Then it's reasonably safe to say that GT-R Spec V will be the true production King of the Ring.

Outside of this obviously being an amazing car, driving the ring in anything under 7:35 is quite a gamble, for the car and the driver.

lol what are you basing this statement on?
why is it 7:35 and not 7:34.5? or 7.36??

i think what he is saying any car at that speed is on the edge...we pray that diaster does not strike (knock on wood). has anyone crashed a test car on the ring. (other then catchiggn on fire like the R8)

It was merely used to express the speed, not the time.

The Nissan GT-R's 7:29 lap record won't stand for long if Chevrolet has anything to say about it. Speaking with InsideLine, Corvette Chief Engineer, Tadge Jeuchter, says that the ZR1, "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack," and that although Chevy doesn't have a production version of the uber-Vette at the Nurburgring yet, they're expecting a lap time of "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." That sounds like smack-talk to us. But while the ZR1 might have the potential to best the GT-R's 'Ring time, the 550-600 hp elephant in the room is the forthcoming GT-R V-Spec, which is already putting down (roughly-timed) laps around the North Loop in the 7:25 realm. Let the battle begin. We're making popcorn now.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/c...he-ring-for-l/

^ i just read that as well playdoh, with the money chevy is putting into that vette and the current popularity of the "ring" the zr1 better break the 7:20's. But if I had to guess now I'd say the v-spec GTR might still remain supreme with its awd system advantage.

I hope nobody dies trying in this Ring war.

damn, now everyone is all hyped with the ring

but seriously

god damn Nissan

you did it, and to think its only 90K...........

70k not 90k,

the zr1 is running low 7:40s right now, we will see how well it does when it hits production. If anything, cars like Cayman besting the 911 and GT-R besting the z06 shows that it takes a lot more than pure power and acceleration.

the ZR1 is more of a competitor of the Spec V than the regular GT-R... we will see what kind of chasis and suspension improvement is going into the zr1 because just the extra power is not going to do it.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/g...-down-to-7-29/
:Eyecrazy:
How about that!?

It's official. Expect a multi-year waiting list for one, and expect to pay way above MSRP.

my buddie in my local g35 club got one on order for MSRP in Virginia. good deals should be around here and there fr those with the dedication to search

i meant the spec-V

omfg omfg omfg omfg T.T

I so want one!!

After previous incarnations of the Nissan GT-R ran away with successive JGTC titles, Japan's GT Association decided to inflict "success ballast" on race winners in an attempt to level the playing field (i.e give Toyota and Honda a chance).

As the current GT-R race car is built to 2009 Super GT specifications, the GT-A handed it a weight penalty of 50kgs added right from the start of the season. After winning Round 1 in Suzuka car number 23 had to carry an additional 50kgs at Round 2 in Sugo, which it promptly won anyway. Then thanks to also setting numerous fastest laps and other speeding offenses it was deemed that Benoit Treluyer and Satoshi Motoyama's ride would have to port an massive 200ks (440lbs) of ballast at this weekend's race at Fuji Speedway.

That presents a couple of problems. Firstly, where the heck do you safely stow 200kgs of lead? And would the car meet GT-A regulations even if Nissan found a way to do it? The ruling body's compromise was to give the car a 115kg penalty and fit a stifling restrictor to the GT-R's air intake. That knocked 30kph off the GT-R's maximum velocity at the end of Fuji's 1.5km straight, and in the words of Benoit, "Gives us no chance at all."

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/05/s...-rd-3-results/

looks like the party has been spoiled

Interesting thing to note is that I don't think Nissan ever mentioned Corvette as being a competitor. Probably, doesn't even perceive it to be a threat.

to me it dosnt matter what nissan says, people compare the gt-r with the vette anyways. only fanbois are infatuated with everyithing the manufacturer says.

It's the Corvette of Japan. No surprise there.