The Nissan GT-R, that recently posted a 7:29 lap of the ‘Ring, might have a bit of a problem on it’s hands in it’s pursuit of the production car lap record of the Nurburgring…
But wait, didn’t we quote Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter as saying that the ZR1 “will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack”? Yes, we did. What we didn’t mention was that in the same interview, Juechter said that, while the company didn’t yet have a full-production ZR1 to test at Nürburgring’s old track, he confidently predicted the super-Vette would do the deed in “Seven minutes, twenty-something seconds.”
When Tadge Juechter makes a prediction like “seven minutes, twenty-something seconds”, its not really a prediction. No one of his importance in a company as big as GM can make “predictions.” What he is almost certainly saying is that while they’ve yet to have a true production Corvette ZR1 hit the ‘Ring, they have however had ZR1 test mules lapping in the 7:20 range.
[Source: Insideline]
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