Camaro Z-28 @ Nurburgring Options

[carr914]

I want to buy a Camaro!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj1h75vA1Jw

[Type 47]

Topped out at 159 MPH, I've seen Videos of Hans Stuck at over 180 in a BMW V8.

Still impressive

The BMW not in a street production car

Was that a showroom car or was it uuum, "tweeked"?

manufactures use the ring as a development track and one the they can benchmark against other makes. if it was "tweeked" they couldn't use the lap times as a marketing tool so no not "tweeked" and also on the tires it will leave the showroom with.

that was one loose ride!

definitely traction challenged.

a...it was raining and on street tires

I wonder if it was Jim Mero again. He was the engineer working on the Corvette that decided to take it to the track back in 2011 and set the record (at the time). Didn't ask Chevy's permission, just went and did it.

no it was Adam Dean

Now please give us a mid-size RWD or AWD (not based on FWD platform) coupe or sedan. Great handling, a shifter, and the third pedal, know as a clutch. Decent fuel mileage in the low 40s, you guys can do it, so just do it already.

No. Instead they will spend 100s of millions in advertising telling you what you should want, and it wont have a stick and it won't get good mileage. Detroit, especially GM, has never seemed to grasp the concept of filling needs. They seem to think it is our job to want the product. With all that said, I would buy an American car any day. But the 94 Escort I bought new still gets me around in winter, so I don't have to...yet.

really. really. GM builds a track demon version of the Camaro and you state "GM, has never seemed to grasp the concept of filling needs." That's got to be one of the most crazy statements I've heard in a long time. GM provides the Camaro in a base V6, SS, 1LE, the supercharged ZL1, and now the track Z28. the Camaro is not for everyone but for people who do like it, they have a lot of choices...err needs filled.

BTW: my LS7 Vette gets 28 MPG on the highway.

[billh1963]

Topped out at 159 MPH, I've seen Videos of Hans Stuck at over 180 in a BMW V8.

Still impressive

The BMW not in a street production car

Was that a showroom car or was it uuum, "tweeked"?

manufactures use the ring as a development track and one the they can benchmark against other makes. if it was "tweeked" they couldn't use the lap times as a marketing tool so no not "tweeked" and also on the tires it will leave the showroom with.

that was one loose ride!

definitely traction challenged.

a...it was raining and on street tires

I wonder if it was Jim Mero again. He was the engineer working on the Corvette that decided to take it to the track back in 2011 and set the record (at the time). Didn't ask Chevy's permission, just went and did it.

no it was Adam Dean

Now please give us a mid-size RWD or AWD (not based on FWD platform) coupe or sedan. Great handling, a shifter, and the third pedal, know as a clutch. Decent fuel mileage in the low 40s, you guys can do it, so just do it already.

No. Instead they will spend 100s of millions in advertising telling you what you should want, and it wont have a stick and it won't get good mileage. Detroit, especially GM, has never seemed to grasp the concept of filling needs. They seem to think it is our job to want the product. With all that said, I would buy an American car any day. But the 94 Escort I bought new still gets me around in winter, so I don't have to...yet.

really. really. GM builds a track demon version of the Camaro and you state "GM, has never seemed to grasp the concept of filling needs." That's got to be one of the most crazy statements I've heard in a long time. GM provides the Camaro in a base V6, SS, 1LE, the supercharged ZL1, and now the track Z28. the Camaro is not for everyone but for people who do like it, they have a lot of choices...err needs filled.

BTW: my LS7 Vette gets 28 MPG on the highway.

Nice reply. I have never been a GM fan; however, there is very little that can be said against the current crop of cars for the prices they sell for. Porsche is worried about the new C7...and they should be. Awesome performance for a fraction of the money. The new interior is finally at the quality level it should have been all along and the looks are comparable to any modern supercar.