OMG, Nissan GTR beaten already!

[JZ]

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/28/lexus-lf-a-unseats-porsche-gt2-as-king-of-the-ring/

Toyota LF-A test mule unofficially creams GTR on Nordschleife @ 7.24!

Time to Nissan to roll out the V-spec STAT!!!

[604R32]

I find it odd that the journalist did not mention the GTR at all.

Nissan made a big fuss about it during its (very) recent reveal. So it wasn't little known knowledge.

[The Stig]

Great car, and a much different price point than the GT-R, so one would hope it would perform even better. It's good to see Toyota building performance cars again, I'm excited to see the LF-A in it's final guise.

[Merilious]

It was bound to happen, nothing stays at the top forever. The new 2009 Corvette ZR1 is going to cream the GTR as well. 650hp, bigger brakes, more carbon parts. Its going to slay pretty much anything in in its path.

[Wingnut]

Too bad it's ugly as sin!! I do love the new horsepower war though!! MORE POWA!!!!!

[Z-Tuned]

It was bound to happen, nothing stays at the top forever. The new 2009 Corvette ZR1 is going to cream the GTR as well. 650hp, bigger brakes, more carbon parts. Its going to slay pretty much anything in in its path.

the GTR is currently outrunning the lighter and more powerful Z06 by 7-seconds on the 'Ring, so Chevy will need all of the edge they can get. This higher horsepower ZR1 has a more heavy front weight bias so claiming 7 seconds back will be challenging for a car with what should be only around 100whp more.

And lets not forget. ZR1 is the best of Chevy, the GTR is the base model and the comparasin should be to a stripper version or V-SPEC III of the heavier platform.

[XSDAILO]

FYI, the GT-R was never the fastest production car on the Nordschleif. As for production cars, here you are:

Porsche Carrera GT 7:28
Porsche 997 GT2 7:32
Nissan GTR 7:38:54
Porsche 997 GT3 7:39
Mercedes SLR McLaren 7:40

For more times, click here.

Just like it's unlikely for the ZR-1 Corvette to drop 7 seconds to match the GT-R's time, it's also very unlikely that the V-Spec version will drop the GT-R's time by 11 seconds.

[tyndago]

A little birdie told me that GM blew up a few ZR1's trying to beat the Nissan time.

Wonder why they don't have an official time on the car - "yet". Even though they claim to be able to beat any car on any track.

[GTR_Nismo_bc]

FYI, the GT-R was never the fastest production car on the Nordschleif. As for production cars, here you are:

Porsche Carrera GT 7:28
Porsche 997 GT2 7:32
Nissan GTR 7:38:54
Porsche 997 GT3 7:39
Mercedes SLR McLaren 7:40

For more times, click here.

Just like it's unlikely for the ZR-1 Corvette to drop 7 seconds to match the GT-R's time, it's also very unlikely that the V-Spec version will drop the GT-R's time by 11 seconds.

Ya but look at the price difference........I hope they are faster.
Porsche Carrera GT $440,000. US
Porsche 997 GT2 $192,000. US
Nissan GTR $69,000. US

[Terrh]

I don't think the new ZR1 will be significantly more front heavy.

I also think that 100WHP ought to add up to 7 seconds over 22km, that's only 0.3 seconds per km traveled, doesn't sound like much for 100WHP added.

the current z06 doesn't have much horsepower advantage over the GTR, and

the tire the car is run on affects the time more than just about any other variable, and in the end I don't think these numbers really matter anyways

they're both fast cars and I'd love to have either one in my garage.

[GTR-Dad]

FYI, the GT-R was never the fastest production car on the Nordschleif. As for production cars, here you are:

Porsche Carrera GT 7:28
Porsche 997 GT2 7:32
Nissan GTR 7:38:54
Porsche 997 GT3 7:39
Mercedes SLR McLaren 7:40

For more times, click here.

Just like it's unlikely for the ZR-1 Corvette to drop 7 seconds to match the GT-R's time, it's also very unlikely that the V-Spec version will drop the GT-R's time by 11 seconds.

Don't forget the current record holder, the Zonda F Clubsport. Vid link http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetev...ng_record.html

Has anyone got a copy of a graph showing price versus lap time?

Dan

[Caithness]

What's the LF-A's price tag?

I'm guessing around $100,000 - $135,000??