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Old 03-14-2008, 02:19 PM   #62 (permalink)
E. Haskell
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Re: EVO magazine: Z06 faster than GTR

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Originally Posted by JJ26 View Post
Funny how a misquote becomes what people are constantly repeating. Edmunds cleared up that and Nissan states that the car that ran the 7:38 was running on production tires. As for the flying start...lets do this:

SportAuto has yet to do a super test for the GT-R. However they did do a first drive. They were able to get a 7:50 out of the GT-R. For comparison the 911 Turbo did a 7:54 and the Z06 did a 7:49. All laps are done the same way when SportAuto tests cars.

For right now thats the best comparison anyone is going to get.
Comparing 'Ring times isn't logical. If the cars aren't tested on the same day, the times are useless.
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