The German supercar company, Gumpert, last moth claimed to have smashed the Nürburgring lap record for a production car with a lap time of just 7 minutes and 11 seconds in its Audi-powered Gumpert Apollo Sport supercar! That’s 11 seconds faster than the the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR and the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, and 15 [...]
Earlier this year we reported on Nissan testing a GT-R FIA GT1 race car in Japan, last week Nissan Motorsports (Nismo) entered the Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 race car at the Total 24 Hours of Spa endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The race car was driven by Michael Krumm of Germany, Darren Turner of [...]
Nissan UK have released a limited edition of Nissan’s affordable 370Z sports car in a stunning yellow paint with special black 370Z graphics down the sides, harking back to the 1975 Datsun B210 HoneyBee in North America, but named the 370Z Yellow! Along with the Ultimate Yellow paint job, the 370Z Yellow also gets 19-inch [...]
Just a few months ago, amidst the doom and gloom of tumbling car sales, we reported that Nissan put its GT 2012 plan on hold but it seems that things are changing, according to Auto Express anyway. Auto Express is reporting that Nissan is reviving plans for one of the models that fell under the [...]
Porsche and Nissan are at it again, trading (unofficial) lap times at the 12.9-mile Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. Nissan claimed a time of 7:29.03 for the Nissan GT-R in April last year, which Porsche subsequently disputed when they could only achieve a lap time only 7:54 with a U.S.-spec GT-R! Porsche were testing the 911 Turbo, [...]
Nissan has revealed the Infiniti Essence concept car at the 79th International Geneva Motor Show. Nissan says the Infiniti Essence is a celebration of Infiniti’s 20th year and exploration into the future of the Infiniti brand, but it is in essence, a 434 bhp V6 powered rear wheel driven coupe with a hybrid electric motor! [...]
