The Nurburgring war continues - Nissan is defending the GT-R’s Nurburgring lap time of 7:29 after Porsche said the automaker had exaggerated its claim. Porsche recently took a GT-R along with its new 911 Turbo and GT2 to the Nurburgring and said that there is no way that the Nissan GT-R had lapped the Nurburgring in 7:29 unless special tires were used. “The final word from us is that it was done on absolutely standard tyres which are available to customers in the showroom. They’re not trick tyres – absolutely standard tyres, normal road tyres,” said Nissan Europe’s spokesman Neil Reeve.

Reeve said that the GT-R comes with Bridgestone and Goodyear Dunlop tires and that the Dunlop tires gave a slightly better time around the Nurburgring.
He went on to say: “I’m cheeky enough to say it’s flattering that Porsche

We’re not sure why Porsche isn’t calling out the Corvette ZR1 which claims 7:26 or the Viper SRT10 ACR which claims 7:22.1. have bought themselves a GT-R and flown it to Germany, they want to try it. I guess that’s some kind of stamp of approval.”

 

Nissan can make the best car in the world and they still won't get my business... If how they treat potential buyers is any indication, I can't imagine how horrendous the service side would be.

 

My co worker had a nissan 350Z and said the service department was terrible.

 

That's it? No name-calling, not even any race cards pulled against the germans? Geeze. The "Yes it is!" "No it isn't" sandbox I can do without . . .

 

The service is actually good over here, whenever we do service for a nissan over here or an infiniti some employee calls from Middle east HQ/Dubai asking how service is done, any comments or improvements you would like to add after you get the car back.

I can say Toyota and Infiniti/Nissan care for their customers more than BMW or other European marquee dealership would do over here.

 

Sounds like Nissan is saying like don't look at us, look at the corvette and viper.