Camaero ZL1 does the ring in 7:41

[jbi]

According to GM...

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/06/gm-confirms-cam...

A production spec car with no performance modifications...

Seems like the yanks are really on a roll with the current gen of performance cars.

[davepoth]

jbi said:

According to GM...

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/06/gm-confirms-cam...

A production spec car with no performance modifications...

Seems like the yanks are really on a roll with the current gen of performance cars.

If you put a 600hp engine and tyres that wide on most cars, they'll do a quick time. And going round the ring quickly is not a good representation of real life speed.

[rottie102]

davepoth said:

If you put a 600hp engine and tyres that wide on most cars, they'll do a quick time. And going round the ring quickly is not a good representation of real life speed.

What is then?

[jimmy156]

davepoth said:

If you put a 600hp engine and tyres that wide on most cars, they'll do a quick time. And going round the ring quickly is not a good representation of real life speed.

So! Most cars dont have 600bhp and cant go round that quick. If i built a production car with 900bhp and stickier tyres it would probably be quicker, but i dont!

[Benbay001]

That is quite impressive. I thought American cars couldnt do corners, at any speed. But thats quite impressive.
What does a similarly weighty, similarly powerful german saloon do it in?

[thinfourth2]

Who cares

I have cars to have fun not to see how quickly i can go

[Wadeski]

looks like a monster...how much?

[Benbay001]

thinfourth2 said:

Who cares

I have cars to have fun not to see how quickly i can go

...

[Deranged Granny]

It doesn't look particularly happy in the corners though. Sounds good though!

[minipower]

Very impressive. I wonder what a similarly priced German car could do it in!

[thinfourth2]

Benbay001 said:

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And who says the art of language has died

[davepoth]

rottie102 said:

What is then?

Real life roads. And the ring is nothing like real life roads, even the ones next to the ring.

[Cunning Punt]

Wadeski said:

how much?

I don't think it's official yet, but rumours say $47k base price in the US. Substantially more for the UK, I'd expect.

minipower said:

Very impressive. I wonder what a similarly priced German car could do it in!

Fill your boots, but to give you an idea, E60 M5 is over 8 mins.

Whatever you think of the car and the relevance - or lack thereof - of 'Ring times, 7:41 is bloody quick.

'punt

[Benbay001]

thinfourth2 said:

Benbay001 said:

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And who says the art of language has died

Alternatively i could have wrote "what a stupid thing to put"
As that also applies to your last comment, what a stupid thing to put.

[jbi]

davepoth said:

rottie102 said:

What is then?

Real life roads. And the ring is nothing like real life roads, even the ones next to the ring.

I was under the impression... the whole point of the place is to provide the most challenging and varied conditions in one track that a driver could ever expect to face... so in theory a car that is quick on the ring will be quick everywhere else too

Edited by jbi on Sunday 9th October 22:36

[VR6 Turbo]

the ring may not be like real roads, but it is the closest track to real ones. the times are interesting, I find because the track has many blind or over crest corners. a chassis has to inspire confidence to be quick. and that is something I look for in cars.

[VR6 Turbo]

Benbay001 said:

That is quite impressive. I thought American cars couldnt do corners, at any speed. But thats quite impressive.
What does a similarly weighty, similarly powerful german saloon do it in?

I thought these were Holdens underneath?

[ZeeTacoe]

Benbay001 said:

That is quite impressive. I thought American cars couldnt do corners, at any speed. But thats quite impressive.
What does a similarly weighty, similarly powerful german saloon do it in?

A 320d , I dunno 20 minutes?

[Benbay001]

VR6 Turbo said:

I thought these were Holdens underneath?

I duno, not really into cars. Stumbled on this forum by accident

[Exige S]

What, no roadworks to crash into?