Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

[Kor]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallp...AR=231915&CT=V

"Can Corvette's Z06 take on Porsche's finest?"

[Kor]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

End is funny

[R_Ethug]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

that was awesome.. .. gotta wonder if the z06 had the wrong gas because it got owned!

[Kor]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

that was awesome.. .. gotta wonder if the z06 had the wrong gas because it got owned!

I know why it got owned and its not the gas

[bart]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

here is something other than a wmv stream (which was a pos for me): http://youtube.com/watch?v=sb4xJRMrAwA

[Tuna]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

I know why it got owned and its not the gas

Because it cost over twice as much?

[Khyron]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

I can has GT-R please?

[R_Ethug]

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yea i want to see these on the road..

[Kor]

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Because it cost over twice as much?

Well the numbers that are given out on paper for the Corvette make it compete with the GT2, yet it obviously doesn't. Regardless of price, numbers should be numbers. Hey, I can offer you a car for half as much as the Corvette if you want me to lie about what the 0-60 time is.

[Khyron]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

Well the numbers that are given out on paper for the Corvette make it compete with the GT2, yet it obviously doesn't. Regardless of price, numbers should be numbers. Hey, I can offer you a car for half as much as the Corvette if you want me to lie about what the 0-60 time is.

As soon as they start bitching about the "leaf springs" they lose all credibility for me.

Costwise you're with a 911S that's it. On paper-racing the GT3 is realy the closer model.

Ring times:

GT2: 7:44
Z06 (2004): 7:56

Might as well run the GT2 vs the Veyron for the same similar contest. Or the Z06 vs the base boxter.

[Kor]

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Well the point is, a lot of Boxster owners don't go around saying their cars compete with Z06's. But sadly, a lot of Vette owners seem to think they have a supercar killer. I don't think that there is any question about money, its about testing the claim that the Z06 can stand up to more expensive cars, and showing that it is false.

[Khyron]

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No, it shows that 1 group of euro journalists either sandbagged on purpose, or just got a dog car. I didn't even see the vette break the tires loose.

I don't think anyone, not even a Z06 fanboy would expect it to beat a GT2 (more than double the price). But a 911 turbo? A 360 Modena? The Z06 constantly trounces many cars that are far more expensive if not double on both the drag and the track.

Road and Track didn't seem to have a problem getting a 0-100 of under TEN seconds (unlike Autocar)

http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/d...6911_chart.pdf

911 Turbo
0-60mph in 3.4 seconds
0-100mph in 7.9 seconds
0-120 mph in 11.5

ZO6
0-60mph in 3.4 seconds
0-100mph in 8.0 seconds
0-120mph in 10.7

GT-R
0-60mph in 3.4 seconds
0-100mph in 8.6 seconds
0-120mph in 12.7 seconds

(GT-R ate them both on the track though).

And yes ring times are subjective to drivers, weather, etc - but the present company doesn't look to bad, certainly by $$.

For perspective, the GT-R has an entry at 7:35

7:46 --- Porsche 996 GT2
7:46 --- SHK Porsche 993 GT2, 652 PS (1999)
7:47 --- Porsche 996 GT3 RS, 381PS (996) (2004)
7:49 --- Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
7:50 --- BMW E46 M3 CSL (08/2003)
7:50 --- Blitz Supra, 750 PS, Herbert Schürg (1997)
7:50 --- Honda RC30, Helmut Daehne (1993)
7:50 --- Lamborghini Murcielago (06/2002)
7:52 --- Gemballa Porsche 911 Le Mans (1995)
7:52 --- Lamborghini Gallardo E-Gear (12/2003)
7:52 --- Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren (06/2004)
7:54 --- Porsche GT3 (996) (2003)
7:55 --- Caterham R500 Superlight (2002)
7:56 --- Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale (02/2004)
7:56 --- Porsche 996 Turbo
7:56 --- Chevrolet Corvette C6 (tested by Dave Hill)
7:57 --- Lotec Porsche 993 Turbo, 600 PS, racing suspension
7:59 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Performance Chassis) (Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)
8:02 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Sport PASM setting) (Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)
8:03 --- Porsche 996 GT3 (1999)
8:04 --- Lamborghini Diablo GT (07/2000)
8:05 --- Ferrari 575M Maranello F1 (12/2002)
8:05 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Normal PASM setting)(Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)
8:06 --- Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG
8:06 --- Caterham 7 Superlight R, Robert Nearn
8:07 --- Ferrari 550 Maranello (06/1998)
8:09 --- Honda NSX-R 3.2 (08/2002)
8:09 --- Ferrari 360 Modena (10/1999)

[bart]

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well then its the 87 octane they were running

[DeanerF]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

push rod's ?

leaf springs ?


no care.

[Kor]

Re: Video: Autocar GT2 vs Z06

Road and Track often seems to get faster times than anyone else IMO

The Autocar journalists gave it a fair shot from what I saw in the video. I think that their jabs at things like the leaf springs were meant in jest and lightheartedly, just teasing. I think you took them too seriously and obviously got defensive right away. Maybe you are taking it too personally.