{"id":58660,"date":"2012-11-14T15:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=58660"},"modified":"2015-08-22T02:11:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T00:11:44","slug":"20132014-nissan-gt-r-sets-718-lap-time-on-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/11\/14\/20132014-nissan-gt-r-sets-718-lap-time-on-nurburgring\/","title":{"rendered":"2013\/2014 Nissan GT-R Sets 7:18 Lap Time on Nurburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 2013\/2014 Nissan GT-R<\/a> has set a new record lap time of 7 minutes and 18 seconds on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, more than eight seconds faster than its old 7:26:70 time of 2009. The Japanese believe that after setting the lap time, they can do even better by using a new Track Edition 2013\/2014 model.<\/p>\n Chief Engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno said there’s “quite a bit of margin” in the car’s current time for the 20km-long Green Hell. He stated that the new Track Edition GT-R might be good for a time under seven minutes, which sounds quite surreal if you consider the difference is over 18 seconds.<\/p>\n The new Track Edition features a roll-cage and it lost most of the interior exposing the bare metal, but features the same engine as the regulation GT-R. The 550 horses of its engine make contact with the pavement using Dunlop slick tires, developed especially for the GT-R.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The new Nissan GT-R is the ninth-quickest street-legal vehicle in the history around the famous Nordschleife circuit. The blistering time is more than six seconds faster than that achieved by the 2011 GT-R (7:24.22) two years ago, and puts the Japanese supercar equal to the lightweight rear-wheel drive Porsche 911 GT2 RS (also 7:18).<\/p>\n Other cars ahead of the 2013\/2014 Nissan GT-R<\/a> include two Radicals (6:48 and 6:55), the Gumpert Apollo Sport (7:11.57), the Dodge Viper ACR (7:12.13), the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition (7:14.64) and the Donkervoort D8 RS (7:18.1).<\/p>\n For more information on the upgrades of the new 2013\/2014 Nissan GT-R click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n