Nissan GT-R V-Spec prototype breaks records
Nissan has been testing a quicker prototype version of their new GT-R sports car at the German Nurburgring racetrack. The standard GT-R is already faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo, at 7 minutes 38 seconds for one lap, and Nissan had promised to beat the Carrera GT supercar in the near future. It appears Nissan has done the unthinkable. The faster new version, called the GT-R V-Spec, has been casually timed at 7:25.
In comparison, the Porsche Carrera GT did a lap of the track in 7:28. A Pagani Zonda F Clubsport did it in a little above 7:27 in semi-wet conditions. There is no other production street-car quicker around the track than the GT-R V-Spec, except for heavily modified one-off tuner cars such as a race-ready BMW M3 CSL tuner or specialty vehicles such as the Donkervoort DS R8.
Visually, the GT-R V-Spec has a front lower splitter, new lighter wheels, different rear spoiler and lots of carbon-fiber panels. It is expected to be lighter by 330 lbs and have 70 more horses. The car should hit showrooms by early next year.
April 25th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Great times but I still don’t like the look of the bloody car. I am sure the open grill helps get air to flow into the engine a great deal more efficiently than the GT-R34 but bollocks it still looks like a giant mouth and well not attractive at all. The new GT-R looks like Nissan was confused and decided to put the Altima coupe, 350Z, and G35 together in a blender and voila you get the new GT-R. Yes you have the power and it’s lighter etc. but it’s hard to look past the appearance.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:16 am
I dunno, I also hated the design at the beginning but then it kinda grows on you..