my toilet as a poop production assembly line.

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me.

Are you honestly saying that only making 25 cars in a year, and calling it a "production car" isn't retarded

I don't know if I would go so far as saying the fia (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) is retarded, but they are French......you be the judge.

[Matticus]

I don't know if I would go so far as saying the fia (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) is retarded, but they are French......you be the judge.

:rotfl:

That's a fast vette regardless of where it stands in the ranks of being the fastest production car.

How much is the Radical you are talking about Ben?

[beckertb]

I inquired about 3 months ago for a new SR8 with options I would want and got a quote:

RETAIL LIST PRICE $ 166,558.00

[JustaSloWgn]

is the reventon a production car O_o.

[mikesrex]

but they are French......you be the judge.

/thread


the french are bunch of idiots:rotfl:

[garage_fresh]

I thought the Honda CRX HF was the fastest?

[mikesrex]

I thought the Honda CRX HF was the fastest?

anything with a stroker B16A is disqualified from the beginning. it would be such an unfair race since the stroker B16A allows the CRX to travel through spacetime.

[beckertb]

is the reventon a production car O_o.


A quick google search revealed only 20 Reventon's will be produced world wide (11 bound for US soils).

Therefore, no, not a production car (but wouldn't be in this class for lapping the ring, anyway)

[beckertb]

anything with a stroker B16A is disqualified from the beginning. it would be such an unfair race since the stroker B16A allows the CRX to travel through spacetime.

What if you let Chuck Norris drive..........

A HAAAAAAAAAA!

[mikesrex]

What if you let Chuck Norris drive..........

A HAAAAAAAAAA!

who needs Chuck Norris when I got PeeWee?

PeeWee>*:beavisbutthead:

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[Matticus]

I inquired about 3 months ago for a new SR8 with options I would want and got a quote:

RETAIL LIST PRICE $ 166,558.00

Damn, that is right around what the ZR1 will be sold for right?

[mikesrex]

Damn, that is right around what the ZR1 will be sold for right?

nope

[beckertb]

Damn, that is right around what the ZR1 will be sold for right?
MSRP is around 100; however, like most popular new rides, I bet it will take that [the 166] to buy the first handful (maybe 4-6 months of production)

[mikesrex]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/10/video-gm-releases-corvette-zr1s-7-26-4-ring-attack/

Alrighty folks. Here it is. The General has released the in-car footage of the Corvette ZR-1 lapping the Nurburgring in 7:26.4, hitting 180 mph at one point on the 12.9-mile course and beating out the Z06's time, set in 2005 by Jan Magnussen by almost 17 seconds. Jim Mero is behind the wheel and just as a reminder; the lap was done on the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s as the production model, and retains the same ride height, engine calibrations and emissions equipment, along with running pump gas.

[Matticus]

That is bad ass :thumbsup:

[beckertb]

MSRP is around 100; however, like most popular new rides, I bet it will take that [the 166] to buy the first handful (maybe 4-6 months of production)

Who is going to man up?

Mark?

Matt?

David?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-ZR1-09-Chevy-ZR1-Corvette-No-Reserve-638-Horsepower_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6168QQihZ008 QQitemZ180263928532QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[Matticus]

nope

Looks like my guess was about right, the bidding on that zr1 is up to almost 150k with a litte over a day left.

[Matticus]

Who is going to man up?

Mark?

Matt?

David?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-ZR1-09-Chevy-ZR1-Corvette-No-Reserve-638-Horsepower_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6168QQihZ008 QQitemZ180263928532QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

LOL after hearing all your stores about vettes and a few from other people, no thanks. Its still a bad ass car but, if I had the money, it would be sitting in a nsx, porsche or supra.

[mikesrex]

Looks like my guess was about right, the bidding on that zr1 is up to almost 150k with a litte over a day left.

you just need to have what it takes to be able to find the right deals. just because a person has money doesn't mean they should get raped on price.

[03lofront]

that is fucking awesome. but i was seriously waiting for him to reach over turn the ac on and down to the coldest setting, and then turn the radio on and skip to his favorite driving tune hahahah now that would have been truely amazing

[Mark]

Who is going to man up?

Mark?

Matt?

David?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvette-ZR1-09-Chevy-ZR1-Corvette-No-Reserve-638-Horsepower_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6168QQihZ008 QQitemZ180263928532QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW


Yeah let me sell my house right quick.