In raw acceleration, the 720 is about halfway between the 675 and the P1.
I'm looking forward to the Senna, which will combine similar power-to-weight ratio to the P1 with less weight and more grip than the 720.
Murder @ Palm Beach 720S vs ZR1
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In raw acceleration, the 720 is about halfway between the 675 and the P1.
I'm looking forward to the Senna, which will combine similar power-to-weight ratio to the P1 with less weight and more grip than the 720.
The owner of DragTimes I think. That's his youtube channel, pretty well off guy with a great collection of cars.
But of course. Gotta go reset that Laguna Seca lap record.
It's quite simple, American companies are not willing to build cars like the 720S. American cars will continue to be inferior, until American Execs, have the guts to build a 720S. No American car can compete with Europe, period. The Big 3 will never command the same respect as McLaren, ever, because they choose not to. IMO, the 720S is god-awful ugly, but ****ing amazing. I am tired of seeing American car companies do everything they can, to build shitty cars, compared to Europe.
On topic, the ZR1 weighs 3671lbs., according to the rags. The rags list the curb weight of the 720S, at 3167lbs. Both are taken from Motor Trend. Jesus, the ZR1 is nearly 500lbs. heavier. The ZR1 has the same problem as the Hellcat, tons of girth, relative to its class.
On topic, the ZR1 weighs 3671lbs., according to the rags. The rags list the curb weight of the 720S, at 3167lbs. Both are taken from Motor Trend. Jesus, the ZR1 is nearly 500lbs. heavier. The ZR1 has the same problem as the Hellcat, tons of girth, relative to its class.
This race seems pointless to me. It’s obvious what car would win. Strip the zr1 to the same weight and remove the parachute on the rear and it’ll be a tighter race. Weight and aero drag make a huge difference. Doesn’t the zr1 make almost 1000lbs of downforce at high speed? The 720 has the aero characteristics of a bullet and a strong man can flip it over LoL.
Building niche hyper cars isn't one of GM's core competencies. They are a full-line OEM who sells more cars in one hour than McLaren does in an entire year. The vette is at least a car some of their buyers can aspire to own one day. Not a car that cost 2X as much as the avg American house. Stay focused on what you do best.
Let's have some realistic expectations here.
Let's have some realistic expectations here.
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I want to see a tuned 570s vs a stock 720.
The OP video tells the story of a Supercar vs a mass produced chevy. WOW!
I felt bad for the z06. Then i felt even worse for it once i realized it was a zr1. I then felt worst realized my reading comprehension is terrible. But i was focused on the "720s" in the title due to me not know what it was. I thought it may be a bike or something.
The funny part is the 720s is faster than almost any production bike save the 1400cc bikes and the H2R. If it isnt faster, a tune will make it faster. Bottom line, the mac cars are blazing and they are only getting faster.
The ZR1 barely keeps pace with the 570S. It stands no chance against the 720S. Isn't the 720S a high-9s car?
Good lord! The last weight figure I saw was the launch announcement of 3524 lbs. If it's really 3671, it literally weighs more than my GT500! I wasn't really worried about losing to it on the highway before, but now I'm even less worried. What is going on in the world when a friggin' Corvette weighs almost 3700 lbs??? Isn't that, like, 200 lbs heavier than an Ecoboost Mustang??
Yes. The ZR1 has been outperforming cars twice it's cost since it's original debut. To get slaughtered by that length says a lot about how far these cars have come.
It's give and take man. I haven't been following cars at all for awhile, I'm pretty blown away by the specs of this thing.
It's got a carbon fiber one-piece tub that includes the roof originally used in the P1. There's no way GM can manufacture at their current production #s, (let alone justify the R&D to go that far at this current time). If GM had some million dollar production cars in their arsenal, maybe.
He said on his IG that the 720s is stock.
720S has been out for awhile, over a year before the ZR1. I think GT2RS was out before ZR1 too. This isnt like the C6 ZR1 where it would put a beat down on the euro cars. Euro cars (although much more $$$) now have faster cars that arent in the 1 mill or over 500k range. I bet the 600LT will be faster than the ZR1 too.
I really think the only way the ZR1 can pull a faster lap time is if it was done by the factory, with "factory alignment", driven by Jim Mero. Hope they put these cars in Laguna seca and see what Randy Pobst can run.
Seeing this makes me really question the zr1 vs Ford GT laptimes. Unless the GT is THAT much slower than the 720s.
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