Lords of the Ring: The Return of the Kings

[CarGuy]

This comparison concerns the 6 fastest road legal cars around the famed Nurburgring.

#1 POSITION - 2009 DODGE VIPER SRT-10 ACR - 7:22.1

Engine: 90 degree V10
Aspiration: Natural
Displacement (CC): 8400
Gearbox: 6-speed manual
Power (BHP): 600
Torque (LB FT): 561
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.39
0-60 MPH (SECS): N/A
Top Speed (MPH): N/A
Weight (KG): 1552
Hardcore option specked, non-stock race seats and harness used during the run.
Country of Origin: USA


#2 POSITION - 2004 MASERATI MC12 - 7:24.3

Engine: 65 degree V12
Aspiration: Natural
Displacement (CC): 5998
Gearbox: 6-speed semi-automatic
Power (BHP): 630
Torque (LB FT): 481
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.47
0-60 MPH (SECS): 3.8
Top Speed (MPH): 205
Weight (KG): 1335
Extra equipment used during run: --
Country of Origin: Italy


#3 POSITION - 2005 PAGANI ZONDA F CLUBSPORT - 7:24.7

Engine: 60 degree V12
Aspiration: Natural
Displacement (CC): 7291
Gearbox: 6-speed manual
Power (BHP): 650
Torque (LB FT): 576
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.49
0-60 MPH (SECS): 3.5
Top Speed (MPH): 214
Weight (KG): 1230
Extra equipment used during run: --
Country of Origin: Italy


#4 POSITION - 2002 FERRARI ENZO - 7:25.3

Engine: 65 degree V12
Aspiration: Natural
Displacement (CC): 5998
Gearbox: 6-speed sequential
Power (BHP): 660
Torque (LB FT): 485
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.48
0-60 MPH (SECS): 3.3
Top Speed (MPH): 217
Weight (KG): 1365
Extra equipment used during run: --
Country of Origin: Italy


#5 POSITION - 2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1 - 7:26.4

Engine: 90 degree V8
Aspiration: Supercharged
Displacement (CC): 6162
Gearbox: 6-speed manual
Power (BHP): 620
Torque (LB FT): 595
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.41
0-60 MPH (SECS): N/A
Top Speed (MPH): N/A
Weight (KG): 1519
Extra safety equipment used during run.
Country of Origin: USA


#6 POSITION - 2009 Nissan GT-R - 7:29.0

Engine: 60 Degree V6
Aspiration: Twin Turbo
Displacement (CC): 3799
Gearbox: 6 Speed DSG Manual
Power (BHP): 473
Torque (LB FT): 434
Power to weight (BHP/KG): 0.27
0-60 MPH (SECS): 3.5
Top Speed (MPH): 193
Weight (KG): 1736
Extra equipment used during run.
Country of Origin: Japan

 

[ree]

The Pagani Zonda - a hell of a car!! Absolutely stunning driving machine…

 

[Sunny]

GTR, for moving the game along ( if it indeed is true what Nissan claims, but in my books you are not guilty till proven other wise).

 

[Merc1]

Zonda or Chevy for me.

M

 

[Gullwing]

Zonda
Fiat
Fiat
Dodge
Chevy
Datsun

 

[Tarek]

^Lol

Zonda F

 

[LaArtist]

I dont even need to say what i voted for

 

[ateekt]

1st time ever in my internet life, I voted for Pagani & I must say, she's got a class & looks of it's own ...!

 

[ateekt]

I dont even need to say what i voted for

Your signature says it all ...!

 

[martinbo]

Zonda. Besides the fact that it's one of the most amazing automotive triumphs of the last decade, Horatio also makes them in RHD. Which is a good thing for us down here.

 

[VroomVroom]

GT-r again

It has to much of a "street racer" rep to be a track king. Should of kept to chasing after the Evos ans WRX's NOT Ferrari's, Corvettes, Maseratis, Zonda's and so on

 

[Monster]

GT-r again

It has to much of a "street racer" rep to be a track king. Should of kept to chasing after the Evos ans WRX's NOT Ferrari's, Corvettes, Maseratis, Zonda's and so on

The technology involved in the GTR is far beyond the levels of the EVO and the WRX. This is a world class car which deserves to be compared with the best cars on the planet.

 

[LaArtist]

yeah .. ppl dont cross shop Zondas and Nissans..
so yeah its kinda out of place here

 

[Monster]

yeah .. ppl dont cross shop Zondas and Nissans..
so yeah its kinda out of place here

It doesn't matter if a Zonda buyer never considers buying the GTR, this is about comparing the best cars in the world right now.

 

[martinbo]

It doesn't matter if a Zonda buyer never considers buying the GTR, this is about comparing the best cars in the world right now.

No point in arguing the case for the GT-R, Monster. We should know better - because it's Japanese, it's rubbish.

No one wants to consider an 80K, benchmark setting large coupe as a frame of reference by which we can ascertain the relative bang for buck (who'd ever heard of that concept?) of more expensive, more exotic and more desirable machinery.

Even if I were to try and elicit some semblance of appreciation with this lovely, self-explanatory pic:

Now, if they can't appreciate the magnitude of the effort from this pic, then, they're in denial.

 

[LaArtist]

The best cars in the world?
ok from that point of view..you can add alot of cars..
but yeah it doesent fit in here with the rest..
Okay it might ( and thats a BIG might) have the speed to match...
But there is sooooo much more to those other cars which the GTR lacks..

PS
Viper sucks though

 

[Monster]

The best cars in the world?
ok from that point of view..you can add alot of cars..
but yeah it doesent fit in here with the rest..
Okay it might ( and thats a BIG might) have the speed to match...
But there is sooooo much more to those other cars which the GTR lacks..

PS
Viper sucks though

The GTR is probably not the best car in the world, but surely it is one of the best. Guess we have a different definition of what makes a great car, and we will have to agree to disagree.

 

[LaArtist]

^Yep its easy this way

 

[Tarek]

Two points:

The Zonda is too special to be compared with any car on the world not just the GT-R,secondly the GT-R is simply too good to be ignored it definitely has the potential to shame the best out there and the V-spec is not even out yet.

Zonda-F.....

GT-R..........

 

[martinbo]

Two points:

The Zonda is too special to be compared with any car on the world not just the GT-R,secondly the GT-R is simply too good to be ignored it definitely has the potential to shame the best out there and the V-spec is not even out yet.

Zonda-F.....

GT-R..........

Yeah, nicely said Tarek - in a nice visual imagery kind of way.

Look people, no one here is saying that the GT-R is better than a Zonda, GT2 or other exotica. The point at hand is that the GT-R is an expensive, premium sporting car - nothing more - that has an amazing dynamic repetoire relative to its sticker price.

It's not perfect and it certainly isn't full of emotional appeal in the way that a true exotic is. (The exact same thing can be said for the ZR-1, which has just as little if not less outright class and desirability)

Of course a Zonda F is fifty gazillion times more evocative and more alluring than a Nissan. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still one helluva Nissan - an amazing car with amazing credentials - irrespective of its snob appeal.