As promised Nissan has returned to Germany's famous Nurburgring racetrack to lower the production car lap record it set in controversial circumstances last year (more here).
Official GT-R test driver Toshio Suzuki confirmed to Carsales.com.au in February (see our earlier report here) that the company would return with the aim of slashing five-seconds off the 7min29sec with the V-Spec GT-R.
Driving a Japanese specification GT-R on V-Spec wheels and tyres (Dunlop rubber and RAYS forged alloy wheels) managed to beat the old time with a lap of 7min27secs. Nissan blamed sand and dust on the 20km circuit for the failure to achieve the five-second improvement.
If track conditions improve the team will try and improve again in the coming days.
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