Do you see anything wrong with these photos? It’s a beautiful Nissan GT-R with one notable problem: it has no tires.
The Nissan sports car was the victim of a robbery in Long Island as the petty crooks took out all four tires from their spokes in the middle of the night. The hapless owner, who we can only assume was dozing off when the crime happened, had no way of knowing that his gorgeous ride would end up tireless when the sun came up.
We don’t condone – nor will we ever – any form of robbery but we can bet that the thiefs who stole the GT-R’s wheels had amateurs written all over them.
That’s because you can always tell the difference between a smooth criminal from a riff-raff just looking for kicks on a weekend night. The former knows what he’s trying to steal and sets about it in a discrete and timely way. The latter just takes anything he can and prays that it’s worth something out on the market.
As in the case of this one, we’re guessing that those douches had no idea what a Nissan GT-R is, so they just decided to swipe the tires, thinking that they’re worth more than the whole car itself.
To those who did this, we believe in karma, boys; sooner or later, it’s going to run you down.
The German tuners at Avus Performance are trying their hand at modifying a Japanese super car, the Nissan GT-R. Right from the get go, the boys at Avus knew that their GT-R was going to be covered in the very stealth like matte black finish that would instantaneously set this particular example apart from more ordinary GT-R super cars. The tuners have left the chassis very close to the way it came from the factory, the only additions they made were a set of ride height adjustable coil overs and some slight wheel spacers to increase the super car’s track. It is hard to imagine that a simple monochromatic finish, combined with a set of glossy black painted wheels, dark tints and cleared out marker lights can completely transform the appearance of the GT-R without even changing up the car’s profile.
The dark exterior treatment is only the beginning of what AVUS has done with the GT-R. Under the hood, they have swapped out the factory engine computer for a modified unit that takes full advantage of the less restricted free flowing exhaust that has upped the GT-R’s maximum output from the factory rated 485 HP and 433 lb-ft of torque all the way up to an earth shattering 580 HP and 516 lb-ft of thrust.
With this kind of newfound power and stealth appearance, it is no wonder that the latest edition of Avus’s Black Edition GT-R has earned the nickname Batmobile. Batman would certainly be able to catch up to any of his arch nemesis in this hot rod GT-R and would easily be able to outrun Gotham City’s finest, now all the German modification specialists need to add are a few crime fighting features like a a grappling hook and oil slick to make the dark knight feel right at home behind the wheel of his newest toy.
When the Japanese automaker Nissan released the R35 Nissan GT-R onto the U.S. market, they did so with a little hesitation. At the time it seemed a bit peculiar to me when Nissan’s Technology, Environment and Motorsports PR manager Colin Price refused to comment on camera about anything regarding Godzilla’s launch control. But only a couple of months later, everything started to make sense when GT-R owners began to complain about the car’s problematic transmission.
The problem is that the GT-R’s gear box wasn’t made to handle the constant abuse of lead footed American drivers and their inability to understand exactly how much stress repeated hard launches put on the super car’s drivetrain. The worst part of this is that that the R35’s high tech transmission doesn’t come cheap, a replacement unit will run owners about $20,000. After one particular victim of the less than bullet proof gear box took the Nissan motor company to court claiming that if they equipped the car with a function, it shouldn’t be his fault when the car goes kaput just because he is using it.
So after about a year of deliberation, Nissan settled the suit by offering an upgraded LC2 launch control feature as well as putting a few new stipulations on the use of the car’s VDC and are offering a $75 coupon to all 2009 GT-R owners. From now on Nissan will have to prove that the use of the VDC system is a direct cause of the catastrophic failure before they can refuse to flip the bill.
After the R34, it didn’t seem like Nissan would be able to produce a car worthy of the name R35, until the GT-R was created. The r34 proved to be the mastermind in power and performance, with reliability mixed in. It stood side by side with the Toyota Supra, as the ideal Japanese sports car. The japanese way of making a smaller engine compete with bigger engines by tacking on performance parts and upgrades, helps keep them as the country of reliability and fuel-efficiency. The GT-R, although only a V6, has the power to beat cars with V10’s and V12’s, put to the test with a twin turbo, dual intake AWD monster. Since the halt of the Supra, which is very sad, the GT-R has taken over the spotlight and become the 2009 MotorTrend Car of The Year, as well as many other awards. Nissan’s obsession with acceleration, instead of top speed, makes this the ideal car for streets. It was never meant to be in a 1 mile drag vs a lamborghini murcielago. It was designed to be the ultimate, efficient, car of the year, as well as car of the century
With all of the hype being pumped into the Need For Speed franchise by video game developers Electronic Arts, it would seem that the highly anticipated release of the latest Real Driving Simulator is falling by the wayside. That won’t be the case if the marketing department at Gran Turismo 5’s creators Polyphony Digital has anything to say about it. These screenshots of the game’s menu screen show off the designers ability to blend intricately designed sports cars with highly detailed backgrounds and ever evolving humans.
The vehicle on display is a GT500 Nissan GT-R from Japan’s Super GT racing series. If this were an SAT question we could ask "V8 Super cars is to Austrialia as Super GT is to (blank)", and you ought to know that the four door race cars from down under are bigger than NASCAR is here in the U.S. In what looks like over a billion polygons of GT-R you can see the extensive detail that the game’s designers went to as evident by the countless louvers and intricate head lamps. The surroundings look to be a plaza somewhere in western Europe because of all the German tourists and the Foto hut, but the best part about the people is that they have gained an extra dimension, just another display of the extent that the team at Polyphony go to.
From what we can tell from the images, Gran Turismo 5 will offer the classic Arcade mode, online gameplay, something that looks like the best birthday present ever, the tedious driver tests, some sort of a manage everything garage, a multimedia center, and the usual tools for adjusting the game settings and a place to save your progress. From previous experience we aren’t going to bother predicting when GT5 will be available, but one thing is for certain, no matter how many delays each new version of Gran Turismo endures, they are always well worth the wait.
Steve Millen has a long history of putting Nissan on the podium at professional racing events, and his tuning shop Stillen is known for making the most out of every generation of Nissan’s Z car. Now the Nissan tuner has turned his attention to the super car in the Japanese automaker’s lineup, the GT-R. Stillen transforms the GT-R from one of the best performance bargains on the market into a 620 HP beast that is ready to compete in the upcoming Targa Newfoundland Rally in Canada.
Stillen has been working on this project for the last six months, and we would like to add that it was well worth the wait! Thanks to a new intake system with K&N filters, a set of downpipes, removal of the catalytic converters, an electronic boost controller and a pair of upgraded blow-off-valves allows the GT-R to make as much as 620 HP and makes it go from 0 to 60 MPH in just 2.9 seconds and run through the 1/4 Mile in 11.0 seconds flat at 127.9 MPH.
The Stillen GT-R race car also features: Eibach Race Springs, adjustable sway bars and endlinks, AP Racing carbon-ceramic brakes, and Bridgestone tire, new front lip spoiler, side skirts, canards, and carbon-fiber replacements for the bonnet, trunk lid, rear wing, air ducts and side mirrors and racing bucket seats on the interior.
Do you remember the drag racing video we brought you a few weeks ago that featured a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering tuned Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 walking all over an 800 HP all wheel drive Nissan GT-R modified by Switzer Performance, well here is the “revanche,” an old French world which means the act of retaliation or revenge and was brought to us by our Russian friends at Dragtimes.info. While last time the Nissan had a hard time puling away without jumping the gun, this time it is Godzilla who lays claim to victory on the icy highways of Moscow. Either way, both the Switzer P800 and LPE ZR1 are amazing cars capable of doing 202 MPH in traffic. What would be interesting to see is how both cars would fare from a launch. Sending 800 HP though the GT-R’s transaxle might be enough to make the affordable super car take a bow.
You have to hand it to the Russians, aside from their love of Vodka and the freezing cold winters they Ruskies definitely know how to use their high performance machines. Take this series of on highway acceleration competitions for example, using the trusty three beeps of the horn and away we go method the owner of this Lingenfelter Performance Engineering tuned Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 hands it to the 800 HP all wheel drive modified Nissan GT-R complete with Switzer P800 package. The GT-R does manage to out accelerate the ZR-1 in one of the races, but it is partly due to a healthy lead before the start of the race. In the end it is the American steel, the Detroit iron that shows who is king of the Russian highways.
Th American based tuning firm Switzer Performance has been squeezing ungodly amounts of power from modern day high tech super cars for quite some time now. It was just 8 months ago when the tuners from Switzer created the Nissan GT-R P700, and only about a week ago that the aftermarket manufacturers managed to extract 800 HP from a Porsche 911 Turbo and as both names suggest, these super cars now develop a maximum output of 800 HP. However the boys at Switzer are never ones to rest on their laurels so in the spirit of progress they have improved upon perfection with the company’s latest customization program called, P850. That right, you guessed it, this one now makes 850 HP.
The newfound performance comes from an upgrade to the fuel system, it was made to accept 110 octane racing fuel and with the help of a re-calibrated engine control unit, was able to make the most out of the package using a little more potent power sauce.
In order to transform your Nissan GT-R into a race gas drinking, fire breathing P850, it will only set you back $20,990 plus the cost of the car.
If you happen to be lucky enough to take a ride around the Nurburgring this summer, you can feel safe on all 73 turns of the Nordschleife knowing that a Nissan has got you covered. That is because the German racetrack has chosen a GT-R as their latest Rapid Response Vehicle. Aside from the carbon fiber Recaro race bucket and the obligatory roll cage, this GT-R features a full fire engine conversion that includes a fire retardant cell in the trunk to house a fire hose and all the necessary hardware to make it work. Is there a better vehicle to fulfill the duties of this 480 HP rapid response vehicle with room for four, at least before they installed the roll cage, either way it can get to any point on the track in under 7 minutes and 26 seconds. Not to mention that the GT-R looks really cool wearing all that vinyl.
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