2010 Nissan GT-R Beats Nurburgring Record

The 2009 World Performance Car and the Nissan team behind it, led by Nissan chief test driver Toshio Suzuki, managed to set a new in-house record at the Nurburgring track, using a Japanese specs base model series GT-R. The new lap record now stands at 7:27.56, improved from the previous 7:29, gtrblog.com reported. The record beating run took place under the eyes of press representatives, as well as envoys from Porsche Stuttgart.

The new record entered the books on April the 15th, after a run at an ambient temperature of 21 degrees Celsius, a track temperature of 26 degrees and relative humidity was 25 percent. The Nissan GT-R ran on Nismo ClubSport Rays 20 inch forged aluminium wheels shoed with Dunlop tires. The Japanese manufacturer said in a release that "although dry, the track surface grip was impaired by dust and sand."

As a result, the company and the Nissan team is at this time still at the track trying to better the result obtained two days ago. Under the direction of Nissan GT-R Chief Vehicle Engineer, Kazutoshi Mizuno, Nissan is resuming the runs after a previous attempt made today was interrupted by rain.

The GT-R managed to beat its own previous record thanks to its upgraded 3.6l twin-turbo V6 providing 485 horsepower (up from the 480 horsepower of the previous version) controlled through paddle-shifted dual clutch rear transmission.

The record breaker time comes one year after the previous time (minus a day). Recently Nissan Motors Australia launched the GT-R to the Australian press at a track day at Eastern Creek raceway in Sydney. The Aussie GT-R was also piloted by Suzuki.