Nissan’s Nordschleife-busting R35 GT-R is about to get better. The upcoming V-Spec has been confirmed by Nissan and speculation suggests February 2009 for an official release, although nothing has been officially announced. It has been suggested, though, that the GT-R V-Spec could be revealed at the 12th annual Nismo Festival to be held at the [...]
A few days ago a Porsche official made the extraordinary public claim that Nissan cheated when setting the GT-R’s amazing lap of 7 minute 29 seconds around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. And now Nissan is fighting back defending its honour. At a recent preview of the 911 Cabrio August Achleitner, the 911 product chief for Porsche, [...]
This clip is straight from the ‘lucky bastard’ category. As a resident of Nürburg and Nordschleife instructor, Dale Lomas from RSR Nürburg already lives a life that would make many envious. But recently he has been adding to his daily ‘chores’ by assisting Nissan’s GT Academy with their duties. Bastard, haha! Source: bridgetogantry.com
It seems as though Audi is the first German manufacturer to set its sights on reclaiming bragging rights at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Following the much hyped times of the Nissan GT-R (7:29) and the Corvette ZR1 (7:26) Audi reckons their upcoming V10-powered R8 will be able to better the times set by these intercontinental upstarts. [...]
Well, this is the third clip I’ve posted showing the Nissan GT-R’s 7:29 Nürburgring Nordschleife lap, but it is definitely the best. This one, spotted on GTRblog.com, features audio that is much better and the small Nordschleife circuit layout out super imposed on the lower left of screen always makes such footage a favourite. There’s [...]
Here is a much cleaner clip of Nissan’s official footage of the much hyped R35 GT-R lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 29 seconds. It was initially claimed this car was showroom stock, but, apparently the car used in this lap has had some ‘minor tweaks’ for the Japanese market. It is expected these [...]
Just discovered on YouTube is this clip of the R35 Nissan GT-R completing its famed 7 minute 29 second lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It’s a bit of an odd clip, in that it is filmed footage displayed on another monitor, so the quality is not high, especially the audio. I’ll try and scout around [...]
News just to hand, direct from Nissan, that a standard R35 GT-R has lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 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 [...]
News of Nissan’s lighter, faster V-spec version of its GT-R has been around for a while now. Again, from Autoblog, is news that the car has been spied in testing at the Nordschleife. This photo, taken at the mini-Karussell, shows the car being put through its paces, read the Autoblog article for more detail and [...]
Episode six of the current series of Fifth Gear featured the highly anticipated Nissan GT-R and Audi RS6 (see youtube clips below). In fact, Fifth Gear claimed theirs was the world’s first TV clip to review the GT-R. Jonny and Tom had a camp-off, erm, pun intended, with a pair of Volkswagen vans. The second [...]
