370z Top Gear Power Lap
 

I did a search to see if anyone posted this but nothing came up...

Here's the Top Gear Power Lap time for the 370z. For those that don't watch Top Gear, its an automotive show on the BBC and each week they take a car out to their track and time a single lap driven by their team racing driver The Stig. He pretty much drives each car balls to the wall and with all nannies turned off (so VDC would be off).

The 370 sits in the middle of the pack when compared to the whole list (mind you, these are all sports cars). Check out the company it hangs out with:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3..._power_lap.jpg

The full list can be found here:
BBC - Top Gear - Power Laps

Shocked? Impressed? Unimpressed?

I think it certainly gives credence to the idea that the "Z" is the best "bang for your buck" sports car out there.

I think I'm more impressed that an electric car is up there with the same lap time as a GT3.

370z: Slightly faster than a Renault Megane. This should be Nissan's new tagline in marketing.

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I watched the episode with the Maloo a couple days ago (probably a repeat, I know). It looked like the driver was going to lose that thing on every corner! Very fun to watch, powerful truck.

What kind of track is it ... Hard to believe it beat the viper by 1 sec ....

Dodge Viper SRT-10 1.28.5

Believable if the track is short without any long straights

That list doesn't specify whether the track was wet or dry. Many of those cars were driven on a wet track and would be much faster on a dry day. Check Wikipedia for a complete list with track conditions.

The GT3 is a wet track time, the Z a dry track. If you think our Zs are as fast as 911 GT3s, you've been smoking something. Or you're just high from the fumes you've inhaled from the GT3 smokin past you...

Yeah that's one thing I noticed about the list is that they didn't mark the wet vs dry like they do on the actual power lap board. makes me wonder how fast the gt3 would be on the track on a dry day. either way, i think its pretty impressive to even be around that arena.

The Cayman did it in 1.26.2 :eek:. That's even more impressive!

I agree, it has to be a curvy/turn oriented track.

I was wondering why they listed the Lexus LFA as "wet" and not other cars.

Info on the Top Gear Test Track: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_test_track

When they tested the viper, the track was listed as "very wet"

Yeah, put the Z on a wet track and watch it fall off that list completely.

Ouch...

Maybe not completely...

True, what is depressing that is that the base corvette beat the Z by over a second. The corvette may be a better bang/buck car or maybe that FQ evo haha. Those don't over heat and have brake issues for starters.

From watching the show it seems like I remember them subtracting a few seconds (3-4 sec) off the wet track times to compensate for the wet track. They noted the wet track times with a W behind the time.

They really should have two separate lists -- wet and dry.

Having watched a $hit ton of Top Gears, I can tell you they don't change the actual times. All they do is add a notation for the track condition.

the track is very curvy with 2 decent long straights. some long sweeping turns and a hairpin turn. its got all the aspects needed to get a good base time on cars.

on the post someone said about falling off the list totally it might stick somewhere in the bottom. since the bmw z4 was also ran the same time as the 370z and the Z beat it out. the Z4 was ran first then the 370z it was a comparison test between the 2

they never touch the times. there set in stone wet or dry. amazing thing is how quick some of these cars are when its raining.

CAI, Exahust, little bit better suspension, and a tune and walaa!! where will this put us..???

in the same spot if the others did the same too. Or lower even.

Was just re-watching the episode now that I actually own the Z...eat my dust dinosaur!

Seriously though great driving by the Stig as always...I'm upset the Cayman did so well, I was hoping it was en par with the Z.

Thats some serious stuff right there

the full episode with the Z
Top Gear Season 13 Episode 6 - Car Videos on StreetFire

remember, the caymen R costs almost twice as much as the 370, that buys an awful lot of performance and handling.

Wow, where have you guys been. That episode was almost 2 years ago.

For your viewing pleasure.





Also, notice how the Nismo in the 1st video has a nav. Curious.

OOps just saw someone posted it already.. Hate you cant get those on youtube anymore

lol, yeah I'm real depressed that a 35000 dollar car was beat at the track by a 45000 dollar car.

The vette's putting down 100 more hp, is around the same weight, and is lower to the ground.

The nav made the NISMO slower. By default it beats the Lotus and STi.

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Top Gear test track time for 370z
 

Hey check out the top gear test track times for the 370Z 127.5 it's faster than a lot of cars out there.

BBC Two - Top Gear - Power Laps

is it faster than a prius?

Only if the prius driver is preoccupied with large water fowl;):roflpuke2:

The Ariel Atom V8 tops the list. Jay Leno must have one of them. He has the slower version of the Ariel.:driving:

While these laps make great TV they really don't tell us much. No indication of track conditions and worse yet no indication of tire used. That circuit is highly tire dependent. Run a crappy street tire and you'd be off pace a few seconds.

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Tires are stock they note wet, moist or nothing for dry. I know the 370z could get around the track much faster with a set of racing tires or R spec compound like I have now, but they test stock if it is not stock it does not go on the board.

These are back to back laps tested by a professional race driver world champion the Stig!

They are spot on with testing the capabilities of the cars and not just straight line performance. With the exception of Chysler, Jeep or Dodge TopGear detests them!

If you have Xbox360 and Foza4 you can try the track out for yourself even the standing mile. Try to beat the stigs times stock for stock.

Obviously it's not going to be the same exact conditions for every test. Every circuit is tire dependent. Its my understanding that they use whatever tire they come with from the factory and must be street legal, hence why cars like the FXX isn't on the board. I don't think anyone is taking these results too seriously since there are so many variables with track conditions. They do give you a general idea of how good a car is though and it's generally good enough to guage overall performance. You could make the same comment about the track times on the Nurburgring or any track for that matter.

Why are most of the commets on this thread bashing the Z? There is alot of Z hating going on in this forum. Sad so sad.