Road & Track May 2008 issue

[DiabloTX]

Isn't a 5 sec gap what you call getting spanked in this technical track?  Like I said it's outrageous.

GT-R: 1:56:90

911 Turbo:  2:02:01
Z06:  2:02:02

Many people are calling foul on this test, there's no way a GT-R can do this.
If R/T gets more rants about this evaluation, I predict they will do a rematch, they may choose a track that will probably help 911 turbo / Z06 narrow that HUGE 5 sec gap.  Laguna Seca perhaps?

Well, that's just it.  It's a track and yes a 5 second gap is big.  Then again you could find a track that suits the Corvette better, or the Porsche, but it's just ONE track result. 

But my point is comparing the test track results with the general head-to-head comparison which gives you a much bigger over all picture.  When you look at 0-60, 0-100, quarter mile, skidpad, braking, etc...they all very close to each other.

[Sandman]

I'm interested in seeing what The Stig does with it.

[FrodeMk3]

http://pages.prodigy.net/frederickvh1/CCW/Road&Track_750.jpg

http://forums.roadandtrack.com/cars/board/message?board.id=Reader&thread.id=138&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

the 1st link is deemed too offensive to some peeps.

Hmm, they did the test in Buttonwillow? Wish I'd known about it. I'd have driven over and watched, Track is about 25 miles' from my house.

One point I'd like to make, though...The problem with the Buttonwillow test is that YES, it does' favor different cars' more or less. A buddy of mine from High School, has a step-dad that used to run a Firebird in SCCA competition. He said he had a harder time at Buttonwillow than he did at Sears' point, Laguna Seca, or Willow Springs.

[DiabloTX]

Just for the record I don't think the cover is offensive in the least.  If anybody gets offended by that cover they need to grow a pair.

[DiabloTX]

For Mg1942...When The Heart Rules The Mind

[AWMac]

See Rule #5

[john9001]

how did the GT-R do in the sebring race?

[Masherbrum]

Well, that's just it.  It's a track and yes a 5 second gap is big.  Then again you could find a track that suits the Corvette better, or the Porsche, but it's just ONE track result. 

But my point is comparing the test track results with the general head-to-head comparison which gives you a much bigger over all picture.  When you look at 0-60, 0-100, quarter mile, skidpad, braking, etc...they all very close to each other.

Exactly. 

[Mini D]

I love the logic of R&T's editor:

Q: "Why did Car & Driver's test driver have 5 second faster lap times on that track with the Z06 and Porsche than your driver?"

A: "Because they didn't use proffessional divers"

[mg1942]

how did the GT-R do in the sebring race?

imagine the uproar it would cause

[FrodeMk3]

imagine the uproar it would cause

That's his point; It wasn't there.

[SteveBailey]

I'm a vette lover...   I think the GT-R is a good lokoking car.  If it outperformed the others... so be it.  That just means the next gens of the losers will be that much more tweaked.

[Halo]

I could never afford or effectively drive any of them, but if I could I'd go Corvette.  That thing is just so tough and sexy.  The newest ones are pure fantasy magnets. 

[DiabloTX]

This was supposed to be my original post:

For Mg1942...When The Heart Rules The Mind




The group is GTR.

lawlz

[moot]

Anyone with the means should design and build their own car.  Anything else is a cop-out.