pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag"Coupes/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag"Sports/GTs/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/" rel="tag"Supercars/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/" rel="tag"Nissan/a/pa href="http://2009gtr.blogspot.com/2008/11/nissan-going-back-to-nurburgring-with.html"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/2009_gt-r06_opt.jpg" alt="" //abr /br /The a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/23/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-gt-r/"Nissan GT-R/a has a relationship with the famed Nurburgring in Germany like no other modern car. It has brought the track back into the headlines by taking out much more expensive hardware with a blistering, though unofficial, lap time of a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/gt-r-drops-ring-time-down-to-7-29/"7 minutes, 29 seconds/a. That number has since been eclipsed by the a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/10/video-gm-releases-corvette-zr1s-7-26-4-ring-attack/"Corvette ZR1/a and a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/27/unofficial-dodge-viper-acr-laps-ring-in-record-7-22-1-w-video/"Dodge Viper ACR/a, but remains ahead of the GT2 despite a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/30/porsche-accuses-nissan-gt-r-of-cheating-the-ring/"Porsche's accusation/a that Nissan ran a less-than-stock GT-R. Well, the GT-R in Japan is getting some a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/13/2009-nissan-gt-r-to-get-5-hp-bump-and-tweaks-in-japan/"upgrades for 2010/a, and Nissan is reportedly headed back to the 'Ring to see what it'll do. The changes include a slight increase in power to 285 PS, or about a 5-horsepower bump, as well as a a href="http://2009gtr.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-compound-dunlop-tire-coming-in-2010.html"new compound Dunlop tire/a and suspension tweaks. Other mods include a larger fuel tank and some very minor cosmetic changes that won't make a damn bit of a difference on the track. Will the GT-R be able to best its 7:29 lap time? We're guessing they wouldn't bother to make the trip if they weren't certain there were at least a couple of tenths to shave off. emThanks for the tip, Sean!/embr /br /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/"In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Nissan GT-R/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940153/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940154/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940155/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940156/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940157/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /[Source: a href="http://2009gtr.blogspot.com/2008/11/nissan-going-back-to-nurburgring-with.html"2009gtr.blogspot.com/a]p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/21/nissan-taking-2010-gt-r-back-to-the-ring/"Nissan taking 2010 GT-R back to the 'Ring/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:29:00 EST. 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