|
C8 Nurburgring laptime
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...rburgring-lap/
not real specific but it turned in under 7 minutes. I stop the second timer. I look again. It’s not a lap record, it’s not even close. And it’s certainly not the first American supercar to go under seven minutes. That’s all I really need to know. It’s all anybody needs to know. In fact, the lap time is so far off a new lap record that if I were to write it down I’d probably incur a couple of half-hearted internet forum death-threats, a dozen or so flame-threads and at least a hundred insults. |
So the base, entry level ME goes under 7 minutes, and the author thinks that's unremarkable?
|
Come on..... let's get real! This was nothing more than a 'photo opportunity'. Sure they may have been doing some chassis and software tweaking, but this had nothing to do with establishing any ME performance benchmarks. I would speculate that it will be many months (more likely a year or more from now) before the team sets out with their in house 'hot shoe' and a pre-production Z06 ME to post some real times.
Who knows, they may even follow the Ferrari path and stick to their own 'in house' track for benchmarking.... The 'ring' has a lot of history but I don't think it has the same value it had in years past. |
Ya, I don't believe for a second that it went under 7 minutes. That would be ridiculously fast.
|
Originally Posted by OnPoint
(Post 1597975551)
So the base, entry level ME goes under 7 minutes, and the author thinks that's unremarkable?
|
Watching the video, it does not look like the C8 was being pushed to the max, but the tires sounded like they were working HARD!
|
Originally Posted by C7pimp
(Post 1597975659)
Ya, I don't believe for a second that it went under 7 minutes. That would be ridiculously fast.
|
Pretty good read. I think he was saying that it didn't go under 7 minutes which would have been a first for an American car.
|
Honestly I believe it, remember the gt3 RS that broke the sub 7 mark just a couple months ago? That car has 520 hp. If Chevy made the car lightweight and gave it grippy tires it's very possible
Just imagine , GM goes out and releases the car for 70k, and announces the time to be as fast around the track compared to a 200k Porsche. That's huge marketing opportunity. |
So it needs to beat the Lamborghini Aventador lap times to be worthwhile?
|
Originally Posted by OnPoint
(Post 1597975551)
So the base, entry level ME goes under 7 minutes, and the author thinks that's unremarkable?
|
Originally Posted by w0rM
(Post 1597975808)
So it needs to beat the Lamborghini Aventador lap times to be worthwhile?
|
Originally Posted by C7pimp
(Post 1597975659)
Ya, I don't believe for a second that it went under 7 minutes. That would be ridiculously fast.
|
The way the quote is worded makes it sounds like he thinks a sub 7min lap time sucks. It doesn't suck at all. That's a great time, especially if this was an entry level C8.
|
sub 7 minute from a first-model c8 would be freaking phenomenal. I bet this is the 'Z51' equivalent car.
|
Everyone, he is saying that this is NOT the first American car to go under 7 mins. In fact, he is downplaying the time he recorded because it probably wasn't super impressive which is why he compared it to the response he got for the ZR1's time. He then goes on to say that who knows how well the car will perform once everything is sorted out.
|
Originally Posted by NineVettes
(Post 1597975721)
Just asking, where does he assumption that this is a base car come from?
Originally Posted by Sub Driver
(Post 1597975999)
Everyone, he is saying that this is NOT the first American car to go under 7 mins. In fact, he is downplaying the time he recorded because it probably wasn't super impressive which is why he compared it to the response he got for the ZR1's time. He then goes on to say that who knows how well the car will perform once everything is sorted out.
|
I gather the same thought from the article. It DID NOT go under 7 mins, that is why it was not worth mentioning the time because CF would eat him alive for the more than likely over 7 min time. |
Originally Posted by eyedeekay
(Post 1597975786)
Honestly I believe it, remember the gt3 RS that broke the sub 7 mark just a couple months ago? That car has 520 hp. If Chevy made the car lightweight and gave it grippy tires it's very possible
Just imagine , GM goes out and releases the car for 70k, and announces the time to be as fast around the track compared to a 200k Porsche. That's huge marketing opportunity. |
Just to get baseline...
The STD C7 z51 is probably only good for 7:33 or so.. a 7:15 would be great ... But this is still a test vehicle...gotta get data ..
|
| All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:15 AM. |
© 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands