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Nissan has scored a new record lap time for its GT-R at the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit with a sprint around the track on April 23rd coming in at 7 minutes and 26.7 seconds.
The GT-R beat its previous record, set a few days earlier on April 15, of 7 minutes 27.56 seconds.
The new record time is a milestone for Nissan, an elbow nudge at the more snooty Euro-centric car folks who may be a little too provincial about their dominance of endurance races at tracks like the Nurburgring.
But more importantly, its the democratic principle at work here. The GT-R is a more populist model, and the track time is meant to impress customers who opt for it over its more illustrious and expensive premium counterparts from the likes of Porsche, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, etc.