Porsche accuses Nissan of cheating on the ‘Ring

Porsche is claim­ing, after inter­nally test­ing the Nis­san GTR on the ‘Ring, that the car could not come within 25 sec­onds of April’s acclaimed time of 7 mins 29s.

Prod­uct Chief August Achleit­ner for the 911 team claims ’”This won­der car with 7:29 could not have been a reg­u­lar series pro­duc­tion car” and that  “For us, it’s not clear how this time is pos­si­ble. What we can imag­ine with this Nis­san is they used other tyres.” — mean­ing semi-​​slick tyres.

Achleit­ner said his team bought and tested a brand new Nis­san GTR with new tyres, and achieved a time of 7:54, behind the 911 turbo at 7:38 and GT2 at 7:34. The open­ing shot at Nissan’s per­for­mance car cred­i­bil­ity will no doubt cre­ate a response from fans and the com­pany, and is being hailed around the world as a case of ‘sour grapes’ for Porsche, who’s 911 con­tender retails for dou­ble the cost of a new GTR.

[Source: Cars­guide AU]

The Nis­san GTR