Nissan Chief Engineer Says 2013MY GT-R has the Potential to Lap the Ring in Under 7:20" [+Videos]
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Nissan Chief Engineer Says 2013MY GT-R has the Potential to Lap the Ring in Under 7:20" [+Videos]



During the media presentation of the tweaked 2013MY GT-R (to be sold as a 2012 model in markets outside North America) at the Sugo International Race Circuit in Japan, Nissan Chief Vehicle Engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno told journalists that the updated model has the potential to turn the Nürburgring circuit in under 7 minutes and 20 seconds.

We’ll remind you that the revised 2012MY GT-R shaved more than two seconds off the time of the 2011MY version dropping it from 7:26.4" to 7:24.22".

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