production GT-R finally surfaces

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/2008-nissan-gt-r-unveiled-on-cover-of-motor-trend/
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/16/once-more-with-feeling-inside-line-releases-its-pics-of-the-ni/

"The Motortrend issue, which seems to be hitting shelves and mailboxes early, has the GT-R's specs with a 0-60 of 3.5 seconds, an 11.7 second quarter mile, and 192 mph top speed. All of this for under US$80,000 apparently."







Also, engine = VR38DETT

I ... actually ... like it!

sick

damn that car is nice i want one

ill have 7 please one for every day of the week

I see a silly triptronic.........Wheres the good ole fashioned 6 speed stick shift?

my understanding is its more of a clutchless manual then a tiptronic.... its not the sort of tiptronic you think of when you think mid 90's japper stuff more of the flappy padel euro type car sort of tiptronic

supposed to be coming out later. and it's far from "tiptronic", iirc it's a 7 speed DSG style setup. if it's good enough for a veyron......remember the GT-R has always been nissans flagship technology boat, makes sense, with them betting the farm on CVT autos in the lower models, that they load new gearbox tech into their halo car.

heh snap.

also, from a review post drive: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071017/FREE/71017001/1004/FREE&rssfeed=rss01

"473 hp, 433 lb, rear-mounted transaxle, dual-clutch six-speed."

"A carbon fiber prop shaft (“Good damping and stiffness”) runs back to the transaxle, incorporating the clutch, transmission and transaxle altogether. The shifting is done via a direct, twin-clutch system. One clutch handles the odd gears and another clutch handles the even ones. Shifts take 0.2 seconds. There are BorgWarner triple-cone synchronizers for all gears. Another shaft runs forward from that transaxle to send power to the front wheels. Below 25 mph the torque split is 50/50, above that, under normal driving, the split is 40/60. But it can split up to 2/98 under hard acceleration"

"After a full day driving it on the Nurburgring, the Autobahn and up and over numerous little German country roads we can easily say this is one car that was not over hyped. It is truly a world-class supercar on par with, if not just ahead of, the iconic Porsche Turbo."

"Next on our agenda of “anything” were some miles of country road. We were able to drive the GT-R back-to-back with a Porsche Turbo."

"After “much spirited driving,” we can say the Turbo had a good deal more lag and more dive and squat than the GT-R. But once the Porsche got spooled up, achtung, baby. It felt lighter and the steering felt quicker, too. The biggest difference between the two was that the Turbo demanded more of its driver while the GT-R was easier to handle, flatter and more stable."

http://rocketpunchautoblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/polyphony-digital-contracted-by-nissan.html

"In an in depth article by Insideline, it has been reported that the multifunction interface that logs and provides many parameters about the car was design by Polyphony Digital, the developer that created the Gran Turismo series."

it's now all official: http://jalopnik.com/cars/tokyo-auto-show/tokyo-motor-show-nissan-gt+r-revealed-314347.php

interesting points:

the Nissan GT-R meet ultra-low emission vehicle (U-LEV) standards in Japan

produces 480PS (353kW) at 6400rpm and maximum torque of 60kgm (588Nm) from 3200 to 5200rpm

pop-up engine hood system for enhanced pedestrian safety

ow coefficient of drag of 0.27, with high front and rear downforce

with a special "set-up switch" located in the center of the instrument panel. This switch enables the driver to adjust transmission shifts, shock absorbers and the Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC-R) in three settings - Normal, Comfort or R, the high-performance setting designed for the Nissan GT-R "supercar" application.

Sounds like an impressive car, but still not excused from being extremely ugly. What are they thinking?

agreed
that front end is flippin rank

official site and specs: http://www.gtrnissan.com



i fuckin like it

thats a better photo
I guess it's one of those cars that could grow on me

recently on a holiday to japan i managed to spy 2 of them in nissans showroom in the wealthy ginza shopping district in tokyo and so took a few photo's (which i'll post up when i can be more bothered )..

But dang that car is phat ....even got to sit in it

official price for the premiere edition is around 8,000,000 yen or about 80k - 90k nz .... fuck cant see it costing that much when it arrives here though , try round 140k - 160k at a guess

7:29 on the 'ring - NEWS

That was the V-Spec model they're testing.



Already seen a few GTR's around AK. Had a chance to get up close to one a few weeks back when the "nchibo" one was in at work.

7.29 was standard japanese production model, on runflats.


v-spec is more like 7.25