New Nissan GTR record at the Ring – Nissan’s Official Announcement

After we talked about the old Nissan GTR Nurburgring record a few weeks ago, there has been confirmation about the new attemp by Nissan late previous month. We had to wait for the official announcement by Nissan, so we can confirm this. The Nissan GT-R, winner of the 2009 World Performance Car of the Year, has improved its lap time at the renowned Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany to 7min 26 seconds 70 on April 23. This is amazing result, coming just under a month from the old record that was beaten on April 15 this year.

This new time underlines Nissan engineering team’s commitment to constantly challenge the GT-R’s performance. Getting the car to perform even better is something that the Nissan engineers are working hard at achieving all this time here. Previous recorded lap times at the ‘Ring’ were:

• 7 minutes 27 seconds 56 on April 15, 2009
• 7 minutes 29 in April 2008
• 7 minutes 38 in September 2007

“This record demonstrates our commitment to the continuous evolution of the Nissan GT-R,” says Kazutoshi Mizuno, Chief Vehicle Engineer and Chief Vehicle Specialist. “We would like to continue delivering the passion and pride of ownership to our customers by improving its performance every year.”

The Nissan GT-R has won more than a dozen awards globally including Car of the Year from CAR Magazine in the UK, and Car of the Year by both Motor Trend and Automobile Magazine in the US. Nice collection of awards, for a car that is only here for a limited amount of time, but which has proven itself both on the track, and on the streets in normal life, which can only be done by an amazing car.

While the Nissan GT-R benefits from a strong image and heritage amongst performance car aficionados, its updated 2010 version will be the first to be sold globally. It was launched:

• in Japan in December 2008,
• in the US in March 2009
• in Europe, GCC, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan in April 2009

Europe is currently in the process of delivering the first GT-Rs to more than 2,200 pre-order customers. The model R35 GT-R was first launched in Japan in December 2007, selling 5,900 units until March 2009. It went on sale in the US in July 2008, where 2,100 have been sold so far. Be sure to check out our photoshoot done by 360 Forged Photography of the modded Nissan GTR done by ASR Engineering and 360 Forged that was published earlier this year, and enjoy the pictures.

Source: Nissan Press Release VIA GTR Blog.com

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