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Nissan GT-R laps the Nurburgring in 7m 29 seconds! Lies, says Porsche

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

2008 Nissan GT-RAs you may know, Nissan brought its well-known GT-R on the Nürburgring (Nordschleife) racetrack and on April 17th 2007, the so-called Godzilla set a record lap time of 7 minutes and 29 seconds, with one second slower than the Porsche Carrera GT. After this record, things were not the same for Porsche. Defeated on its own territory, the German manufacturer couldn’t handle the truth and did some research. Nissan lies! Was the verdict!

Now let us tell you why. Porsche bought a Nissan GT-R and brought it to the German racetrack and the surprise came out: the Nissan GT-R raced the lap in 7 minutes and 54 seconds, with over 25 seconds more than the lap raced by Nissan driver. Moreover, the Porsche 911 Turbo and the GT2 were also faster than the GT-R: the turbo did 7 minutes and 38 seconds while the GT2 finished the lap in 7 minutes and 34 seconds. So what Porsche says, is that it is not clear how Nissan raced that lap so fast! This means that Nissan lies?

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