Same reason Chevrolet named the C8 Corvette despite Corvette already being a thing. It was going to be the next generation of the Vanquish.

Agreed. Sport Auto is great for that.

Yeah these days you will probably get a video out of it though of course not all times are record attempts so it’s often up to the publication in question. I read the OP more as complaining about spec sheet racing.

You can literally feel how the Nissan is resisting to turn/yaw and more or less conclude the downsides of the AWD system. It delivers power, but feels more like work compared to an exige or mx 5, but outmatches both of them

How am I supposed to know all of this from looking at the lap time? This seems more like a defense of track testing than of distilling it down to a single number.