That laptime is outstanding improvemnt over the old FWD laprecord... more power,
limited slip diff, and high perfromance brembo brakes there you go...good job by
the Chevy guys.. would not be surprised if Manuel Reuter was the driver.
Is that Ring lap official and is it a full lap? 8:22 is an amazing time for a
car like this, faster than a Boxster S even though the Porsche is faster in a
straight line, lighter and almost certainly handles better..... its also faster
than the Impreza WRX STi and EVO...... I'd like to see some more lap times as
this is suspiciously quick!
Possible... GM has Opel in Germany and Opel use the same ecotec engine in the
Astra OPC..but with lower power, without high perfromance brembo brakes without
limited slip diff...and the Opel Astra OPC has set in 2005 the FWD record at the
Ring for production cars with 8:35min... now add 20hp more and lot more torque..
brembo brakes and limited slip diff... there you are.. btw..why should they
lie..they beat a record in their own hands.. (GM)
Anonymous
30/10/07, 16:35:00
The OPC record was beaten (by a fraction of a second) by the Ford Focus ST.....
that held the record until now.
Anonymous
14/03/08, 11:19:05
Is there any reference link for that laptime?
Anonymous
21/03/08, 09:12:09
no vid no proof.
Anonymous
21/03/08, 19:58:47
Yes video. Yes proof.
/watch?v=urwJVnWHjiI
Anonymous
22/03/08, 04:04:51
no time clocked in the video
Anonymous
01/08/08, 13:33:56
the 8:22 is recorded at the Nürbergring so stop talking so crap and live with
it. An american car do better than a japaneses or german, until now that the
renault megane broke the record for FWD and have only 230 ps.
Anonymous
15/08/08, 04:12:01
What is this for a car can i buy it in germany....nice performance...only megane
r26r is faster but it has semislick tyres.
The Max speed in this page is a bit off.
According to GM's own data, with the factory low spoiler, the max speed is drag
limited to 160mph.
The factory option high spoiler, which was used to clock the time at
Nordschleife, is drag limited to 155mph.
That laptime is outstanding improvemnt over the old FWD laprecord... more power,
limited slip diff, and high perfromance brembo brakes there you go...good job by
the Chevy guys.. would not be surprised if Manuel Reuter was the driver.
Is that Ring lap official and is it a full lap? 8:22 is an amazing time for a
car like this, faster than a Boxster S even though the Porsche is faster in a
straight line, lighter and almost certainly handles better..... its also faster
than the Impreza WRX STi and EVO...... I'd like to see some more lap times as
this is suspiciously quick!
They say it was tested in Nordschleife throughout all development process and
they say it now holds official lap record for production FWD cars.
The Max speed in this page is a bit off.
According to GM's own data, with the factory low spoiler, the max speed is drag
limited to 160mph.
The factory option high spoiler, which was used to clock the time at
Nordschleife, is drag limited to 155mph.
