Top Gear Z06 Review

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Awesome video... Watching it half way through, I thought... "The only way this could be cooler is if they had The Stig drive it"

And, then they did

Seriously, though... When are these guys finally going to do a fast lap on a Bugatti Veyron? It seems oddly absent from that top 10 list.

I take it Bugatti (VW/Audi) won't let them, and no private owner has stepped forward to volunteer his car for testing.

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Phil
You forgot to mention the driveline shunt, radio, engine noise at low revs, tyre roar, width of the car, poor trim, ride is poor and so's the gearbox.

Exactly what I meant - a bunch of a sh*t that doesn't matter one iota. This is a track car that does an excellent job of thrashing more expensive exotics around a road course.

Dude, leave him be.

Afterall, he is from the UK and criticizing American cars. :laugh:

Actually, the Japanese seem to be doing a better job of that than I could.

The Japanese criticize American cars? No, they just make better cars (and often build them in the US).

I actually like the UK, and watch a lot of your TV shows, but give me a break.

Don't worry about me, I'm just being a pompous Imperialistic Brit who refuses to let go of the glory days
Sure, our days of "normal" car-building are over, but we still have companies like Lotus, Cosworth, Ariel, Morgan, Noble, etc. We've always been good at small, nimble sports cars, and America's always been good at huge-torque V8 musclecars.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
It's the British, come one, they're still pissed that they lost.

well they certainly lost their entire car industry thats for sure.

 

[lagvoid]

Will watch this later.

Love the way the current vette looks but is it using the same tranny as the previous z06? I was able to test drive one at a GM event, but I was not very impressed. I think I expected too much out of it.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
It's the British, come one, they're still pissed that they lost.

well they certainly lost their entire car industry thats for sure.

We still make plenty of cars and there's one way above the Z06 on the track times list, and it costs less.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Awesome video... Watching it half way through, I thought... "The only way this could be cooler is if they had The Stig drive it"

And, then they did

Seriously, though... When are these guys finally going to do a fast lap on a Bugatti Veyron? It seems oddly absent from that top 10 list.

I take it Bugatti (VW/Audi) won't let them, and no private owner has stepped forward to volunteer his car for testing.

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Phil
You forgot to mention the driveline shunt, radio, engine noise at low revs, tyre roar, width of the car, poor trim, ride is poor and so's the gearbox.

Exactly what I meant - a bunch of a sh*t that doesn't matter one iota. This is a track car that does an excellent job of thrashing more expensive exotics around a road course.

Dude, leave him be.

Afterall, he is from the UK and criticizing American cars. :laugh:

Actually, the Japanese seem to be doing a better job of that than I could.

The Japanese criticize American cars? No, they just make better cars (and often build them in the US).

I actually like the UK, and watch a lot of your TV shows, but give me a break.

But the best are still imported from japan directly.

A la S2000.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
It's the British, come one, they're still pissed that they lost.

well they certainly lost their entire car industry thats for sure.

Yep, and you're on the verge of losing yours.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Awesome video... Watching it half way through, I thought... "The only way this could be cooler is if they had The Stig drive it"

And, then they did

Seriously, though... When are these guys finally going to do a fast lap on a Bugatti Veyron? It seems oddly absent from that top 10 list.

I take it Bugatti (VW/Audi) won't let them, and no private owner has stepped forward to volunteer his car for testing.

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The FXX is one amazing car. I don't know if it would beat the Veyron.

 

[everman]

Looks like the Z06 is a great deal, comparatively speaking. Not to mention lower maitenance costs.
And it looks great.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: MBrown

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Awesome video... Watching it half way through, I thought... "The only way this could be cooler is if they had The Stig drive it"

And, then they did

Seriously, though... When are these guys finally going to do a fast lap on a Bugatti Veyron? It seems oddly absent from that top 10 list.

I take it Bugatti (VW/Audi) won't let them, and no private owner has stepped forward to volunteer his car for testing.

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The FXX is one amazing car. I don't know if it would beat the Veyron.

It would depend on how many twists are involved.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: everman
Looks like the Z06 is a great deal, comparatively speaking. Not to mention lower maitenance costs.
And it looks great.

And it gets 22mpg highway ! :light: (epa rating)

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

I know, but the FXX has much more power (800+ BHP) and is also lighter as I recall.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

I know, but the FXX has much more power (800+ BHP) and is also lighter as I recall.

What the hell are you talking about? The Enzo is often called the F60. There is no production car from Ferrari called the FXX.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

I know, but the FXX has much more power (800+ BHP) and is also lighter as I recall.

What the hell are you talking about? The Enzo is often called the F60. There is no production car from Ferrari called the FXX.

Yes there is. They only made 29 of them and it costs $1.5 million. The most expensive car on record. Ferrari picked the owners of the cars and allowed the owners to have their FXXs stored at Ferrari facilities to keep them up and running.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: MBrown

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

I know, but the FXX has much more power (800+ BHP) and is also lighter as I recall.

What the hell are you talking about? The Enzo is often called the F60. There is no production car from Ferrari called the FXX.

Yes there is. They only made 29 of them and it costs $1.5 million. The most expensive car on record. Ferrari picked the owners of the cars and allowed the owners to have their FXXs stored at Ferrari facilities to keep them up and running.

It has no place in this discussion. It's a track car. We're discussing road cars. The FXX does not qualify.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: MBrown

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DonVito

While we're at it, the Ferrari FXX would presumably stomp any of the existing times.

The Enzo and it's sister car the MC12 ocupy places three and four on the track time list.

I know, but the FXX has much more power (800+ BHP) and is also lighter as I recall.

What the hell are you talking about? The Enzo is often called the F60. There is no production car from Ferrari called the FXX.

Yes there is. They only made 29 of them and it costs $1.5 million. The most expensive car on record. Ferrari picked the owners of the cars and allowed the owners to have their FXXs stored at Ferrari facilities to keep them up and running.

It has no place in this discussion. It's a track car. We're discussing road cars. The FXX does not qualify.

You said There is no production car from Ferrari called the FXX and there is. You weren't talking about weather or not it was a track car or not. Just because its a track car doesnt mean you cant drive in on the road anyway.