Video Release: Nissan GT-R NISMO Breaks Lap Time Record on Tsukuba Circuit in Japan

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Published February 5th, 2020 - 10:52 GMT

Nissan was able to break the 1-minute lap challenge and take the fastest lap time for a production car at 59.361 seconds.

Highlights

Nissan recently set sights on capturing the fasted recorded lap by GT-R NISMO at Tsukuba Circuit, Japan.

Nissan recently set sights on capturing the fasted recorded lap by GT-R NISMO at Tsukuba Circuit, Japan. Known around the world as a small yet technical track, just shaving a few milliseconds off a personal best lap is means for celebration enough.

CAR Top (a Japanese magazine) held their annual Tsukuba Circuit time attack event recently. With driver Tsugio Matsuda at the helm of the 2020 GT-R NIMSO, Nissan was able to break the 1-minute lap challenge and take the fastest lap time for a production car at 59.361 seconds.

Kotsu Times Sha Co., Ltd, the publisher of CAR Top and GT-R Magazine among others, has been hosting the Tsukuba Circuit time attack event since 1982. For nearly four decades, over 1,000 cars have participated in the event for ultimate bragging rights. The 2020 GT-R NISMO is the second production model car to ever break the 1-minute lap time at the event. The first car was a Porsche 911 GT3, which held the previous record.

Background Information

Nissan Middle East

Nissan’s heritage in the Middle East goes way back to 1957, when the first Nissan vehicle was sold in Saudi Arabia. Since then the Nissan Legacy has taken deep roots in the hearts of the Middle East people by becoming an integral part of their lives.

Currently Nissan is one of the most popular and successful automobile brands in the Middle East boasting of a strong line-up ranging from popular passenger cars to powerful 4x4 series and commercial vehicles.

In its quest to closely understand the local needs of its customers, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in June, 1994 set up a regional Middle East head quarters in Dubai, thus becoming the first Japanese car manufacturer to accomplish this feat. The Nissan Middle East FZE office houses a highly sophisticated training center which serves as an excellent training ground for undertaking Nissan customer care and service activities.