Sal Collaziano
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The Nissan GT-R's 7:29 lap record won't stand for long if Chevrolet has anything to say about it. Speaking with InsideLine, Corvette Chief Engineer, Tadge Jeuchter, says that the ZR1, "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack," and that although Chevy doesn't have a production version of the uber-Vette at the Nurburgring yet, they're expecting a lap time of "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." That sounds like smack-talk to us. But while the ZR1 might have the potential to best the GT-R's 'Ring time, the 550-600 hp elephant in the room is the forthcoming GT-R V-Spec, which is already putting down (roughly-timed) laps around the North Loop in the 7:25 realm. Let the battle begin. We're making popcorn now.
Gallery: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Gallery: Nissan GT-R (US-spec)
[Source: InsideLine]Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 May 2008 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Nissan GT-R's 7:29 lap record won't stand for long if Chevrolet has anything to say about it. Speaking with InsideLine, Corvette Chief Engineer, Tadge Jeuchter, says that the ZR1, "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack," and that although Chevy doesn't have a production version of the uber-Vette at the Nurburgring yet, they're expecting a lap time of "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." That sounds like smack-talk to us. But while the ZR1 might have the potential to best the GT-R's 'Ring time, the 550-600 hp elephant in the room is the forthcoming GT-R V-Spec, which is already putting down (roughly-timed) laps around the North Loop in the 7:25 realm. Let the battle begin. We're making popcorn now.
Gallery: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Gallery: Nissan GT-R (US-spec)
[Source: InsideLine]Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 May 2008 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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