Drift King Tsuchiya tests how good the Euro sport cars are against the S2000 on the touge.
Nissan say “The GT-R NISMO took on the world famous Nurburgring and smashed the record……again. Raw power, raw speed, Zero Competition.”
The Stoked News question is: was the car a stock street legal GT-R or a modified track only car? Was the GT-R using race tires or on street legal DOT tires? The bottom line is let’s be careful to compare the GT-R’s truly outstanding time at the Nurburgring to other like cars. It’s a great car, but …
Brian Gillespie crashes his Hasport Hondata Insight at El Mirage dry lakes meet Nov 10th, 2013. The safety equipment worked as designed, and he escaped with relatively minor injuries. The car was the season’s points champion, and was running between 180-190mph when it turned in.
Nürburgring Nordscheleife time is 7:08.679 for the Nissan GT-R NISMO.