After reading the rest of the press release I realized I was looking at the world's fastest fire engine. This Nissan GT-R was donated by Nissan to the Nürburgring GmbH for its assistance in helping Nissan develop its popular supercar.
The GT-R was honed on this famous track. There were even some exchanges between Nissan and Porsche on the official lap times of the GT-R and the 911 Turbo. Nissan claims the GT-R is faster and Porsche thinks Nissan just inhaled too much carbon monoxide.
The fire fighting GT-R is equipped with a 50-liter water tank and is secured by a roll cage. The rear seats have been removed, and additional radio equipment was installed.
The purpose of the GT-R Nürburgring rapid response vehicle is to quickly reach cars that may have caught fire on the public road. Despite the extra 200kg of equipment on board this GT-R can still lap the 'Ring in less than eight minutes.
Now I'm curious, what if the car on fire is a Porsche 911 Turbo? Will Nissan force its owner to admit the GT-R is faster before saving the car?
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