I was looking through lap times of different production cars, and there are some wildly out of place cars doing ring laptimes, some cars are faster than they seem they should be, while others are slower than they should be. Which got me thinking how some cars truly get tested in showroom condition, and others get the “marketing” treatment to produce a laptime a showroom car would never touch, solely to sell more cars. Then I found this article that talks exactly about just that.
https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/11012/nurburgring-times-dont-matter
There are still genuine experiences you can get. Anything with a true 6 speed and a clutch is going to be a good time. ZL1 1LE, Viper ACR, Shelby GT350R, even my RS is still very much a driver’s car. With thar said, I’m pretty sure all these cars aren’t being made anymore, but still great cars made after 2008 😋