A crawl of the blogosphere brings this awesome video of the Nissan GT-R doing the Nurburgring in just 7:38, 2 seconds ahead of it’s 380KW German rival, the Porsche 911 Turbo. What a week it’s been for the new GT-R!

What’s also cool about this, is theres an inside view! Check it out below.

And while you’re doing so, compare that lap time to these:

  • 7:38 - Nissan GT-R, 480PS/1720kg, 26,600 Meter Timging September 2007
  • 7:40 - Porsche 997 Turbo 480PS/1565 kg Walter R�hrl
  • 7:40 - Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, 626PS/1768 kg Klaus Ludwig (AutoBild 07/04)
  • 7:40 - Bugatti Veyron 16/4, 1001PS/1888 kg (Wheels magazine Australia, 12/05)
  • 7:41 - Manthey Porsche GT3 M410, 413 PS/1320 kg (160.868 km/h), Lucas Luhr (Autobild 07/04)
  • 7:42 - Porsche 997 GT3, 415 PS/1440 kg, Walter R�hrl (Automobil 05/06)
  • 7.42 - Corvette Z06 (Jan Magnussen)[2]
  • 7:42 - Ford GT, 550 PS/1521 kg (as indicated by Octane magazine, 11/05) (news release, pictures)
  • 7:43 - Lamborghini Murcielago (Autocar magazine 02)
  • 7:44 - Pagani Zonda S 550 PS/1280 kg (sport auto 02/05) 7:46 - Porsche 996 GT2, 462 PS/1450 kg (sport auto 06/01)
  • 7:46 - Jaguar XJ220, 3.5-litre V6, John Neilsen.
  • 7:47 - Porsche 996 GT3 RS (sport tyres) [citation needed]
  • 7:47 - Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano,620PS/1690 kg (sport auto)
  • 7:47 - Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 E-gear (sport tyres) (sport auto 01/07)
  • 7:48 - Porsche 997 GT3, 415 PS/1440 kg (sport auto 07/06)
  • 7:49 - Helmut D�hne, Honda VFR750R

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[Source: Youtube via Autoblog]

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