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VIDEO: Nissan GT-R sets new record on the Nurburgring circuit

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The Japanese from Nissan succeeded to conquer the “Green Hell” beating some famous models in terms of performance on the German track. More exactly, Nissan GT-R managed to obtain a very good lap time, Nurburgring’s 20 kilometers being done in just 7 minutes and 24 seconds, faster than some hot supercars that struggled to get the fastest time, models such as Pagani Zonda F or Ferrari Enzo.

Nissan GT-R on Nurburgring
Nissan GT-R on Nurburgring

Packing a powerful V6 engine under the bonnet, the Japanese model managed to behave beyond the expectations, some minor aerodynamic tweaks helping the model to get a better performance on the circuit together with an improved transmission.

The 3.8-liter engine that offers 485 horses in standard gets some serious upgrades in order to develop no less than 530 horsepower and 612 Nm of torque, the current GT-R obtaining an improved time by 2,45 seconds compared to the previous generation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK62yyQ33_U

With this ocassion, Nissan released a video to prove the new achievement of their supercar on the famous German track.

Andrei Ursu
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Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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