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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    so which car of those was used by the Stig to equal the Carrera GT laptime in Top Gear?
    The broken black car...lol
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    This could largely be settled if someone dynoed the GT-R then tracked it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by monaroCountry View Post
    The R&T editors discuss the provenance of the GTRs used in testing. Nissan provided 3 GTRs for testing to the automotive press. A white, a silver, and a Black one. The black one was damaged somehow and was kept in reserve for parts. All three cars are US spec, but are definitely pre-production, and are classified as "engineering test cars", which is the only way they are legal for registration and operation on US roads. Once their lifecycle is done (90 days), they go to the crusher. This explains the caveats by C&D, and MT regarding the performance, and the extraordinary dyno result produced by the silver car.

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    This is what Horst von Saurma from SportAuto had to say............

    "With all the electronic aids the handling is absolutely perfect, the driver doens´t feel how the drive-by-wire system really works as the GT-R stay on track like on rails, always has grip, doesn´t lose control, higly computerized and a perfect racer for the street. A time less than 7:40 is pretty much optimistic, 7:50 shows the true potential of the car.

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    Koenigsegg CCR
    Power: 806 bhp @ 6900 rpm
    Torque: 678.6 ft lbs @ 5700 rpm
    Front tires: 255 PS2
    Rear tires: 335 PS2
    Front brake size: Carbon Ceramic 14.2 inches
    Rear brakes: Carbon Ceramic 14.2 inches
    Weight: 2712 lbs
    gear ratios: 2.875:1, 1.772:1, 1.266:1, 1.000:1, 0.830:1, 0.711:1, :1



    Corvette ZR1
    Power: 638 bhp @ 6500 rpm
    Torque: 604 ft lbs @ 3800 rpm
    Front tires: 285 PS2
    Rear tires: 335 PS2
    Front brake size: Carbon Ceramic 15.5 inches
    Rear brakes: Carbon Ceramic 15 inches
    Weight: 3350 lbs
    gear ratios: 2.29:1, 1.61:1, 1.21:1, 1.00:1, 0.81:1, 0.67:1



    Nissan GTR
    Power: 480 bhp @ 6400rpm
    Torque: 430 ft lbs @ 5200rpm
    Front tires: 255 Bridgestone RE070A
    Rear tires: 285 Bridgestone RE070A
    Front brake size: Normal type 15 inch
    Rear brakes: Normal type 15 inch
    Weight: 3814 lbs
    gear ratios: 4.056:1, 2.301:1, 1.595:1, 1.248:1, 1.001:1, 0.796:1
    So from all these posts, all I can see is that Nissan cheated by building a car faster than the Corvette and selling it.

    Those damn Japanese, building and selling (usually) better cars! Such cheaters!
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    Quote Originally Posted by monaroCountry View Post
    Corvette ZR1
    gear ratios: 2.29:1, 1.61:1, 1.21:1, 1.00:1, 0.81:1, 0.67:1

    Nissan GTR
    gear ratios: 4.056:1, 2.301:1, 1.595:1, 1.248:1, 1.001:1, 0.796:1

    Which would prove my earlier point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    so which car of those was used by the Stig to equal the Carrera GT laptime in Top Gear?
    The one that was secretly modified of course!! Duh!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niko_Fx View Post
    The one that was secretly modified of course!! Duh!
    ...and subsequently crashed by the magazine.


    Top Gear crashes England's only Nissan GT-R press car - Autoblog
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingofthering View Post
    ...and subsequently crashed by the magazine.


    Top Gear crashes England's only Nissan GT-R press car - Autoblog
    and repaired within a couple of days...
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    Do I detect a post in that blog aimed at monaroCountry ?
    Let me guess: this would have never happened if it was a ZR-1,right? Or if it was a ZR-1 then it would have crashed better/ just as well/not at all, right? Or the ZR-1 would have been able to escape before any damage occurred, correct?
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    LOL good find
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    News from the island mates ...

    TG magazine were on island doing a comaprison run/photo shoot and it was and Audi R8 that rear ended the GT-R -- oops

    Methinks this deserves moving to it's own thread
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    was it so slow that the Audi R8 ran up the back of it, or does the Audi simply have poor brakes
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    NO more details and bet like all incidents on the island it'll get hushed up
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    What the hell is that Mini doing there?
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    That's not an R8 in the blue behind the GT-R.

    Or, I imagine, in the Yellow.

    It's obviously been pretty well munted
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    ok, the picture is NOT at the time of the accident -- obviously
    It was on the im site from earlier in the day.
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