Camaro Z/28 vs. 911 Turbo S vs. GT-R Track Edition Comparison

Home  >  Road Tests  >  Coupes  >  Comparison  >  Camaro Z/28 vs. 911 Turbo S vs. GT-R Track Edition Comparison One million years. As in, if you rewound the clock to 2009, never in one million years would I believe I'd be writing a story where a Camaro would be mentioned in the same sentence as a Nissan GT-R or a Porsche 911 Turbo S. I clearly remember the first time I drove a GT-R in anger because I ran into a pack of two Ferrari F430s, a 355 Spyder, a BMW M6, and a Dodge Viper in the canyons above Los Angeles. After a few miles, it became clear exactly who was driving the dominant supercar. (Hint: Me!) Likewise, I'll always remember the first time I got behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 Turbo S, because every time I looked down, the speedometer claimed I was going 114 mph. And I'll never forget my first stab at a fifth-gen, Zeta-platform Chevrolet Camaro SS, because it was the only time I drove straight off Turn 3 at Streets of Willow. What a miserable, bad car. And yet, here we are. That's right, my friends, Motor Trend is pitting the new Camaro Z/28 against the 911 Turbo S and the Nissan GT-R Track Edition. More on the GT-R Track Edition: 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition First Test Going strictly by numbers, it might appear Chevy brought a gun to a bomb fight. What does the Z/28 do in the quarter mile? "Don't know, we never launched it," said Al Oppenheiser, the seventh Camaro chief engineer in GM history. We're talking about a freaking Camaro that Chevy claims it never bothered to run down a dragstrip. Huh? Why not? Chevy says the Z/28 was developed with one mission in mind: track duty. We can tell you the Z/28 runs 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds and rips down the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds at 117.2 mph. Impressive numbers, until you remember its AWD opponents are two of the quickest-accelerating vehicles in the history of the automobile. Godzilla is, appropriately enough, a monster, hitting 60 mph in a blistering 2.7 seconds before knocking off the quarter mile in 11 seconds flat at 125.1 mph. Amazingly, the 911 Turbo S is (somehow, again) quicker, hitting 60 mph in a jaw-dropping 2.6 seconds and joining the ranks of the truly elite by turning a 10.9-second quarter mile at 123.7 mph. A couple of acceleration notes: The 991 Turbo S isn't really any quicker than the 997 model, as the previous-gen car hit 60 mph in 2.7 seconds and ran the quarter in 10.9 seconds at 127.4 mph. That 3.7-mph trap speed deficit is significant. Also, as far as 0-60-mph times go, we might be running into some sort of physics barrier, as the AWD Bugatti Veyron with its 1000-plus horses hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, and that remains the quickest production car we've ever tested. Regardless, we're not surprised that the GT-R and Turbo S both whooped the Z/28 in a straight line. Hey, Chevy told us to bring any car. Dealer Pricing Research & Reviews Loan Quote Select Make Select Model

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