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Old 05-14-2008, 02:29 PM
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Default ZR1 Top Speed Verification Video

You,ll like this ride, check out the video. Make sure you inlarge the screen.

Corvette Development Engineering team verifying the top speed - 205 mph! - of the supercharged, 638 horsepower
(476 kW) and 604 lb.-ft. of torque (819 Nm) Corvette ZR1 at a test track in Papenburg, Germany.
The sound of the monster LS9 V8 is simply incredible! The limited production ZR1 will be available beginning this summer.

Old 05-14-2008, 02:38 PM
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Thanks....it was posted a while back already! I'm sure some missed it.
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I saw 207 on that display.........
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Very nice.

That had to be in Germany on the autobahn where trucks are actually REQUIRED to drive on the right when they're not passing.

Can't do that anywhere in the U.S. without being arrested and the car impounded. (if you don't run into a moron driving 60 in the fast lane first...)
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The ZR1 was smooth as silk at that speed. Awesome car

The driver made me a little nervous, as he kept looking over to his right at the digital speedo gauge.

I think at that speed, I wouldn't take my eyes off the road

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You got to love that machine.
Old 05-14-2008, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by combustables
Very nice.

That had to be in Germany on the autobahn where trucks are actually REQUIRED to drive on the right when they're not passing.

Can't do that anywhere in the U.S. without being arrested and the car impounded. (if you don't run into a moron driving 60 in the fast lane first...)
You are correct that it is in Germany but it is not on the Autobahn. It is a test track in Papenburg Germany specifically used by auto manufacturers for high speed testing.



You can see it just to the right of center in this Google Earth image:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=...-8&sa=N&tab=il
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Holy cow. I wonder which gear he started in. Seemed like the gear he started in was up one, and that thing still took off like a bat out of hell!
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I would say 5th gear. I would say that the pull in the ZR1's 5th is the same as the GTR's 3rd.

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