The Lightning Lap, 2007: Part IV of IV - Car and Driver

[Towelman20]

In response to your coment i would like to say that porsche's are not over priced piece's of trash ok you must have no idea about what your talking about to be saying that because porsche makes the best sport's car's in the world now dont get me wrong i love vettes more than i love porsches but come on porsche has dominated the market with high qaulity sport's cars for as long as theyv been around and just because their being beaten by a cheaper car doesnt mean their overpriced pieces of trash.

[leveilleadrian]

@Towelman20 welcome to america man. This country is full of idiots who think if it's not made by america, it must suck.

[TrackingPerformance]

@Towelman20

it just means you can bet then with a cheaper car

[Towelman20]

z06 going round v international raceway 3 sec's faster than last year's model their the same car's c & d tested the same z06 in the 07 test and the 06 test their's only one z06 model it doesnt get updated evry year it come's out and then they just leave it in production untill it's time to start a new generation oh yes the z06 that got 3 sec's faster than last year was the same car the driver is abit better than he was in 06 but yes the reg vette c6 was left the same till 08 they gave it a 6.2

[nokia3591]

Damn the GT500 from 2007 was only a second slower than the R8.

[PAracerMike]

I wonder if they were running the grand course. A sub 3:00 lap one the full course should be no sweat for a performance car.

[Stackcritic]

LL5? i want to c a ferrari f430. jjk

[dwiggs77]

and the ZR-1 will be even better and still cheaper than some at 100k

[dwiggs77]

WHY IS THE BMW M3 IN "LL2" COSTING 72K? thats because at that ridiculous price it would look even worse in the "ll3" class because it cant compete.i hate when "experts"cant say anything bad about a car that needs to be pointed out. in fact they called it "the class favorite" in LL2

i guess it should be compared to cars costing just over 30k. the m3 of today sucks,shame on BMW and car and driver its not fair to the real LL2 cars that need to compete with such a unequal playing field,still lost 2

[marvinbenz]

that mate was a 335i not m3.theres a uhhm slight distinction

[bassguitar987]

As they said in the video the GT3 was "by far more fun to drive". The average person doesn't care about numbers racing, they care about how a car feels to drive. If all you care about are numbers, then get a sportsbike.... with a few mods no car will ever touch you. I really want to get a 911 Carerra, there are TONS of faster and cheaper cars, but they don't give you the same feeling as the Porsche. To me, that's more important.

[MuLeQuE666]

Vettes > all

[derbigpr500]

@MuLeQuE666 Yea, in terms of ugliness and the amount of cheapness it oozes.  Its not even in the same class as any of european rivals. Corvette is like a go-cart...its fast...and thats it, except it doesnt drive nearly as nice as a go-cart...and its looks like it came out of a cartoon. Porsche and Audi are overall excellent. They're great at EVERYTHING. They're comfortable, refined, quiet, stylish, great fun to drive, very fast.... and most importantly, feel like quality products.

[lasalleoaks]

GTR should of been in this one. so it could win.

[VAspeed3]

It was not available when this was done. I'm sure it will do well at VIR.

[lesmcluffalot]

Kewlios

[CIassicThunder]

Can't wait to see the new 640hp vette in the next one!

[jle727]

no surprise the Vette won.

[legr8est1234]

On part III, you said only one car beat the Z51's time of 3:03.6, but both the GT3 and the Z06 did. Is that a mistake on your part, or am I missing something?

[CARandDRIVER]

As before, there was only one entrant in this class, this time in the shape of a Porsche 911 Turbo. Despite a strong 480 horsepower, it wasn't that happy around VIR and ran an unexpectedly mediocre 3:05.8 time, partly because of its 3528-pound mass, partly because the power went away after a couple of laps, and partly because it really doesn't like to dance.

[riothero313]

I'm going to assume this is a product of the rear engine and where the mass is located.

[ilikenarutoalot]

being waiting for this