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Top Gear has turned its stellar production values loose on the GT-R. In the interest of compelling television, it's not just a review. In pursuit of hilariousness, May and Hamster set off on a bullet train to see if they can beat Clarkson to the final destination. It takes about the duration of the ......
NISMO Tokachi 24-hour Nissan GT-R gets more carbon, V-spec mods
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The Tokachi-bound R35 Nissan GT-R is on a carbon-rich diet, as evidenced by images captured by our new friends at GTR-World. On the outside, the trunk lid, hood and side mirrors have been replaced with carbon fiber bits and the rear-quarter windows have been swapped out in favor of lightweight acryl......
Tokachi 24-hour Nissan GT-R build up underway
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Just a day after Nissan's formal announcement that it plans to campaign a race-prepped R35 GT-R in the Tokachi 24-hour race, GTR-World has procured a few pics of the coupe undergoing its transformation. The GT-R appears to be getting aligned at the NISMO Omori factory (about 60 miles from Tokyo), eq......
Nissan bringing tuned R35 GT-R to Tokachi 24-hour race
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Nissan's motorsports arm, NISMO, will bring a race-prepared GT-R to the Tokachi 24-hour race on July 20th and 21st equipped with NISMO tuning parts that will be available to consumers later this summer. The car is being prepped by both NISMO and MOTUL, the Japanese French specialty oil manufacturer,......
Nissan GT-R deliveries begin July 7th, 70-percent spoken for
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R in actionFor the lucky 1,700+ people who have already preordered their 2009 Nissan GT-R, the wait is about to end. On Monday, July 7th, Nissan will begin delivering its first allocation of GT-Rs for the U.S. market to dealers. According to a......
Free tape measure, ‘Ring tuition for European GT-R buyers
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Hundreds of European GT-R buyers, who have put down large down payments on cars that they won't see until next spring at the earliest, have received a small consolation gift from Nissan: a tape measure.The highly cool GT-R-embossed little box is to be used to measure their heads, so Nissan will know......
Honda CEO demands NSX be faster around ‘Ring than GT-R
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
By now we've all seen the spy shots showing Acura's NSX revival bombing around the Nürburgring in Germany. There's a reason those drivers are pushing their prototype hard enough to get air through the turns. Inside Line is reporting the Honda CEO Takeo Fukui wants his NSX to toast both the Nissan G......
Is this heaven? No, it’s a storage lot in Florida
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Something wicked, and white, and silver, and grey, and covered in protective tape, this way comes. In fact, it is already here: a lot full of Nissan GT-Rs in Jacksonville, Florida. Amassed like the automatons in I, Robot, all of them await their chance to embarrass cars costing nearly twice as much ......
Nissan GT-R Spec-V may debut in Paris and go on sale by December
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
According to Car and Driver, a preliminary version of the Nissan GT-R V-Spec -- that stands for Victory Specification, mind you -- could be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show later this year and may even be ready for sale by the end of the year. The V-Spec, whose actual specs have not been revealed, i......
VIDEO: Webrides.tv pits Nissan GT-R against Ford GT in Super Lap
Friday, June 6th, 2008
click above to view video after the jumpThe much lauded Nissan GT-R has been out long enough to be pitted against what many consider to be its main arch rival, the Porsche 911 Turbo, by nearly every auto rag. One even threw in a BMW M3 that somehow beat it, and no one's been able to get General Mot......