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Chevy ZR1 will be fastest production car at Nurburgring

rybo submitted on 5/6/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:43:29 PM

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The chief engineer for the Corvette ZR1, Tadge Juechter, has spilled all manner of details about the upcoming supercar in the past month, with everything from Nurburgring lap times to possible fuel economy figures getting a mention.



Juechter has boasted in the past that the ZR1 “will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack,” including beating Nissan’s official 7m 29s Nurburgring lap time posted by the GT-R last month.

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ToyotaLexus

Chevy ZR1 will be fastest production car at Nurburgring
God forbid...
Who in this world still buys american cars?

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Posted on 5/6/2008 10:23:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -10   

american_made

who the hell are you ToyotaLexus, it will smoke any rice rocket you own or I'm sorry tin can appliance you own

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Posted on 5/7/2008 12:05:55 AM | | Votes: 2   

dlin

Although people may tend to stay away from American car, I do find Corvette very attractive.

Big horsepower, light weight, RWD. It has FUN written at the face.

However, leave the fastest production car to NISSAN. Corvette needs better suspension tuning, not just horsepower.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 2:54:26 AM | | Votes: 2   

Autoegr525

The ZR1 has the same magnetic suspension as the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. You don't know what you're talking about do you

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Posted on 5/7/2008 9:16:03 AM | | Votes: 8   

gooch

Your mama ...

still buys American cars.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 11:39:30 AM | | Votes: -2   

dlin

AUDI has the same magnetic suspension. Does that make AUDI as fast as Ferrari or be the fastest at Nur?

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Posted on 5/10/2008 1:48:25 AM | | Votes: 1   

AddLightness

Only untill the V-Spec comes out, but I am still impressed with GM

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Posted on 5/6/2008 10:28:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

gooch

I knew someone would bring up the V-Spec. It's a valid point, but let's not pretend that the V-Spec will not be just as extreme, if not more so, than the ZR-1. And the V-Spec will probably cost just as much.

What cannot be denied is that the two cars are not after the same sort of driver.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 11:45:52 AM | | Votes: 4   

blinky_cobra

I dont think the Yank Vette will be able to beat the Jap engineered GT-R.... The GT-R just got 7mins 29 seconds with AWD turbo six, fully race ready and reliable.... I think I read in this article that the GT-R even got 7mins 38seconds.... http://www.pressportal.com.au/news/238/ARTICLE/2018/2008-05-02.html

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Posted on 5/6/2008 10:32:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -8   

Matthew1

Jap-engineered?

Hmmm The GT-R's dynamics team has a lot of European-based engineers in it.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 1:07:23 AM | | Votes: 1   

91z4me

Lets see the engineer at GM in charge of the project who personally knows what the ZR1 will be able to on the track. He knows the GT-R pulled a 7:29. And he is stating that the ZR1 will be the time.

Hmmm, why would he lie about the time the car will run?

I say we should have an official time very soon.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 8:20:49 AM | | Votes: 4   

abcd

"Mazda is the only Japanese company that has raced and won not only their class but overall."

yes and after that rules for wankel powered cars has been changed to prevent mazda`s possible win in next years .

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Posted on 5/7/2008 1:13:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

weaponX

There's a huge difference between talking about beating the track record and actually doing it.

Walk the talk, or shut-up and just do it.

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Posted on 5/6/2008 11:04:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

american_made

good for the general, time to take back the thrown and show the world who the boss is, and yes we are the boss

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Posted on 5/7/2008 12:08:01 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

lexusrox123

lol now how long ago was april 1st? or are you stuck in the 60s or something?

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Posted on 5/7/2008 8:55:37 AM | | Votes: 0   

993Turbo

I'll believe it when I see it!

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Posted on 5/7/2008 8:55:57 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

golfer38

You got to admit. It certainly has the makeup to do it, 630+ hp, 3400 lbs., carbon ceramic brakes, gigantic tire contact patch. I'm very interested to see the official time, but I'm sure GM already knows based on preliminary testing.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 9:47:54 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Chaos29

it will happen.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 1:04:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

S30GTR

give us the numbers already.

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Posted on 5/7/2008 8:20:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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