I call bullshit. Absolute bloody bullshit. 480hp and 4,000lbs does not equal a car this fast. I want pictures, video, and a tear down of the car NASCAR style. Ok so I’m kidding (sort of), but what the hell. AWD is making RWD look like a joke. Our only savior is the ZR1 and I’m not too sure how confident I am about that.
GT-R ACHIEVES UNDER 7:30 AT NÜRBURGRING
GT-R among the fastest ever production road cars at the ‘Ring’ -Nissan today announced that its GT-R supercar achieved a lap time at the infamous Nürburgring in Germany of seven minutes and 29 seconds. Recorded on April 16 and 17, the GT-R used was a base specification car and fitted with the standard Japanese market tyres. Driven by GT-R chief test driver Tochio Suzuki, this latest lap time beats the previous fastest time for the GT-R by nine seconds.
The previous best lap time for GT-R of 7:38, also driven by Suzuki, was one of the fastest laps achieved by a production car despite conditions being slightly damp on two corners.
Also, the cars tires are not your normal idea of “road tires”:
Both sets of tyres are part of a new emerging segment where the line between “ultra high performance road tyres” and “trackday tyres” is blurred. The rumour on the track is tyres like this are probably worth 1-2 seconds a lap on a standard circuit, meaning the difference to the final lap time they could potentially make at the Nurburgring is huge. Read more
[Source: Nissan, Tyrereviews]
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