At last November’s LA Auto Show, Nissan lifted the sheets off the revised GT-R that recently went on sale as a 2012MY in North America and as a 2011MY in the rest of the world. Key changes over the previous model include a 45HP bump in output to 530HP, plus a series of aero and chassis tweaks.
For those of you wondering how these modifications affected the GT-R’s performance on the notorious Nordschleife, Nissan’s team managed to shave more than two seconds off the 2011MYs time of 7:26.4, dropping it to 7:24.22, allegedly in less than ideal conditions. You’ll have to skip to about 3:20 into the clip for the driving to begin.
We also found a edited film on Youtube that compares the 2012 GT-R and Corvette ZR-1 on the 'Ring in a split format, which was created by synchronizing the two videos at the pit exit. Watch both videos after the jump.
On a side note, if any of our Japanese readers could help us with the translation in the first clip, we’d appreciate it.
6:48 Radical SR8 LM
6:55 Radical SR8
7:11.5 Gumpert Apollo Speed
7:14.89 Donkervoort D8 RS
7:18 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
7:18.1 Donkervoort D8 RS
7:22.1 Dodge Viper ACR (2009)
7:24 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
7:24.22 Nissan GT-R (2011)
7:24.3 Maserati MC12
7:24.44 Pagani Zonda F Clubsport
7:25.7 Ferrari Enzo
7:26.4 Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (2009)
2012 GT-R VS Corvette ZR1
New Nissan GT-R 2011 7:24:22 Nurburgring Lap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK62yyQ33_U
2012 GT-R VS Corvette ZR1 @ Nurburgring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2WPFlm22o