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VIDEO: 2012 Corvette ZR1 Laps the 'Ring 6-Sec Faster than Previous Model, Beats GT-R by 5-Sec!
And the war on who has the fastest car on Germany’s famed Nurburgring racetrack continues. General Motors wasted no time after the release of its refined for the 2012 model year Corvette ZR1 to take its flagship sports car to the Nurburgring racetrack and try it out. The 638-horsepower ZR-1 fitted with the optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Zero Pressure tires recorded a lap time of 7:19.63, improving the previous Corvette-best recorded time in 2008 by more than six seconds (7:26.40) and beating the 2012MY Nissan GT-R’s most recent run -allegedly in less than ideal conditions though- by close to five-seconds (7:24.22).
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Blink And You'll Miss It: 2013my Nissan Gt-r Does 0-100km/h In 2.84 Seconds!
There's no question than any version of Nissan's R35 sports car is blazing fast, but if you're wondering what that means in absolute numbers for the most recent iteration, the revised 2012 GT-R that will be sold as a 2013 model year in North...
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Video: 2012my Nissan Gt-r Trims Nurburgring Lap Time To 7:24.22, Plus Split-screen With Zr1
At last November’s LA Auto Show, Nissan lifted the sheets off the revised GT-R that recently went on sale as a 2012MY in North America and as a 2011MY in the rest of the world. Key changes over the previous model include a 45HP bump in output...
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Nissan Announces New Record Nurburgring Time For Gt-r: 7min 26.7 Sec
To whom it may concern because quite frankly, these Nurburgring lap time records are starting to get as boring as the never-ending promotion of Chevy's Camaro, Nissan has officially announced that it has improved the GT-R's lap time at the Nordschleife...
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Why The Corvette Z1’s Nurburgring Time Shouldn't Be Compared With The Nissan Gt-r
We’ll give GM plenty of kudos for creating a sports car that officially lapped the famous Nurburgring in a mere 7 minutes and 26.4 seconds as it puts plenty of supercars costing double its price to shame, but ultimately, its somewhat unfair to...
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Corvette Zr1 Laps The Ring In 7:26.4, Beats The 2009 Nissan Gt-r
GM’s 640Hp and $103,000 Corvette ZR1 has posted one of the fastest times ever recorded on the Nurburgring race track for a totally stock production car: 7 minutes and 26.4 seconds. And yes, the ZR1 has shaved almost three seconds off the 2009 Nissan...
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