FULL VIDEO of the Nissan GT-R's 7:38 run at the Nurbrugring

it tops 997 turbos lap of 7:44 by about 6 seconds. Wow now that is quite an amazing achievement. It would have been even better if they were able to record on tape one of those 7:35 lap times that many speculate nissan gtr has achieved.

— farabira1 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:02:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

So the camo/concept car did it in basically 7.39 I somehow doubt that this is the same car you or me can buy. Camo/concept cars are rarely the same thing as you buy from the lot.

— Threepoint1415926 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:06:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

i dont think this vehicle needs any more explanation...

in other threads many doubted the times the GTR was capable of...i'm awaiting the rebuttals!!!

truly an amazing piece of work. now for the upcoming NSX and LF-A -- they better step their game up to be on par with this beast.

— r15mohd (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:09:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Great Nissan, thank you for bring Godzilla back and back with a vengence.

r15, don't worry the Lexus LF-A is rumor to have 570+hp will NOT disappointed you. Just look at the stat of the Lexus IS-F, see what I mean.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:29:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

correction, it great job Nissan

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:38:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

does that have anything to do with the production vehicle???

le mans consist of tuned motors...having to be serviced after every run.

the GTR is a production vehicle that will be ran with RELIABILITY...

two different aspects...

— r15mohd (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:00:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

Where is the full video ?????

All i am getting is useless links to sites announcing "full video" but i see no video.

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:41:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

The Nissan GTR with a price tag you can't beat and extraodinary performance as well . If definitely stealing all the attention away from the Audi R8.

I just can't wait to see the stat for the Nissan GTR upper model with rumor of having 550hp. But I can assure it stat will definitely blow your mind away.

Again congratulation to Nissan and it engineering team, great job Nissan.

Lexus
ps. let hope the Lexus LF-A and Honda NSX can match this stat.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:45:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

So all things considered it's about 7:39-7:40. A very very good time but not quite the GT2.

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:59:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I agree somewhat with Threepoint. It started out at 7:32, then 7:35, then 7:38 and now its 7:38.54. An incredible achievement, but we still don't have an independent test and we don't even know what model of the GTR is being driven. Despite the debate, its very very fast and a huge departure in its design I think for the good.

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:18:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

sevor, I said it a rumor, I did NOT said it a fact.

Lexus

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:21:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Nice run by GTR. Im still curious though, concept version is it a strip version of the GTR? you can see the interior trim etc. but stuff like heating and a/c can affect weight of the car. Still a fantastic run by Nissan. Love the presence of the GTR, make the exotics work even harder to improve there stuff.
With the Porsche fanatics and GTR fanatics going at it. My question is if you were given a choice between the two cars to drive for free for a year. What would the choice be?

— Motorhead (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:22:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The one thing I can say about the GTR driving around the Nurbrugring, and that is it's the fugliest car to ever drive around the Nurbrugring.

Mercy :(

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 7:23:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -7   

theres only one thing more painful than having to wait to buy this machine and that's reading people bitching about 0.54 seconds from a 13 mile lap. last time i checked 7.38.54 is less than 7.40. i mean, am i missing something here? why would they show the video if it wasnt the same car they are selling? why not just go one further and say, "well how do you know that was even a nissan, maybe the video is of another car completely."

not quite the gt2? nissan bought a 997 turbo to test against, not a gt2. why dont we just say, "yah 7.38 is an ok time. the zonda f is still faster."

and people are claiming up and down the street that the R8 is the best everyday supercar. well i for one am not wearing a veil over my face.

— gsh23 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 8:07:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Let me get this straight, that's 7.38 with camo and with the track wet. Remove the camo and ofcouse this will reduce drag, and with better driving conditions and the GTR should hit the 7.35 of less. Great job Nissan! I hope the waiting list is not that long cuz I want one RIGHT NOW

— PintoRacer (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 9:32:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

The more I read and watch new Nissan GT-R, the more I admire it design, engineering and performance. Is it just me or most people up here experiencing the same thing?

Godzilla....is back with Vegence...., here me Roar....LOL :) ............

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2007 11:32:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

What a great video!

— investor27 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 12:25:56 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Now why doesn't Lexus do this with the IS-F and LF-A?

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 10:49:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

@EL34

Don't cry because the GTR kicked the ass of the Germans bad.

— STJ88 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 11:01:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

You have to give it to Nissan. For the price of a base 911 Carrera they have a car that probably beat the 911 Turbo. Of course if the Nissan had over 200 meters less to travel that might negate the 2 seconds. However it is still a remarkable accomplishment.But remember I doubt Porsche is sitting still. It would not take Porsche a lot to tweek the 911 turbo to make up or beat 2 seconds over 13 miles.Lighter seats,a slight tweek to the engine or suspension and your there. Because over those 13 miles are over 188 corners.So I would not call 2 seconds over 13 miles an ass kicking.If you notice in the video the last part of the course is pretty long straightaway. A really fast/quick car could easily make up those 2 seconds right there.

— mini22 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 4:42:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

pretty impressive given the cost of a skyline is around 80k and laps the ring faster then all the cars in its price range, and has the looks...what's stupid is where the gtr starts is not where the gtr's laptime ends and isn't a proper start and finish mark always at teh same place...there was a best motoring video awhile ago claiming the nsx could lap the ring in under 8 min, the start line and finish line were like a couple miles away, how could they claim that to be a proper lap time?! ridiculous and same with this vid but obviously not as bad, i would add maybe 2 or 2.5 seconds to the 7.38 so still pretty good

we just await to see if the production car can lap it as fast, i'm not saying it can't but just gotta wait and see..also where it says those areas of the track are wet may not actually be wet cause it so dark you cna't even see a thing and when the skyline comes out of the dark its completely dry so don't believe everything they tell you..

— recca7 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 8:55:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

if i had the money i'd definitely take this over an M3 or RS4...same price range and twice the performance..forget all about that "at the end of the day its a nissan" at the end of the day the M3 and RS4 both got owned by a "nissan"

— recca7 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2007 9:12:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Nissan was almost out of business a year ago.

— 993Turbo (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2007 7:02:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1