Dodge Viper ACR does the ‘Ring in 7.22 minutes
The 2009 Dodge Viper ACR is a lightweight track-ready version of the standard Dodge Viper. It is also street-legal, which makes it a fair enough competitor against the Nissan GT-R and the Corvette ZR-1 when it comes to track times at the famed Nurburgring. And the Viper ACR has beaten both of them with a time of 7 minutes 22 seconds. Continue reading »
Posted: August 28th, 2008
at 9:04am by The Editor
Tagged with 7.22 minutes, Dodge Viper ACR, ring
Categories: American Cars
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Corvette ZR1 sets its own ‘Ring lap record
The new top-rung version of America’s favourite sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, has managed to a pull off a time of 7:26 minutes at Germany’s famed Nurburgring racetrack, driven by a GM development engineer. The $100,000 ZR1 thereby beats the amazing 7:29 set by the stock $75,000 Nissan GT-R recently. However, the ZR-1 has a tough battle ahead, as the prototype lightweight Nissan GT-R V-Spec has already been casually timed doing 7:25, while the pricey Lexus LF-A prototype has already pulled off a 7:24. Honda is already testing an NSX prototype, with rumours that Honda bosses are pushing to defeat the GT-R. Continue reading »
Posted: June 28th, 2008
at 9:34am by The Editor
Tagged with chevrolet, corvette, lap record, ring, zr1
Categories: American Cars
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