This record-setting thing is getting ridiculous
If there’s one thing to remember about the Nissan GT-R, is the way it manages to launch off the line. In 2012, it broke the three-second barrier for 0-60 mph acceleration, a performance rating achieved, at that time, by much more expensive aggregates.
From there, the zero-to-sixty launches got faster while the car got more expensive. It’s still one of the most accessible in the supercar area.
In the meantime, it set a world record for the fastest drift (getting sideways at 189.49 mph, or 304.96 km/h). It’s a powerful, potent supercar, ready to take on almost any challenge.
So how about a 9-mile contour of a country, on sand?
Celebrating India’s 68th Republic Day, Nissan Motor India took a GT-R on the dry surface of Sambar Lake, for a unique stunt: to draw India’s outline.
Covering a three-square-kilometer area (3×2.8 kilometers), the 14.7-km long shape of a country is the largest ever. However, this record is validated only by the Limca Book of Records — the Indian counterpart of the worldwide-known Guinness.
Although the stunt is impressive in terms of numbers, it doesn’t seem to challenge neither the car nor the rally driver Rahul Kanthraj, so we don’t quite get how the GT-R’s “renowned driving performance, power, and handling was put to its ultimate test.” The stunt didn't have either a time, or a minimum speed challenge; it didn’t need a special choreography, or timing, as in the Scania World’s Biggest Clock Record. Here, all that had to be done was to follow the coordinates of a GPS device.
So how does this sound, Nissan: return to that track and do a timed lap, then post it as a challenge for whoever dares to compete with the mighty GT-R.