Top Gear Speed Lap...

[Snowman]

Odd how so many people are pessimistic about its performance. I definantly think it will make the top 10 without a doubt. at best I rekon it will make 5th provided its not raining. I have faith in the GOD!

Its even more odd how deluded some people are about this car. The Carerra GT crapped all over the GTR's Ring time and yet you somehow think that this 1800kg car is going to be faster than it around a racetrack provided its not raining!?

Excluding the Atom - all the cars in the top 10 make more power than the GT-R (some LOTS more) and are lighter. And then there is the other factor.

As mentioned already tyres will play a huge role in where it finishes. The top cars are all running either Pilot Sports Cups or P Zero Corsa's I'm pretty sure (except the Atom which ran DZ02's - so even better). I really don't know how good the RE-01R's are but the RE070's aren't much chop and could result in upto 2s difference in times based upon tyres alone.

The one thing we can get excitied about though is that fact that on the TG leader board it should be in the top 5 - hell even the top 3 of cars we can actually get here in Australia.

[Sarumatix]

Don't know about that snowman, the car seems quite capable of shaming some "on paper" far superior cars. I agree top 10 is not likely however . I am fairly confident that it will place a lot better than many cars with "similar" specs.

[Snowman]

Look I alreday stated I think the car will fit somewhere between 8-15 on the current list - but its just not going to be top 5.

[Starionturbo]

Its too heavy to record a top 10.

[nisskid]

As fond as I am of the V35..

the what?..

[Wheezy]

the what?..

What rock have you been under since 2001

[IronmaskDR]

Ok I was stuck at Perth domestic aiport today with my flight to work delayed by 4 hours and picked up the January edition of Top Gear magazine which has an excellent write up on the R35 GTR (apparently the Skyline logo has been dropped from the GTR) They took it for a bit of a fang on the "no limit" German autobahns and matched it up against a 911 turbo, plus the Stig jumped in for a fang too . If you can get hold of the mag grab it as it's a pretty good read.

[HotPlates]

Ok I was stuck at Perth domestic aiport today with my flight to work delayed by 4 hours and picked up the January edition of Top Gear magazine which has an excellent write up on the R35 GTR (apparently the Skyline logo has been dropped from the GTR) They took it for a bit of a fang on the "no limit" German autobahns and matched it up against a 911 turbo, plus the Stig jumped in for a fang too . If you can get hold of the mag grab it as it's a pretty good read.

The scanned article was posted up about a month ago.

[Roy]

I cant wait to hear what Tiff thinks of it. He seems to be pretty hard on cars with fancy computers and gearboxes....?

[nisskid]

What rock have you been under since 2001

haha probably should have quoted the whole post:

9 - 1:20.4 – Koenigsegg CCX [5]

11 - 1:20.9 – Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

14 - 1:22.3 – Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale

15 - 1:22.3 – Porsche 911 GT3 RS

20 - 1:23.7 – Lamborghini Murciélago (retested)

As fond as I am of the V35.. its got stiff competition.. even at out of the top 10

It has its work cut out..

[Sarumatix]

ya a V35 in the top 10? not unless they did a hell of an engine swap and a lot of otherwork . Specially when R35 seems to be unlikely .

[GTS4WD]

The R35's Nordshleife time is fractionally faster than the Z06 / 997 Turbo. Considering the Z06 made it into 16th place and the GT3 RS is meant to be as quick on the track as a Turbo (the Turbo time was in the wet so it doesn't count) I think it'll struggle for anything above the low teens.

And since there's the regular street tyre option (Bridgestone RE070) as well as the optional "sports" street tyre (Bridgestone RE-01R) it'll also depend on what setup the Top Gear guys eventually drive the car with.

I was reading a Wheels mag article on the GTR just today..

Apparently the tyre choice made no diff in lap times (so the japanese test driver of the 35 said).. the option is there to reduce road roar..

but that begs why buy softer tyres that are crap in the wet and chew quicker if there isnt a real performance advantage?

LOL.. wer't they calling it the V something?.. lol.. meh.. dont I look like a dick right about now?

[Gazzilla]

1. 1:17.3 – Ascari A10
   
2. 1:17.6 – Koenigsegg CCX (with "Top Gear Wing")
   
3. 1:18.4 – Pagani Zonda F
   
4. 1:18.9 – Maserati MC12
   
5. 1:19.0 – Ferrari F60 (Enzo)
   
6. 1:19.5 – Ariel Atom 2 300
   
7. 1:19.8 – Porsche Carrera GT
   
8. 1:19.8 – Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
   
9. 1:20.4 – Koenigsegg CCX ^[5]
   
10. 1:20.7 – Ascari KZ1
    

That is the top ten fastest times. now I dunno why this is playing On my mind so much, Not really a big deal, but remember that test video they did with that guy in japan, who let a team borrow his car to get some stats. His R35 did a 0-100 in 3.3 seconds, and if i remeber they said if it had been better conditions if could potentially have gone quicker. not to mention the superior handling. What dazzles me is that it is quicker than a ferrari Enzo. and a porche carrera GT. all im trying to say in short, is that i will be soo surprised if its not in the top 10.

I rekon we get a Betting pool going?? or some sort of ghey prize for the person who can guess what time its going to pull. what do ya rekon? make things interesting.

[rev210]

The No 1 posi is taken by the Ultima GTR , 5 seconds faster than the CCX with top gear wing.

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1. 1:17.3 – Ascari A10
   
2. 1:17.6 – Koenigsegg CCX (with "Top Gear Wing")
   
3. 1:18.4 – Pagani Zonda F
   
4. 1:18.9 – Maserati MC12
   
5. 1:19.0 – Ferrari F60 (Enzo)
   
6. 1:19.5 – Ariel Atom 2 300
   
7. 1:19.8 – Porsche Carrera GT
   
8. 1:19.8 – Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
   
9. 1:20.4 – Koenigsegg CCX ^[5]
   
10. 1:20.7 – Ascari KZ1
    

That is the top ten fastest times. now I dunno why this is playing On my mind so much, Not really a big deal, but remember that test video they did with that guy in japan, who let a team borrow his car to get some stats. His R35 did a 0-100 in 3.3 seconds, and if i remeber they said if it had been better conditions if could potentially have gone quicker. not to mention the superior handling. What dazzles me is that it is quicker than a ferrari Enzo. and a porche carrera GT. all im trying to say in short, is that i will be soo surprised if its not in the top 10.

I rekon we get a Betting pool going?? or some sort of ghey prize for the person who can guess what time its going to pull. what do ya rekon? make things interesting.

Quicker then the Enzo and GT to what exactly? 100km/h? Big deal!

Keep dreaming if you think it will make the top 10.

[r33freely]

Quicker then the Enzo and GT to what exactly? 100km/h? Big deal!

Keep dreaming if you think it will make the top 10.

If its not in the top ten it wont be too far off me thinks, This thing by everything i have & can read is one serious machine and althou it has a bit of weight we must remember it has nissans famous levels of grip and well balanced handling x 10

Dave

[R338OY]

Top Gear won't allow the GTR to whoop Ferrari's, Porsches, Koenigseggs, Lambo's etc etc.

The show's producers will be cautious of tipping the scales- and turning potential buyers away from these expensive cars toward a cheap Jap supercar.

Top Gear could be sued (ok, i'm speculating) by these automakers. There's a hierarchy of sports cars and although someone like Jeremy Clarkson will toss off about how awesome GTR is, he'll never say it's better than an R8, or an F430.

For example, read the recent review in TG mag, where they pitted a 911 turbo against an R35. They tossed off there about the GTR there too, how balanced and powerful it is, but they said it just didn't have that 'magic' and sheer overall quality of the 911 as a driver's car and as a racing machine. They said GTR came VERY close to equalling the STANDARD in sports cars, but just missed the mark.

Sometimes i question whether the TG lap times are fabricated for this reason.

[scathing]

Top Gear could be sued (ok, i'm speculating) by these automakers.

How's the tinfoil hat working out for you?

If Top Gear was afraid of being sued, they wouldn't say the things they did about Rover (the guys at Rover even blamed Top Gear for their demise), or when they reviewed those Korean econoboxes and panned all of them, or what they say about Americans, or the French, or Australians.

someone like Jeremy Clarkson will toss off about how awesome GTR is, he'll never say it's better than an R8, or an F430.

Top Gear's picked the Vauxhall (Holden) Monaro over a Jaguar S-Type R on Top Gear before. Clarkson hates Australians. He hates Americans. He hates Vauxhalls. Yet he still picked the American engined Aussie car from a povo manufacturer over one of the classic British gentleman's marque.

The R32 GT-R also made Clarkson's Best Cars Ever Made list. I think it even came Top 10.

Clarkson also has weird tastes in cars. He likes cars with "soul" and "passion" and is fun to drive, rather than the technically more superior one. If you watch Top Gear, he rarely ever takes the better value for money or faster car if he finds it "boring".

[scathing]

His R35 did a 0-100 in 3.3 seconds, and if i remeber they said if it had been better conditions if could potentially have gone quicker. not to mention the superior handling. What dazzles me is that it is quicker than a ferrari Enzo. and a porche carrera GT.

You think that because it runs a better short spring straight line time, that its comparable on the track?

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I hope they run it on a wet track to piss everyone off.