New Skyline laps Nurburgring @7.15

[charged]

Got this off another website, thats an amazing time

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au...issan_gtr.html

And as part of the preparations, the 450bhp V6-engined, four-wheel-drive machine is aiming to make a series of record-breaking runs at the legendary Nürburgring circuit in Germany. It was heading there when our spies saw the car - and snapped this first picture of the interior.

According to experts, the newcomer is currently completing laps of the dem­anding track in only seven minutes, 15 seconds - which means the Nissan is averaging as much as 110mph! The assessments are being carried out while the car is still in its disguised form, with black masking covering the nose and rear end. However, what is clear - thanks to our exclusive picture of the cabin - is that an LCD display will take pride of place in the centre of the GT-R's dashboard.

The latest Nissan will get a semi-automatic gearbox and bucket-style racing seats, too. Company bosses have yet to confirm when the car will go on sale in this country. How­ever, it's believed the new Skyline could set buyers back more than £55,000 should they wish to im­port one personally from Japan.

Records courtesy Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordsch...6_Sport_Racers

[derekthetree]

so it laps the same as a 911 with 535bhp and weighs just about 1300kg

only one emoticon needed

[2ndclasscitizen]

Not bad considered it apparently weighs nearly 1800kg.

[Falcon500]

This is all impressive but rember its all specualtion atm this car might still be very diffrent by the time we get it.

[my porsche]

Too bad it's target audience doesn't have a clue as to what the Nurburgring is.

[The_Canuck]

Too bad it's target audience doesn't have a clue as to what the Nurburgring is.

...KOTR...

[P4g4nite]

Bridge for sale!.......Going cheap..

[fisetdavid26]

Wow. Awesome performance. I can't wait to see the final version! I just hope we won't read stupid comments like "Meh. 7'15. I can do 3'58 with my 1300 hp R34 y0o."

[P4g4nite]

Well you see Fiestadavid, any "stupid comments" would automatically be redundant because of the 7:15 claim already made when the caliber of vehicle required to make such a time is considered.

The production GTR is as likely to do a 7:15 around the Nuburgring as it is to be powered by admiring glances.

[drakkie]

This is all impressive but rember its all specualtion atm this car might still be very diffrent by the time we get it.

Not too likely since they clearly appear to have finished the principle solutions phase and are now in the last bit of the detailing phase... Nissan won't be too happy to make any big changes by now as it'd be like redesigning the entire car

[Quiggs]

I heard from a guy whose brother works for a company that was kinda involved in building the new GTR, and he said that the Skyline really ran a 32 second lap, but it was so fast that no one could see the car, so they had to detune it. True story.

[fisetdavid26]

Well you see Fiestadavid, any "stupid comments" would automatically be redundant because of the 7:15 claim already made when the caliber of vehicle required to make such a time is considered.

The production GTR is as likely to do a 7:15 around the Nuburgring as it is to be powered by admiring glances.

Yeah, I understand. Thanks for your input.

On a side note, it's fisetdavid, not fiestadavid. Unless you modified it yourself!

[VtecMini]

Not too likely since they clearly appear to have finished the principle solutions phase and are now in the last bit of the detailing phase... Nissan won't be too happy to make any big changes by now as it'd be like redesigning the entire car

Far be it for me to question the ineffable darkkie, but the fact that they are testing the car to me suggests that they are prepared to make changes. Surely the very principle of testing is the process of finding the best solution in the interest of improvement.

Changes don't have to total re-design. For example, what if they running a series of tests on different tyres, to decide which one they were to use when it goes on sale? How about tweaks to the transmission's software?

It's all somewhat irrelevant anyway. It's all just autoexpress conjecture, just for a change.

[Ferrer]

It still is ugly though...

[Waugh-terfall]

oOOH, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I SAW ON THE NURB' WEBCAM!