First it was reports of a 700hp Nissan GT-R V-Spec. Now it’s none other then the LA Times claiming that the Nissan GT-R is “within a second or two” of the production car lap record for the Nurburgring. Quick reality check: the Nissan GT-R’s 7:38 lap is 11 seconds off the production car record currently held by the Porsche Carrera GT’s 7:28 lap. [And if you consider the Pagani Zonda F clubsport a production car, then the GT-R is nearly 11 seconds of it’s 7:27 lap]
It matters a little, but not a lot, that the GT-R is within a second or two (7 minutes, 38 seconds) of the production-car lap record at Germany’s fabled Nurburgring. After all, most Americans think the Nurburgring is a lobster dish. Full article
It’s pretty outrageous to find articles this inaccurate in a newspaper as large as the LA Times. Perhaps it’s less outrageous as it is unnerving. Do these people even know what they’re writing about?
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