Europe became the third consumer market, where it launched in March 2009. The Canadian launch was also in July 2008. Universal Nissan in Los Angeles provided a customer with the delivery of a new GT-R, fresh from the production line at 12:01 am, on July 7, 2008. The first production GT-R is owned by Nissan's CEO at the time Carlos Ghosn. official launch was seven months later on Jfor the 2009 model year. The GT-R launched in the Japanese market on December 6, 2007. The production version of the GT-R debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, with a lap time of 7:38 minutes at the wet condition Nürburgring Nordschleife beating the all-time sports classic Porsche 911 Turbo as Nissan stated before launching the car.
Nissan GT-R debut at 2007 Tokyo Motor Show.