Nissan’s recent financial hardship has claimed a casualty, being the new upcoming Nissan Silvia. It is claimed that while Nissan has been working to develop a new rear wheel drive sports car for years, the Silvia project has been put on hold for now until better (financial) times. Whether the hold is permanent or if the project will recommence is unknown
Porsche has accused Nissan of cheating on the Nurburgring – A test race track for sports cars located in Germany. Porsche being beaten in its home ground tends to rub salt into the wounds as the proud German car manufacturer cried foul play. So adamant of their claims, porsche has decided to import a GTR R35 and test the car out themselves around the Nurburging by their test driver and clocked up a time of 7:54, a full 30 seconds more than Nissan’s claimed lap time. The accusation is that Nissan has used high performance race tyres on its test car, despite video proof of the GTR R35 using ultra performance street tyres in the famous youtube video of the Nurburging lap.
Independant sources has tested both cars – the GTR R35 and Porsche 911 with the GTR R35 coming out consistently quicker. Nissan’s response to Porsche accusations was a display of some proof of standard tyres being used then summed it all up by stating that Porsche’s test drive should perhaps enlist is Nissan’s performance driving course. Ouch!