It was rumour last month, but now it’s official: the R35 Nissan GT-R has logged a new personal best at the Nurburgring Nordschliefe of seven minutes, twenty-six seconds and seven-hundred milliseconds.

That is all, you can go back inside now.

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It was only last week that we learnt that the ‘always in development never on sale’ Lexus LF-A was heading back to the ‘Ring to compete in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in May.

The latest news is that incoming Toyota President, Akio Toyoda (grandson of the company’s founder) will be enjoying some wheel time during [...]

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While many Aussies need little convincing that our local V8 sedans are entirely ‘the business’ when it comes to RWD bang-for-your-buck, it’s always nice to receive some real-world confirmation. Proof of that fact has recently arrived courtesy of our burnout-loving friends in America. There are reports circulating that they’ve managed to muscle a Pontiac G8 GXP around the Nurburgring in a highly [...]

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What is it about bragging rights that strikes deep into the psyche? And right now, for production sports cars there’s no bragging right hotter than the Nürburgring Nordschleife production car lap record. You can make a ‘bazillion’ kilowatts, but more has been said about the Dodge Viper ACR, Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, Porsche 911 Turbo and [...]

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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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Like the car itself, the news concerning Nissan’s GT-R is relentless and unstoppable. News is just out that Nissan’s favourite son has broken though the 7:30 seconds barrier at the ‘Green Hell’, posting a Nurburgring lap time of 7:29 seconds – astonishing really.

For much the same reason that the Top Gear boys claim a 4 [...]

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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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Despite the best efforts of various governments, minority groups and as Jeremy Clarkson would say, “bearded folk”, our love affair with the car continues to gain momentum. Track days throughout Europe are a burgeoning business as keen drivers head to the relative safety of the track to satisfy their need for speed.

Of course, there is [...]

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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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What is arguably the most lethal mass produced road vehicle to come out of Stuttgart (nicknamed “The Widow-Maker” for good reason) and weighing in at just under 1200 kgs (thanks to the decision to ditch the all wheel drive, the addition of a titanium exhaust and some trimming of unnecessary interior items) the new 911 [...]

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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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