Has the GT350R shown the Z/28 its taillights around Germany’s Nürburgring?
As of yet, there is no independent confirmation on this, but British mag Evo is claiming that Ford’s new Shelby GT350R has lapped the Nürburgring in 7:32.19, over a second faster than Chevy’s monstrous Z/28, which did the deed in 7:37.47.
Prior to the GT350’s unveiling at last year’s LA Auto Show, a source told us to expect a car that would run close to the Z/28, though it might not turn in quite the same performance figures as the track-focused Camaro. He assured us that we’d see a true competitor to the Bowtie track-rat at Detroit — one capable of knocking it off its modern-day roadgoing Trans-Am-car pedestal.
When we found out that Ford had gone to the trouble and expense of fitting carbon-fiber wheels on a car that will retail for under $100,000, we were inclined to believe our source’s claims. This new rumor does nothing at all to dispel our faith in that belief. Obviously, we can’t wait to put an R through our Virginia International Raceway torture test.
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You may recall that at last year’s Lightning Lap, the Z/28 came within a tenth of a second of Ferrari’s F12berlinetta and posted a 1.16 lateral grip number—giving it skidpad parity with the Porsche 918 Spyder. Have we reached peak super(pony)car? Likely not, as the next Camaro is due to be significantly lighter and will be based on GM’s Alpha platform—the basic guts that underpin the sweet-handling Cadillac ATS and CTS. Fifty-one years after Plymouth and Ford launched the segment, the battle for ponycar supremacy rages on. Rage on, superponycars. Rage on.
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