It’s a civil war in Japan with this race of developing a Nissan GT-R killer. No doubt about it that the Nissan GT-R is the second coming of the great Japanese supercar. Toyota, being the world’s king of cars, would definitely want the Lexus LF-A to be that supercar and Honda, would want to preserve that title since it was the Honda/Acura NSX that established the bar for Japanese supercars.

While Toyota has went back to the drawing boards to ensure that the LF-A will not fall short of what the GT-R has to offer, Honda has also made it a mission to beat the GT-R in performance with the new 2010 NSX starting with the 7:29 laptime posted by the GT-R around the Nurburgring.

And with this heavily covered NSX, they’re getting there, posting a lap time of 7:37.

2010 Honda NSX replacement at the Nürburgring Nordschleife from MrBTG on Vimeo.