The Nurburgring in Germany is the long, fast and incredibly varied track that is used by manufacturers for performance and reliability testing. Elevation changes galore. Check out the recent Road and Track magazine for a nice write up.
Nissan claimed they clocked a 7:29 with a GT-R. I don't doubt it was a GT-R. It was NOT a production-level powered GT-R.
While the variance at the 'Ring in lap times can be huge, others parties are finding 7:29 is not realistic for a 480hp, 3900lb car. AWD or not. Even on production tires. My guess is this monster was making close to 600hp to test the durability and effectiveness of the cooling, braking, suspension and transmission components. After all, check out some other 'Ring times: http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=3&fID=0&tID=10073 a great reference.
Porsche said they couldn't come within 25 seconds of Nissan's claim. Other sources seem to lean more heavily in Porsche's favor.
Edit: Perhaps it was stock, but the 7:08.679 was from a non-stock, non-production equipped car with a special package that isn't street legal and dealer installed.
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