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2013 Nissan GT-R May Trim 8 Seconds Off Previous 'Ring Lap

 
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The final specs for the 2013 Nissan GT-R haven’t been announced (although we’re expecting them next week), but we know this much: while identical to the 2012 model on the outside, the 2013 Nissan GT-R will make more power and will get suspension improvements.

Rumor has the power output of the 2013 Nissan GT-R at around 550 horsepower, up from 523 in the 2012 version. Right hand drive countries will get a GT-R with an asymmetric suspension to counter the weight of the steering gear, although it isn’t known if this change will make its way to left hand drive cars as well.

As Piston Heads reports, the changes to the 2013 Nissan GT-R are significant enough to lower the car’s Nürburgring lap time by as much as 8 seconds compared to the 2011 car. Those numbers come from Kazutoshi Mizuno, the “father of the Nissan GT-R,” and were given only after careful consideration of the new car’s increased performance.

In other words, the 2013 Nissan GT-R could be as much as 10 seconds faster per lap than the 2011 version, which would put the new car’s ‘Ring lap time between 7:16.22 and 7:14.22. That’s seriously fast, and it may even challenge the Lexus LFA’s lap time of 7:14.64; it would certainly beat the Porsche 911 GT2 RS’ lap time of 7:18 should Mizuno's prediction hold true.

We’ll update you on all the specifications of the 2013 Nissan GT-R as soon as they’re published. We’re pretty sure you can expect a high-speed video tour of the Nürburgring starring the new Nissan GT-R in the coming months as well.



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  1. fb_519418559 avatar Adalberto Burke Posted: 10/27/2011 5:23am PDT

    Sounds good when you read it, but then again you have to wait for the road tests. The Nissan GTR is still a big car compared to Porsche and Lexus LFA, which are slicker. It takes more than simply power to set up records at Nurburgring. If power was the key, then American muscle cars would own most or all the records...
     
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  2. WizardsLore avatar WizardsLore Posted: 10/27/2011 6:13pm PDT

    i maintain that too much emphasis is being placed on the lap times at the Green monster !
    real world figures shoudl be more applicable considering that the GTR is a daily driver as apposed to track day specials like most of the boosted US cars.
     
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  3. fb_519418559 avatar Adalberto Burke Posted: 10/28/2011 8:17am PDT

    @WL: Agree for the most part, but a car that performs well on the Green Hell, will most likely perform well as a daily driving car, as opposed to American muscle cars that can only do wheelies and perform well in a 0-60 run. IMO, there is a lot more to fun driving than that...
     
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  4. fb_1491948054 avatar Kurt Ernst Posted: 10/29/2011 5:37am PDT

    @Adalberto, don't let the muscle cars of old fool you - the new Mustang Boss 302 is a remarkably capable track car, even with a live axle.
     
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