QUIKAG

It pisses me off that I subscribe to all these damn car magazines and the reviews/comparisons are on the website well before my mag arrives in the mail. Makes me wonder why I even subscribe.

Anyway, impressive showing by the GT-R, looks like it may take the ZR1 to knock the GT-R around at the track.

07_s2kid

thank for sharing

kumar75150

yes its faster around a track. yes its a great allaround car. yes its ugly.

but none of you can (or I) can get any of these cars around the track at those times. however, when fanboys buy the gtr and pull up next to a z06 or viper on the highway, they are going to be in for a rude awakening.

QUIKAG

Speak for yourself, Kumar. Being an experienced track day guy, I would have reservations about running against a GT-R driven by a halfway competent driver because of it's inherently easy way of putting down power and vectoring through the corner with it's advanced AWD system.

Also, on the road, it's naive to assume that a Z06 can launch consistently as well as a GT-R.

I would still buy a Z06 in a heartbeat over a GT-R (rather I'd have a modded LS3 and $25k in the bank), but the GT-R can get the job done better for the majority of less than excellent drivers.

Onehots2k

Me too. The ZR-1 is gonna make mince-meat out of all these cars.

godai

Probably cuz they used 91 octane?

godai

And Porsche got faster GT2,3 and Club 911s.

Nissan will come back with Vspec, Evo and Nismo versions. Z06 isn't a base model like GT-R is.

JonBoy

From a roll, though, I would expect the Nissan to die pretty quickly against the Viper, Z06, and 911 Turbo. Trap speeds indicate more power for all three...

JonBoy

And I know this is going to sound like an excuse but I've mentioned it before.

Test temperature was 57*F. With sticky rubber, that's still pretty cool, giving a big advantage to AWD with four contact patches instead of two. Higher temps might level the playing field a bit.

Onehots2k

Yea but the Corvette has staying power. Its been doing it for 50+ years. People will pay out the ass for a Z06 and ZR-1. The heritage and fanbase is so rich. The GTR is great and people will pay for it but 100k+ for the Spec V should be interesting. All its going to take is for a competitor with more style & prestige to make something similar. The competitions car could cost 15-20k more with GTR performance and would dramatically hurt the car. I mean people freak out when Lexus' start to break the 65k mark and they do offer the nicest interiors and quietest rides out there. Just my wild predictions. They really should've badged it an Infiniti.