Gotta love the acceleration competition where they cant run the quarter b/c the GTR is limited to 112mph. Still, its an impressive car to say the least.

 

I'm more anxious to see real world times....

 

I love the "reaction time" thing about the z06. So it's accelerating so hard that it's difficult to accurately hit exactly 100mph before hitting the brakes? Seems like they should be giving it a better time than 14 seconds.

The GT3 lap time comparo though was great. Autocar did a set of runs with the GTR, M3, and GT3. The GTR edged out the GT3 by 3/10s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65jotM3cKQQ

 

I honestly never thought that the C6 Z06 would meet its match in terms of performance for the dollar.

Sure there are cars that are faster that cost several times more, and there are cars that cost a little more or a little less than while slower have other subjective variables that can be argued in their favor like driver feedback, predictability, comfort, features, quality, ride, etc... but in all out performance for the buck I would have bet that the C6 Z06 would never see its match while it was still being sold as new.

Guess I was wrong.

I wonder if GM is planning to answer back with any changes to the Z06 before the C7 comes out? I mean I know there's the ZR1 but that's quite a way up the price scale.

 

Looking at the times, it looks like the GT-R pulls ahead at the start (which I would expect with AWD) and is ahead until about 73MPH, then the Z06 pulls away from there, so I don't see how the GT-R would win a quarter mile race.
All 4 cars are very impressive.

I doubt GM will change the Z06 much. I guess they could try to lighten things up a little more or switch out the LS7 for an LSA.

 

I saw the GTR in person finally. It isn't actually that bad looking in person. Congrats to Nissan.

I wonder if that Nissan troll is gonna be in this thread?

 

I was under the impression that 2008 was the last year for the LS7 in the Z06 and its it sucessor would be supercharged (???)

 

In certain colors it is a great looking car in person . The optional silver you have to pay for is nothing short of gorgeous .

 

Would make sense then. The CTS-V is supposed to get the LSA which is very similar to the LS9 but has a smaller 1.9liter supercharger vs the 2.3 liter on the LS9.
550 HP and 550 ft lb of Tq.

 

I doubt it. I honestly don't see a lot of potential Z06 buyers being turned away from the car by the GTR, and vice-versa. Similar performance, similar price -- but quite different cars and target markets IMO.

 

They were within 2000 British Pounds in the comparison, but I would still like to see a window sticker with USD on it before we can see just how even it is.

 

Yall see the GT-R vs Z06 vs 911 Turbo article on Road&Track?

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=6594

GT-R worked them both over on the road course, 5 seconds faster.

Lost out in the 1/4 mile, especially the MPH. Sounds to me like they couldn't drive the Z06 too well though for the road course test, shoulda been able to best the 911 me thinks...



BTW I'm thinking the black GT-R posted above looks pretty sweet. I've so far hated the other colors thanks to the large black grill (or whatever) area on the non-black GT-Rs.