the 2013/2014 nissan gt-r has set a new record lap time of 7 minutes and 18 seconds on the nurburgring nordschleife, more than eight seconds faster than its old 7:26:70 time of 2009. The japanese believe that after setting the lap time, they can do even better by using a new track edition 2013/2014 model.

Chief engineer kazutoshi mizuno said there’s “quite a bit of margin” in the car’s current time for the 20km-long green hell. He stated that the new track edition gt-r might be good for a time under seven minutes, which sounds quite surreal if you consider the difference is over 18 seconds.

The new track edition features a roll-cage and it lost most of the interior exposing the bare metal, but features the same engine as the regulation gt-r. The 550 horses of its engine make contact with the pavement using dunlop slick tires, developed especially for the gt-r.