Nissan GT-R

[sakuraguy]

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Best Car magazine in Japan is showing off a couple of pictures of the upcoming GT-R and reporting some interesting stuff. They claim:

"The standard GTR is expected to start at $57K while the V Spec and EVO Spec will start at $67K and $94K respectivly. Both a 6 speed and an advanced paddle shifting automatic are to be available. The Standard GTR and Spec V will be equiped with a 480HP version of the VQHRTT engine(displacement is either 3.7 or 3.8L as it has not yet been confirmed).

The GTR EVO will receive a 530HP version of the VQHRTT engine as well as being roughly 220lbs lighter then the standard GTR, coming with light weight seats, a larger more aerodynamic rear spoiler, large ceramic brake rotors, and a revised Altessa AWD geared for more track use."

However, I tend to not takes these news and images from Japanese magazines very seriously. They aren't usually very accurate at all. Click on the images for larger picture.

 

[MrSilvia]

Any English translation of the article?

 

[sakuraguy]

Done .. i was in progress updating that :)

 

[imoloq]

Advanced paddle-shifting automatic? Hope it's not as bad as the one in auto GTTs.

 

[Avanzato X4]

very good!

 

[sakuraguy]

Im surprised to see those quad exhaust .. damn big for a factory production car. Anyone realises that ?

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

Im surprised to see those quad exhaust .. damn big for a factory production car. Anyone realises that ?

cosmetic purposes??.....

 

[sakuraguy]

sky .. i dont think the king if rival's need any fake / cosmetics :) .. 480ps is a killer ..

 

[Carb0n]

what is the torque like? around 800Nm? zth at 3.7 sec, that is mad.

 

[imoloq]

480ps? What happened to the gentlemen agreement?

 

[si|verfish]

Torn to shreds in a huge plume of tyre smoke.

 

[sicness80]

nice nice nice~~skyline forever~~

 

[Alchemis]

the power of 280 ps is already lifted about a year ago...
no more 280 gentlemen agreement...

 

[cb70]

The engine is v6 not straight 6? Straight 6 is more powerful than v6 rite in terms of torque?

 

[si|verfish]

Erm...I don't think there is any definite rule which states that a straight 6 has naturally more torque than a V6.

The benefits on a straight 6 is that it is naturally balanced and is simpler than a V configuration 6. The downside is that it is long and that's where the V6 comes in being more compact but has the drawback of being more complex.