Why did GM never report a Nurburgring Lap Time?
09-30-2013, 04:43 PM
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Why did GM never report a Nurburgring Lap Time?
I know the C7 was at the ring and ran several laps, But no time was ever reported? any ideas as to why? I know during the same time period a Porsche and another car broke some records so the track must have been fast?
09-30-2013, 07:27 PM
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09-30-2013, 07:33 PM
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09-30-2013, 07:42 PM
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09-30-2013, 07:51 PM
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Maybe not so much disappointed as they weren't quite as out-of-this-world as the hi-po C6 Vettes. With the ZR1, Z06 Carbon, etc. pulling crazy times, anything less than 7:30 (?) or something might have been seen as a failure. So there was no upside in releasing the time if it didn't reach a certain level.
Think of the brouhaha over the damn weight. By all accounts, the C7 is a damn fine sports car, but because it didn't meet some magical weight number, a ton of people have deemed the car as a lost effort despite ALL the evidence to the contrary.
Think of the brouhaha over the damn weight. By all accounts, the C7 is a damn fine sports car, but because it didn't meet some magical weight number, a ton of people have deemed the car as a lost effort despite ALL the evidence to the contrary.
09-30-2013, 08:23 PM
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No conspiracy theories. The Chevrolet marketing arm is just waiting for the right time to release it.
09-30-2013, 08:29 PM
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I'm not allowed to say why.
09-30-2013, 08:30 PM
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I don't know why it's not published, but to compare it with a Z06 or ZR1 from the last gen with the kind of power they make? That's nowhere in the realm of comparables. jmo.
09-30-2013, 08:44 PM
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I don't know why it's not published, but to compare it with a Z06 or ZR1 from the last gen with the kind of power they make? That's nowhere in the realm of comparables. jmo
09-30-2013, 08:44 PM
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With the way its performed in every test so far, I don't think GM has anything to worry about. Just like the VIR time, they are just sitting on it for awhile.