If You Thought the Old GT-R Was Impressive, Stand by To Think Again
Dirk Schoysman is one of those people whose appearance belies his profession. Tall, quietly spoken, gently humorous and perpetually affable, he looks like he should be employed in a thoroughly wholesome occupation. A veterinarian perhaps, or a charity worker. What he absolutely does not look like is the man who, in all probability, knows the Nürburgring Nordschleife better than anyone else alive or dead. When we met him he was about to complete his 19,000th lap of the most terrifying and challenging racetrack on earth, and as that lap measures close to 14 miles, that means he’s driven the distance from the earth to the moon on this track. If there is a better man to introduce me to the 2012 Nissan GT-R, I’ve not met him.
It’s hard to believe it was back in 2007 when the GT-R’s creator Kazutoshi Mizuno first … Details