Nissan said it wasn’t done with the GT-R and Germany’s mighty Nurburgring Nordschliefe, and it wasn’t kidding. After setting a blistering 7 minute 29 second best lap in a bog-standard R35 GT-R a year ago, Nissan has managed to raise the bar once more; this time logging a best lap of 7:27.56.

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Okay, this video isn’t of the best quality, but it does answer an intruiging question: is the all-new Z34 Nissan 370Z quicker around a circuit than a tuned version of the motorsport-derived and 350Z-based Nismo 380RS?

Well, with the 380RS boasting 100cc more engine capacity and 36kW more than the 370Z the result is probably a [...]

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It just wouldn’t be a new performance car launch if the ‘green yardstick’, the Nurburgring, wasn’t brought out for some measuring.

This time around, it’s the Chevrolet Camaro SS, and the result announced by GM is a respectable 8 minutes 19 seconds.

With the focus being on the pointy end of the sports car field, over 8 [...]

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In a recent interview with our friends at GTRBlog, Nissan’s Chief Test Driver, Toshio Suzuki, revealed that Nissan will soon be returning to the Nordeschliefe with an ‘09 model GT-R and the new SpecV.

Nissan aims to set new and improved lap records in the process and claw back precious seconds - or even eclipse times [...]

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Reports are trickling in that Chevrolet’s latest and greatest performance flagship, the Corvette ZR-1, has reset its own lap record on that most legendary of automotive yardsticks, the Nurburgring Nordschliefe.

Way back in June, the ZR-1 under the pilotage of GM engineer Jim Mero managed to blitz the full 21 kilometre northern loop in a stunningly-quick [...]

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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… and the moment “grey” importers have been dreading. That’s right, from October 9 onwards, Aussie motorists will finally be able to pre-order themselves their very own officially imported R35 Nissan GT-R.

Just over a year after the order books opened in its native Japan, Nissan’s budget supercar is [...]

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It’s the age-old East v West battle for supremacy. In the red corner is Nissan’s heavyweight, the R35 GT-R. Don’t let its weight fool you though: this sumo can whistle its way through a lap of the mighty Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 29 seconds thanks to its complex AWD system and sophisticated suspension design, [...]

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Aston Martin, like many manufacturers of high-performance cars, spend a lot of time at the Nurburgring, continuously testing and honing their product. They may never admit to it (with the possible exception of Nissan) but lap times of the ‘Ring are a benchmark by which all performance cars are judged.

The famous race track makes [...]

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Well, we know, or at least we think we do, that Nissan will be renaming their hi-po version of the new R35 GT-R, the ‘Spec-V’ and not the ‘V-Spec’ as it was in R32-33-34 guise.

Generally thought to be set for a 2010 debut, the Spec-V is real and Japanese mag Best Car have published an [...]

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Tucked away in the middle of a recent press release was the fact that Audi’s yet to be released RS6 Avant will be making an appearance at this years Melbourne Motor Show. It seems fitting then, that Audi have chosen to release a whole bunch of new images and information regarding their new ‘family pack’ [...]

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Is this the World’s first relatively sensible supercar? The stunning Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept appears to have been the “Belle of the Ball” at this years Detroit Auto Show. Making the production V8 R8 look delicate and petite, the R8 TDI is all open mouthed aggression and frankly, it looks sensational.

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It has been rumoured for some time now that Bugatti were looking at producing a more affordable supercar than the Veyron, so the following piece of news is a little surprising. Instead of aiming for cheaper there are some suggestions that Bugatti are looking at developing a car faster than the already ridiculously fast Veyron.

If [...]

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