The new Nissan GT-R has smashed the production car lap record at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that a production version of the GT-R driven by Tochio Suzuki posted a lap time of 7min 29secs during testing last week, nine seconds quicker than the previous test.
Ghosn confirmed that the time means the GT-R, a base-spec Japanese car running with revised chassis settings, has delivered on one of its original design objectives: to be the “fastest production supercar” in the world.
“This proves that Nissan can compete against anyone,” he said.The news gives an interesting perspective on unofficial timings of a Skyline GT-R V-Spec prototype caught testing at the Nordschleife, where observers suggested it was lapping in around 7min 25secs. This news means that the production GT-R V-spec is likely to be even quicker than those figures suggest.
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Re: Nissan GT-R smashes ‘Ring record
I am bemused by some of the comments on this blog. I am wondering, how many of you have driven enough cars to know what makes a great car...etc etc etc.
I am one of the luckier people to have owned and driven a fair amount of supercars over the last 15 years (I've just sold my 997 GT3 RS last month) to know that my 1 month old GT-R is the most composed/best built/best handling/easiest to drive around town supercar that I have ever owned. I am simply gobbsmacked by all the gadets and toy included in the price!! It even has a HDD that can store upto 3,000 songs!!!
For what's it's worth, I am on the waiting list for the V-Spec GT-R..........
Re: Nissan GT-R smashes ‘Ring record
I can see both sides of the coin on this one. First off, its quite amazing how well balanced and quick the new Nissan is but in the real world it doesn't do you much good. I feel the same about the EVO and the STI, they just don't perfrom as daily driver cars. On the other hand those who are lucky enough to own the new Nissan probably won't be driving just the Nissan. As a weekend warrior the new GT-R makes sense, but in my mind its not a daily driver hence the 7:29 at the ring.