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The fastest circuit and road cars over the past 60 years have the best packaging of mass, low drag, low weight, low COG and the best balance. Mid-engined cars tend to meet these criteria best.
You havent provided any evidence to the contary. You see one laptime on Nordschielfe which IS NOT PROOF, just a MANUFACTURER CLAIM - and you make a song and dance about it in every post.
I dont dismiss proof if it is from a reputable and fair source. Perhaps if you can provide some of this for once then I wont see it as bullshit.
You call me biased? I owned 2 GT-Rs, one which is claimed to lap under 8 minutes at the ring, but I dont believe it. The difference is I dont think they are the fastest things on the planet, which atleast makes me a little more open minded and appreciative of other slower or faster cars that I may or may never be able to drive.
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There you go again imagining things in ur head that was never said. I never said the GTR was the fastest thing, infact i stated that earlier. And like i stated again earlier, i dont deny those factors having an affect. Why dont u read and let it swirl around in ur head before replying?? I am open minded to other cars, do u think i will take a GTR over an ENZO if i was to choose??
Point: u think nothing can come close to exotics, and i say they can. If the so called recorded times are not enough, well it doesnt bother me. But more and more, cars like the late model EVOs, GTRs etc are proving themselves against supercars that cost 5-6 times as much or even more. Especially with little tinkering. Sorry i cant give u solid proof as to be honest, i cant be bothered to find the link and u probably would dismiss it anyway, but the FQ400 EVO 8 MR brick was a few seconds off a the early model Zonda. No i dont know what track etc, but was published in a UK magazine. Be it just blabbering, but with so many examples by the way of forums like these, posted times, magazine reviews, test drives, videos like Best Motoring done by professionals etc, it has proven what is possible.
As i kid i was so intrigued by super cars, haha, esp the countach, the early 90s diablo etc, i bet everyone here remebers those days. I looked up to them and thought nothing could evencome close to the performance it could offer and could not be attained by ur average joe that could not afford it. But even most people that know about cars would certainly agree that the R35GTR or even a moderately worked 1989 R32 GTR will put the countach to shame in most aspects.
So, cars like the GTR came out, cheap and reliable performance out of japan, and with technology it really did re-write the books of what was previously thought not possible, going away from ur tradtional receipie for a supercar to attain performance. With great results. Like u mentioned, yes it did prove itself the last 60 years, but in modern times, that line is becomming ever closer for road going cars. And engine layout isnt the biggest point to how a road car performs like u are saying...