Video: Porsche 911 GT2 vs. Corvette ZR1 - Page 2

redTT · 07-03-2009, 08:42 AM

These guys are now on the defensive and are making every excuses under the book. Apparently they have had many goes with the two cars. The video they used were chopped up fotages of other trials, not of the actual race.

If that was the best ZR1 launch they could muster then I dont want to know how pathetic their other launches were.

I also thought it funny at the end "I got him on the brakes though" part lol.....what a classic.

baloo · 07-03-2009, 08:35 PM

I really don't understand the criticism. Euro mags don't use a 12" rollout like US ones do and the surface was unprepped concrete, so 3.82 secs is pretty damn good.

454 · 07-04-2009, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by CUtiger08

Haven't seen anything about them getting it on their track, and its not on the BBC Top Gear Site. I do know they've tested it on the road in the US (and Clarkson liked it

) so I'm sure they'll do it as soon as possible. The new season recently started in the UK so I bet it'll show up sometime this season.

If you looked closely on this season's teaser during the first episode you can see Jeremy whipping the ZR1 around the track with an R8 V10, so a track test should be coming real soon.

redTT · 07-04-2009, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by baloo

I really don't understand the criticism. Euro mags don't use a 12" rollout like US ones do and the surface was unprepped concrete, so 3.82 secs is pretty damn good.

US testers also doesnt spin the tires till third gear. Still pretty a poor effort from those guys.

454 · 07-04-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by redTT

US testers also doesnt spin the tires till third gear. Still pretty a poor effort from those guys.

They tried, at least they acknowledged the ZR1 was the fastest car in the end and that the race was skewed by the tarmac. Just look at those trap speeds, the ZR1 was gaining fast!

baloo · 07-04-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by redTT

US testers also doesnt spin the tires till third gear. Still pretty a poor effort from those guys.

What do you expect? In US terms they got 3.5 sec on a poor surface.

redTT · 07-04-2009, 08:51 PM

Poor surface or not im just looking at them spinning the ZR1 tires badly.

07-03-2009, 08:42 AM	#16 (permalink)
redTT 5.3 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,253	Re: Video: Porsche 911 GT2 vs. Corvette ZR1 These guys are now on the defensive and are making every excuses under the book. Apparently they have had many goes with the two cars. The video they used were chopped up fotages of other trials, not of the actual race. If that was the best ZR1 launch they could muster then I dont want to know how pathetic their other launches were. I also thought it funny at the end "I got him on the brakes though" part lol.....what a classic.

07-03-2009, 08:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
baloo 3.6 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,149	Re: Video: Porsche 911 GT2 vs. Corvette ZR1 I really don't understand the criticism. Euro mags don't use a 12" rollout like US ones do and the surface was unprepped concrete, so 3.82 secs is pretty damn good.

07-04-2009, 08:51 PM	#22 (permalink)
redTT 5.3 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,253	Re: Video: Porsche 911 GT2 vs. Corvette ZR1 Poor surface or not im just looking at them spinning the ZR1 tires badly.

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