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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There’s been a lot of talk of late, and growing competition between car companies, about who holds the fastest lap times around some extremely long old racing circuit in the Eiffel mountains of Germany. It’s got to the point where it’s faintly ridiculous.

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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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Remember that spate of Audi R8 prototype fires earlier this year? Well the truth has finally been revealed and it seems that Audi were testing a Lamborghini Gallardo beating R8 V10 turbo!

The prototypes were fitted with the same 433kW/580hp fitted to the Audi RS6 which would have resulted in blistering Nurburgring lap times. Unfortunately, the [...]

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HSV fans should get ready to go a little weak at the knees with this report. First pictures of GM’s LS9 engine have become available and its basically a supercharged 6.2-litre LS3. Destined for the Corvette ZR1 the new mill is tipped to produce a very handy 485kW/650hp. Being a somewhat simpler solution to the [...]

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With the dust still settling on its silver paintwork at the Tokyo Motor Show, the 2008 Nissan GT-R seems to have it all – or does it? A twin-turbo V6, trick AWD suspension and performance times to shame the majority of supercars the GT-R is available in just one model variant…which is a little disappointing [...]

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You may think we have gone slightly batty with regards to the 2008 Nissan GT-R’s imminent release, and I for one can confirm this is true. News overnight has seen a basic presale pamphlet for the new GT-R being posted on the web.

This pamphlet is to be made available to the Japanese public this Thursday, [...]

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Onlookers have reportedly hand timed the 2008 Nissan GT-R putting down some serious lap times at the world famous Nurburgring Nordschleife racetrack.

You may remember our recent article on the Porsche GT2 lapping an incredibly quick 7mins 32 seconds, which is an exceptional lap time for any road legal car on the ‘Green Hell’ as it [...]

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The latest Corvette Z06 has been out for a little while now so its not like it is new news but I thought an article was needed just to give the knockers of push-rods and cubic inches a few interesting facts.

The Z06 is a production Corvette available in the US for around US75k and [...]

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2007 C63 AMG PRESS RELEASE

In the German Touring Car Championships (DTM) the new AMG C-Class ensures exciting motor racing at the highest level, and now its roadgoing sister model is celebrating its debut: the new C 63 AMG. Its AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine develops a peak output of 336 kW/457 hp and a maximum torque [...]

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