SHOWDOWN: Nissan GTR vs Corvette ZR1 in Nurburgring
July 15, 2008
Just in case you haven’t been paying attention, there is a war going on here. A showdown between the American King and Japanese Godzilla on the famous public racetrack in Germany, the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Nissan’s GT-R lapped the ‘Ring in a stunning 7:29:03, which blew the records held by supercars costing four-times as much. The 638 hp Corvette ZR1 became the new Nordschleife leader with a 7:26.4 time, but talk about the actual start time of both vehicles has kept people across the world arguing.
The crew at Garage419.com have edited together both video clips of the Corvette ZR1 and Nissan GT-R in a split screen comparison of their highly controversial Nurburgring runs.
Hardly scientific, but it’s an interesting piece of video which helps put the debate into perspective. Garage419 points our the timer displays for both vehicles do not use the same starting and end point so they added their own timer for comparison. Clearly there is one vehicle that is faster, but we will leave the analysis and final decision up to you!
Source: Garage419.com
gtr = japanese driver
the ZR1 approached the corners faster tah the GTR…
so it’s seems the ZR1 is faster…
but i let the others decide….
but compare to cc & Hp…like Jeremy said, waste of power….huhu….
i wonder if keichi drive tat GTR!
haha
raedy to get smoke d KING!!!
im not saying that one style is better than another, at the end of the day it all comes up to how comfortable a person feel with each specific driving style.
to make the comparison fair, both cars should be driven by the same driver, to eliminate unwanted variables (eg. driver skill, familiarity of track). theres also other factors to consider such as transmission (manual vs. flappy paddle shifters) and track conditions. my two cents.
the Nurburgring test driver for the R34 speed record is a German…
why the hell they appointed a Jap to do it in the R35?