[ParisTNDude]

Originally Posted by capnkirk52

That's the point. GM's numbers have not proven to be "real world" numbers. The "7:41" in Germany, the claim of 120+ trap speeds, and now the "11.93"

Ok, the "7:41" may not have been disproven yet but with heatsoak issues like LPE just had going 200mph, how much heat soak was going on after five minutes of hard driving in Germany? Most people can put 2 and 2 together.

You could be right, but I have driven thousands of miles in Europe with Mustangs and Corvettes at very high speed and watched temperatures closely without ever experiencing overheating.

Another point: In one of the articles, GM and Chevy said they had run a drag strip launch over 1000 times in the ZL1 testing it's capabilities. That being said, wouldn't you think that they would have 1. chosen a very talented drag racing experienced driver? 2. with that many runs wouldn't they have experienced at least some Banzai runs that could have reached the levels they claimed? 3. If the driver weren't an experienced drag racer running the tests, wouldn't he have become one after a thousand launches? 4. After that many launches, wouldn't YOU be the world's expert on how to get the best times from a ZL1? In those scenarios, I think they could easily and honestly have quoted their best times. In all the delivered ZL1s I doubt the total would be 1000 runs even today. Patience is a virtue! We're most often finding the ZL1 surpasses most doubters expectations.