Well, yesterday I was going on about Chevy's new super-'Vette and my displeasure at their attempts to lap a certain German racetrack faster than Nissan could with their semi-comparable GTR. I now retract those comments. I still don't care which care is faster around the Nurburgring and I won't care any more when Nissan's GTR V-spec debuts in 2010. But I'm glad Chevrolet went out and gave it a try, partly because I like the idea of going very fast mechanically over using a computer to do the same, but mostly because it allowed them to make this video as proof.
It's a very exciting thing to watch. Unlike the GTR which goes about its 'Ring lapping with an almost surgical precision, the big Vette is all over the place with the driver having to apply loads of corrective lock. It even catches air over the Flugplatz.
The video also answers the question about which car has the better motor. I'm sure the GTR's twin-turbo V6 is a great thing what with its 480bhp, but the LS9 is a truly mega-motor with what seems to be the mother of all mid-ranges and a roar that will send anything this side of a Koenigsegg CCX crawling under the nearest rock.
As I still can't figure out how to bring you video on this site I've been forced to include a link to Jalopnik below. Click it, you'll be glad you did.
Very Fast Car
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