fastest FWD car ever to run the 'ring. Here's some comparison times.(Nuringburg Germany Track)
8:20 - 148.320 - BMW M3 E36
8:20 - 148.320 - 2008 Honda NSX
8:20 - 148.320 - Porche 993 GT3
8:22 - BMW M3 E46
8:22 - BMW M Coupe
8:22- Mercedes-Benz C55
8:22.38- Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
8:22.85 Cobalt SS (not yet official)
8:23 - Aston Martin DB7 GT
8:23 - Porsche Boxster S
8:23 - Porsche 996 Carrera
8:24 - Mercedes SLK 55 AMG
8:24 - Subaru Impreza WRX STi
8:25 - Audi RS4
8:25 -- 2007 BMW M5 Touring

wow im pretty impressed...lets c how many of those cars cost 40+g brand new...guess all of them cept the balt and sti

 

i would drive every one of those cars

 

I couldn't agree with you more on that one.

 

It's amazing that it "supposedly" handles better than a STi.

 

uh no, its called acceleration cutie.

 

Something tells me that the ss times are a lil exaggerated.

I mean a db7 and an m5, half a second behind the skyline.......

 

this is old news.

 

im with this guy. it just doesnt even look like it belongs on that list with those other cars. i mean the ss/tc is prolly gunna be around 24,000 while the majority of those cars are 35,000 and up....

 

your point?
for $15k you can build a car that can crush all of those....

 

yea but that list is made up times from cars that were brand new when they ran on the track. unmodded, exactly how they were sold on the lots.

 

lol, you'll have to watch the video then. Cause it is a ride along for one complete circuit. The video runs 8:40 or something like that but that includes and intro and time after the car passes the start/finish line. So 8:22 is "official". I also think that MotorTrend termed this car "The fastest FWD car".

Big question though, will it live up to all the hype? I doubt it but we'll see.

 

yea ive seen the video. i saw it over a month ago when it first started goin around. i guess part of me just doesnt wanna believe it seems to unbelievable. but then again, it is pretty amazing that sub $25,000 car can hang with some of the best on the track.

 

where can i see this video at. its too hard to believe without seeing

 

youtube has it, type in 2008 ss on nurbergring or something like that

 

sounds as if the new balt ss actually handles, the tight turning sections of the track allow cars such as the NSX and well built stock fwd rides to achieve damn good times next to some of those. and awd doesn't guarantee the truest of traction always. awd loss of traction around a turn......scary. fwd loss of traction around a turn straighten a bit let a bit off the gas n' finish the turn with a gradual increase in acceleration.

so yea, i hella can imagine it's just as fast. haha and that m5 time was with the m button engaged releasing the 500hp. lol. goodbye m5.

 

not to mention the m5 weighs as much as a tank.

 

Yeah, definately old stuff on the SS/TC....I would like to see what the new Nissan GT-R ran bc it broke the track record according to a show I watched on the NAIAS (North American Int. Auto Show) on NBC the other day...They said that Nissan shattered the existing 1 lap record.....

 

and then you'd be comparing apples and oranges...

this is a list of stock cars, not modified. Price does get considered into a category as far as class most of the time.

 

the new gtr ran the track faster than the 911 turbo, and the vette z06.

 

I poop on the GTR, ZR1 will take the recored back and will do it on the tires that the car is sold with. Not this cut-slick BS from Nissan.


HONED AT THE 'RING
GTR chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno told PistonHeads that his baby had covered over 3000 miles at the Nordschleife and avoided other circuits as they were deemed 'too easy'.
Nissan's original target was to beat the 911 Turbo at the 'ring but they ended up worrying the Porsche Carrera GT.
They didn't beat the GT's 7min 32sec lap time, but got a 7.38 in semi-wet conditions.
'We used cut slick tyres' said Mizuno.
'I was not interested in full slick times as this bears no resemblance to a road tyre. 1.2G of force was being pulled in wet and over 2 in dry'.



http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing...?f=23&t=455380

 

You guys also have to remember, that not only is the SS/TC a little faster in the straights and handles a touch better, but I think the main difference is the brakes. When you mash those big Brembos, it probably feels like throwing an anchor out back.

^^^Holy quadruple post!! Delete some of that **** please. Thank you.

 

i want the skylineee

 

As you wish grasshoppa.....

 

I just wana know how fast the SS/SC Balt was around the Ring...I heard it was tuned on the Ring just the the TC Balt.

 

These track times are great but where does the driver come into play? I'm sure they aren't all the same and some are better than others .