Nissan GTR beats Porsche, McClaren times at Nurburgring

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Motor Trend is now reporting that when the GT-R was lapping the Nurburgring, Nissan engineers recorded the best lap time at 7:35. Reliable sources told Motor Trend that the Nissan GT-R beat the Porsche 996 GT2, Porsche 977 Turbo and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The 7:35 time of the Nissan GT-R is one second slower than the Koenigsegg CCR and two seconds slower than the Pagani Zonda F.
Nissan is still at the Nurburgring attempting to beat its own and other lap times. Earlier this morning we reported the official specs on the GT-R. The Nissan GT-R is powered by a 3.8 liter V6 engine that produces 473 horsepower and 434 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 mph takes a quick 3.5 seconds while top speed is 192 mph.
 
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So far, I think it's ugly.

As for the lap times, I agree with Tool Fan. At that price, it better be damn good. Let's face it. Nissan isn't going to have the cachet of a Porsche, etc. Porsche can charge a premium for performance. At $80,000, Nissan better damn well have kick ass performance b/c no one is gonna pay that much purely for the badge.
 


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