2010 Porsche GT3 RS Laps Nurburgring in an Unofficial 7min 33sec

HA HA HA~! Yes, if Porsche has Japanese drivers then this GT3 will make to 1 minute! Only they KNOW how to drive the car. HA HA HAAA

yea but they have AWD. much more grip = easier to go fast.

because it?s not a factory car

What do you mean the ACR isn't a factory car? It's not any different than the GT3RS. It's a track-version of the Viper that can be bought at any Dodge dealership.

Jerry, the ACR can be BOUGHT at the dealership and all of its components can be retro-fitted to previously purchased SRT-10s. No disrespect budd, but it is a factory car and NOT a "Tuner" car.

true dat... my bad... i guess vipers don't inspire respect no offense

I dont know about respect Jerry, maybe its that, its neglect for sure. In Magazine comparisons the SRT-10 base or ACR is often left out, almost like magazines are afraid to show the unbiased results.

Agree!

not bad at all for a RWD too.

they did , no one came even close to their times with a stock GT-R. unless Suzuki really is a magician.

well nissan posted the complete video with a timer on youtube... you can watch it... you can speculate that they cheated put i don't think so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KXIPCQYC4

Wait! How can posting the lap video on Youtube prove that they did not field a stock spec car for the lap? I think the only way to settle this is for an independent test with cars straight off a dealer lot...driven by the Stig. *Although Bruno Senna did prove the GTR was faster on a different track in Fifth Gear...

lol, jerry05cod4, you win the internet !

they have their own league in Japan.

Also the GT-R does race in the Japanese Le Mans series i think the post above eludes to that, not only Super GT. Also it wouldn't surprise me if the GT-R qualifies(not meaning time trial wise) for Le Mans and makes an appearance.

the GT-R doesn't race because it has all wheel drive and turbos. the GT-R GT1 has nothing in common with the stock GR-R , it is RWD and has a NA V8 engine.

they made a turbo S and a GT2 update for the 996, maybe they will make the same for the 997. they already stopped production of the 997 GT2 when the GT3 RS was launched.

Amen scratchy, i hope to high Heaven Porsche makes a new Turbo S, i'ld pray the PDK comes standard of course, except for owners who really want a proper manual.

this is an UNOFFICIAL run by EVO. it might not be the factory driver.

I love the new GT-R, its one of the cars in my would-be dream garage, i just don't believe their times. Im sure it can do better than 7:54 which is very impressive for a 500+hp car(factory power is false) that weighs 3800lbs. It has nothing to do with cry babies on my end, i just dont believe everything i read or in this case see.

Thats true, everyone knows Nissan used the 997Turbo as their bench test mark just as Chevy used the F430(base) as the benchmark tester against their current Z06(GM just sold their GM Heritage NART blue F430 on Barret). So Nissan might have had a chance to make the same slam but didn't. I think Porsche should have just did the same test but report their findings only to Nissan, unless Nissan would totally dismiss them. Rather than going straight to the media.

I think the GT-R is a great car, well worth the money. Is it as magical as Nissan claims it is? I don't think so. First of all the Japanese are very meticulous in their manufacturing and pioneers of quality control. They would never let an engine that has been engineered to produce a certain amount of power be out of spec by a margin of +-10%. Why? Be it more power or less something is wrong. Either the boost is too high, compression is too high, something is out of engineering specs and that engine would never make it out of the factory. As to your comment about poor sportsmanship, it would be poor sportsmanship if they straight out called them liars without any basis, but in this case they merely stated that they had some doubts about the integrity of Nissan's claims based on their own test results with a GT-R. Point is does anyone buy a car simply for one purpose? To drive it around the ring? No, most people that buy any of these cars never go near the ring, perhaps never even in germany so to attach so much meaning and argue about these lap times is pointless. For all we know porsche could be right as nobody yet has been able to get within 10s of Nissan's time with their stock cars, perhaps their car was the equivalent of an Engineering Sample CPU that Intel and AMD give out to benchmarkers which always are of higher grade and will overclock higher than the consumer product. Or maybe Nissan's driver is truly amazing, in which case the car cannot take much of the credit as nobody else has been able to get close to the same time. In either case its a moot point.

Radmiester, if i could ild give you a thumbs up on that comment. You'ld make a better editorial writer for some car magazines ive read.