There is currently a very large battle raging for the title of fastest production car around the Nurburgring. For a manufacturer of a supercar, there is nothing more coveted. Porsche, the reigning king of the ‘Ring, practically designs their cars on the track. It wasn’t until fairly recently that other manufacturers outside of Europe started to take the Nurburgring more seriously; something you might could attribute to all of press coverage garnered by the Corvette Z06 when it put down a 7:42 lap a few years ago.
The participants include: Porsche (who will probably never give up the battle), Lexus (Toyota really), Nissan and Chevrolet. So where do these companies currently stand in their pursuit for the crown?
CONFIRMED:
7:28 - Porsche Carrera GT (company test driver Walther Roehrl)
7:32 - 2008 Porsche 997 GT2 (company test driver Walter Roehrl)
7.38 - Nissan R35 GT-R (company test driver Toshio Suzuki)
7:42.9 - Corvette Z06 (ALMS driver Jan Magnusen)
RUMOR:
7:24 - Lexus LF-A
7:25 - Nissan GT-R V spec (presumably company test driver Toshio Suzuki)
Chevrolet’s entry, the 2009 Corvette ZR1 hasn’t really put done any reliable numbers yet. The only numbers out there are of “low 7:40s” reported for a pair of engineers driving the ZR1.
Hopefully we don’t have to wait much longer for the LF-A, ZR1 and GT-R V Spec to make their times official.
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