Family Feud: Nissan GT-R Smacks Nissan Primera, ends up on a Tree

The power, the looks, the brains - um, in this case better cross the last one out... According to Romanian media reports, the driver of this Nissan GT-R was merrily "testing" the Japanese sports coupe's ability to go over 150km/h (around 100mph) on a central road in the capital city of Bucharest when all of sudden, a mundane Nissan Primera appeared out of nowhere...

After rear-ending the poor guy in the family car the driver of GT-R lost control of the vehicle which smashed into a tree knocking it down. Believe it or not, according to the report, apart from some minor scratches, no one was seriously injured in the accident.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com

2010 Nissan GT-R Allegedly Laps the Nurburgring 1.44 Sec Faster than 2009 model

Of course you're wondering why we're saying 'allegedly'. Well, simply put, at the time this post was written, no Nissan media site that we know of -Japanese included- has issued an official press release on the matter. Most websites have published a supposedly official release saying that Nissan lapped the Nurburgring with a Japanese specification 2010 GT-R facelift running on Dunlop tires with RAYS forged alloy wheels, in 7 minutes and 27.56 seconds, or about 1.44 seconds faster than the pre-facelift model. We'll update this post as soon as we find something officially-official from Nissan.

Via: Autoblog.com

Nissan GT-R Snares New Nurburgring Record

The all-conquering Nissan GT-R supercar has set another lap record at the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany.

A Japanese specification GT-R, running on Dunlop tyres with RAYS forged alloy wheels (V-spec equipment) recorded a blistering 7min 27.56 secs yesterday.

Driven by Nissan's Chief test driver Toshio Suzuki (who recently demonstrated the GT-R to the Australian media in Sydney at Eastern Creek Raceway) piloted the performance coupe.

Although dry, the track surface grip was impaired by dust and sand. Under the direction of Nissan GT-R Chief Vehicle Engineer, Kazutoshi Mizuno, and depending on conditions, the Nissan test team will attempt another record at the 'Ring tomorrow.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com

First British Drivers take Delivery of Nissan GT-R

Today, the very first British buyers took delivery of the much-hyped Nissan GT-R sportscar. Luckily for them, all GT-Rs arriving in the UK are 2009MY meaning that they feature the 5HP power increase for an overall output of 485HP, suspension and various other upgrades. Nissan UK said that subsequent deliveries are planned for soon after though, due to high demand, those ordering will have to wait for at least a year to get their hands on the car. Since the order books opened in UK on 2nd April 2008, Nissan has received 1,250 deposits from buyers.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com