[Z06] Z06 beats F599GTB, 997TT, LP640 etc. to Best Fast Car on Fifth Gear

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12-18-2006, 03:48 PM

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Z06 beats F599GTB, 997TT, LP640 etc. to Best Fast Car on Fifth Gear

Z06 beats F599GTB, 997TT, LP640 etc. to Best Fast Car on Fifth Gear.

I told you you'd like it!

If you can find the vid on the web, that's my LMB Z06 in the "studio" (warehouse).

Sadly Graham is ill, so c6z06.co.uk hasn't yet been updated, but he'll have it up and we'll have a link as soon as he can do it.

EDITED TO SAY "HERE IT IS": http://c6zo6.co.uk/content/view/54/83/#
Pictures on the site are a wee bit better than mine, which Verrueckt has kindly posted below.

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12-18-2006, 03:51 PM

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Bad link! What are you talking about? Is the Z06 back on Fifth Gear? post pics by using www.tinypic.com copy and paste the tag.

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12-18-2006, 03:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by charltom

Z06 beats F599GTB, 997TT, LP640 etc. to Best Fast Car on Fifth Gear.

I told you you'd like it!

If you can find the vid on the web, that's my LMB Z06 in the "studio" (warehouse).

Sadly Graham is ill, so www.c6z06.co.uk hasn't yet been updated, but he'll have it up and we'll have a link as soon as he can do it.

I have no idea how to post photos but can send my photos to someone to upload if you like...

PM sent, you can email me the photos.

*EDIT*

Here they are!

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12-18-2006, 03:55 PM

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Bad link! What are you talking about? Is the Z06 back on Fifth Gear?

The post above says it all.

Last Fifth Gear of this series is about to finish and that was the result.

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12-18-2006, 03:57 PM

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Z06 beats F599GTB, 997TT, LP640 etc. to Best Fast Car on Fifth Gear.

I didn't think it would be that good of news!

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12-18-2006, 03:58 PM

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Who is Sadly Graham? Can we get an interpreter in here?

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12-18-2006, 04:05 PM

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Any performance numbers you can give us?

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12-18-2006, 04:10 PM

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Use tinypic...it's easy. Post the image link (the second down) and this happens...voila!! English Breakfast:

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12-18-2006, 04:15 PM

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Who is Sadly Graham? Can we get an interpreter in here?

Sorry to hear about your learning disability.

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12-18-2006, 04:17 PM

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Sorry to hear about your learning disability.

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12-18-2006, 04:20 PM

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Any performance numbers you can give us?

It's an awards show rather than a performance test.

Wonder if we'll see the usual complaints about subjective comparisons...

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12-18-2006, 04:24 PM

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Bad link! What are you talking about? Is the Z06 back on Fifth Gear? post pics by using www.tinypic.com copy and paste the tag.

Try it without the www.

Tinypic seems to be taking forever, so I'll try and e-mail them to our friend in Germany.

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12-18-2006, 04:31 PM

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Try it without the www.

Tinypic seems to be taking forever, so I'll try and e-mail them to our friend in Germany.

If the pics are huge, it has to resize...sometimes takes a minutes or so per pic.

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12-18-2006, 04:33 PM

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Any ideas if this will be a re-run on the speed channel anytime soon?

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12-18-2006, 04:33 PM

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Beating out the Ferrari 599 is quite an accomplishment.

It would be interesting to see the LP640, 599 and Z06 on the track together.

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12-18-2006, 04:50 PM

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or...........maybe the Ferrrari is over rated and the Z is under rated.................

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12-18-2006, 05:31 PM

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or...........maybe the Ferrrari is over rated and the Z is under rated.................

I agree with the 599 being overrated, but I really doubt the Z06 is underrated with as much good publicity as it's gotten both here in the states and in europe. The reason I wrote what I did is because the 599 is cutting edge. Anything new from Ferrari usually tap dances over the reputation of anything from Chevy. The fact that the Z06 won a popularity contest against the brand new Ferrari is unprecidented, but well deserved.

I think it speaks volumes for the Z06 that people seriously considers pitting a 612hp V12 against a 505hp V8 and then thinking it's either a toss up or a squeaker for the V12. In fact, when Tiff drove the 599, he said he had more fun driving the "zed oh six" around the track. Advantage= Z06.