Answering the age old question about the benefits of affordable speed, the gang at AutoCar took the opportunity to look at two different versions of cheep speed. The Focus RS running with Subaru STi’s and rally bred EVO’s, while the $80,000 Nissan GT-R makes supercars twice as expensive seem like a joke. So which is a better bargain? Check out the video to find out!
Imagine an endurance race that lasts for over a week and covers more than 3000 miles. In the spirit of the original Cannonball Run and more recent Gumball Rally America’s largest rubber donut distributor will be sponsoring the 2009 Tire Rack One Lap of America. When it all begins today, May 1st, Derek Whitis’ Freedom Autosport team with veteran Grand Am Rolex driver Tom Long behind the wheel, will be competing in a heavily modified Nissan R35 GT-R.
The Japanese supercar has been tuned by Tym Switzer’s Ohio-based tuning house, Switzer Performance, to deliver more than 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque. The power comes thanks to Switzer’s P800 performance package, the next step up from their P700 power package. The race begins at the Tire Rack factory in South Bend, Indiana and wraps up 8 days and 3200 mile later, back where it all began.
This is the first official video from Nissan showing off the ever more aggressive GT-R Spec V. Even though I could not understand a word that Mizuno-san is saying, the video gives an interesting look at the new Bilstein suspension and shows off the upgraded composite brakes in action.
We’re not exactly sure what this is yet, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen a Nissan GT-R with any body camouflage. This car was caught running around the Nurburgring at the same time Nissan was going for its record run.
One theory pegs this as a 2011 mule. Where the 2009 to 2010 changeover saw more horsepower (a whole five more ponies,) the 2011 car may be more about aerodynamics. All that is known right now is that this car features a different rear air diffuser and new venting on the underspoiler. While this may not seem like much, we found out from Nissan’s Colin Price that aerodynamics on the GT-R are everything.
Okada Projects have just released a Plasma Direct coil upgrade for the Nissan GT-R. The units are specifically designed for Godzilla owners who are running higher than stock amounts of boost, and thus pushing the factory coils beyond their capacity to create adequate spark.
In the hands of a professional driver, the Nissan GT-R can beat a Porsche around the Nurburgring, but it in the hands of this amateur, even 93 mph is a problem. The accident happened in Romania. The GT-R driver rear-ended another car and then lost control, eventually winding up in/on a tree. No one was seriously hurt, except for the driver’s ego.
With the Nissan GT-R receiving every possible performance and aero modification imaginable, the only thing left is the ridiculous. So for the GT-R owner who has already done it all to their Nissan super car comes the Lambo Style Door kit at a price starting at around 2000 Euros that give the car the added flair traditionally reserved for Italian exotics.
Nissan just ruined Porsche’s summer vacation. Instead of having some quiet time to work on the 998 generation of the 911, Porsche is now going to have to try and recapture bragging rights at the Nurburgring from the 2010 GT-R.
There has been some bad blood between Porsche and Nissan lately over the legitimacy of the 2009 GT-R’s 7m 29s run around the Ring. Porsche claims the car was heavily modified, and Nissan claims Porsche is a sore loser over the slower GT2.
Just to prove its point, Nissan took a 2010 GT-R (which got a 5 hp bump and a few other minor tweaks) back to Germany. The result: a lap time of 7m 27.56s, which now even beats Porsche’s top ring time of 7m 28.71s in a Carrera GT.
Nissan says it’s not done making lap record attempts. The next stop is the Corvette ZR1’s 7m 26.4s time, but that’s still a far cry from the production car top spot of the Dodge Viper ACR’s 7m 22.1s.
The Japanese super tuners Tommy Kaira are well known for creating their own custom vehicles from high-performance machines. The aero specialists have announced that they will soon be setting their sights on Nissan’s next generation of sports and super cars the 370Z and GT-R. Expect nothing short of amazing to wear the company’s signature in the near future.
Nissan has just unveiled their GT1 spec R35 GT-R that is scheduled to compete in the full 2010 FIA GT1 season. Debuting at the FIA’s media days at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, the race spec GT-R was a joined effort between Nissan’s in house motor sport division Nismo and the Essex based GT1 racers Gigawave Motorsports.
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