Nissan introducing new owners to their GT-Rs at the Nurburgring
Click above to view hi-res gallery of the Nissan GT-R Academy
With a 7:29 lap time, Nissan contends its GT-R is the King of the 'Ring. What better place, then, to introduce the new supercar to its European owners than the track infamously known as the Green Hell?
In conjunction with the Silverstone International racing school, Nissan is taking some 1,300 European GT-R customers to the Nurburgring over the course of 19 days to take ownership of their vehicles with some performance driving tutelage. The program at the 'Ring follows a similar one held for 500 British customers at Silverstone, the former host of the British Grand Prix. According to Nissan and Silverstone International, about half of the participants had taken some sort of advanced driving course before, but the overwhelming majority of them said the GT-R Academy was the best they'd experienced. We're still waiting for Nissan NA to offer something similar at Laguna, Road America or Miller Motorsports park. Just sayin'.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
cye 6:08PM (10/23/2008)
King of the Ring???? I guess they don't consider ZR1 or Viper ACR as car.....
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Dunc 6:10PM (10/23/2008)
haha thats what I was thinking!
Franz 6:11PM (10/23/2008)
Don't read too much into it. Even if Nissan did contend that the GT-R was King with the 7:29, that was way back before the ZR1 or ACR made their runs. I doubt they're singing the same tune now.
why not the LS2LS7? 6:14PM (10/23/2008)
I'm thinking even if the car isn't "King" of the Ring, it does well enough that Nissan has something to crow about.
Russell 6:51PM (10/23/2008)
I love rice.
Andy 6:10PM (10/23/2008)
I wonder if Nissan will tell them to turn their VDC off and use launch control to get off the line...
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Mobius_1 7:13PM (10/23/2008)
I wonder if this is a plan by Nissan to void all participants' warranties and make money in the future from replacing broken transmissions...
That's probably my biggest complaint about the GT-R, other than that, it is an amazing, revolutionary car.
Big Rocket 7:30PM (10/23/2008)
@Andy: Except you wouldn't need launch control at the Nurburgring. Ring times are customarily recorded with rolling starts.
kal326 2:55PM (10/24/2008)
@Big Rocket
"ROOOOOOLLING STAAART!"
Yar 6:10PM (10/23/2008)
7:54
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Franz 6:12PM (10/23/2008)
You working with Porsche now Yar? ;)
Yar 6:50PM (10/23/2008)
No, I'm just being an ass, as usual.
You'd think everyone would be used to my shenanigans by now...
Duders 8:24PM (10/23/2008)
Really am suprised you haven't been flamed to death by now. I'm on your side though, Nissan has always been fishy with their race track times. I'm sure once the spec v comes out Nissan will be claiming sub 7 times.
Though I am much more of a fan of the GT-R then I am of the ZR1, I don't like companies that can't be honest about how their vehicles perform
doug 6:15PM (10/23/2008)
Gee, do you think Nissan will honor their warranty's after hooning around the 'Ring?
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awkward 6:24PM (10/23/2008)
playstat on 3
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Mr Cool 8:27PM (10/23/2008)
I thought I was the only one who noticed that...
Tim 6:26PM (10/23/2008)
Write down these track times. Do they close the whole thing down for these things
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Adam 6:29PM (10/23/2008)
1..2..3.. PLAYSTAT!
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meshies 6:42PM (10/23/2008)
hahahaha
Adam 6:29PM (10/23/2008)
1..2..3.. PLAYSTAT!
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