The Nissan GT-R can now lay claim to being one of the fastest production cars in the world after GT-R chief test driver Tochio Suzuki completed the famous Nurburgring circuit in Germany in just 7 minutes 29 seconds. According to our records, this puts the GT-R in second place for fastest laps by unmodified production cars just behind the Pagani Zonda F which posted a time of 7 minutes and 27 seconds last November. The time completely destroys the GT-R's previous best lap of 7 minutes 38 seconds achieved last year in slightly damp conditions.

Kazutoshi Mizuno, Chief Vehicle Engineer for GT-R said “At last year’s testing, we were frustrated by the conditions at the Nürburgring, always believing that the GT-R could go under seven minutes 30 seconds, the GT-R proves it is among the fastest mass-production cars in the world. We set out to build a multi-performance supercar accessible to anyone, anytime and anywhere – I believe the GT-R has delivered that promise.” The world can now look forward to a response from the GT-R's main competitor, the Porsche 911 Turbo whose best time stands at a lowly 7 minutes and 40 seconds

 

Thats impressive .

 

somehow, Nissan has re-written the laws of physics. i am befuddled

 

I still don't understand why people are still saying the Porsche 911 Turbo is the direct competitor of the GT-R?!

They are in completely different price brackets and are bought by completely different people. I for one would be INCREDIBLY embarrassed driving around in a GT-R! I'm no longer in my 20s, so Evo's/Imprezza's/Skylines are no longer appropriate!!

Also there is no way the GT-R has 480bhp. More like 530 given it's weight and straight-line performance. So again, not comparable.

Lastly, I believe the official 997 Turbo NBR time is about 7'50" not 40"...as it's primarily set up for road and not track use. If you want a track Porsche, you buy a GT3 or a GT2.

 

It's a marketing thing; they can claim that their car is faster around the ring at half the price (ignoring initial markups) and therefore it is "better". I'd personally still prefer to spend twice as much on the 997TT.

 

Still find it hard to believe it's only 2 seconds off the Pagani's time; the Zonda is 500+ kg lighter and has 170 hp more if Nissan's claims are to be believed. Put Horst von Saurma behind the wheel and we'll see what's what then.

 

I hate the GT-R!

But I will probably buy one . . .

I would never take it over the Porsche, but having both would be sweet.

 

Yeah, I a confused about the hp/weight thing too. It just doesn't add up.

Congrats Nissan, you are winning the game. Porsche, step up.

 

You are too funny

 

*Excellent- in Mr Burns voice.

Eagerly awaiting the V-Spec for the fun to really begin.