More info here: http://jalopnik.com/cars/tokyo-auto-...end-311293.php

and pics here:
http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/2009NissanGTRPress/

 

Impressive, no doubt.

But what's up with the interior? Bit of an abortion, if I'm honest >>

 

I'm with you on that one. Especially the radio/AC unit looks out of theme from the rest.

 

So very true. I saw the pic of the interior, and said to myself, that radio & A/C box looks WAY out of date for a car this advanced. Gotta give it credit for the performance vs dollar aspect.

 

That car is simply hideous on all fronts..just like it predicessor

 

Word is the car laped nurb in 7:38

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...opanel..1.*#50

pretty fast.

look at the size of these brakes! bigger then the guys head.

 

wow, autoamtic? yeah the interior looks freakin bad...
and i own a mustang!

 

Blah, impressive times but butt ugly. pass.

 

I always wondered what a Ford GT would lap nurburging in.

 

7:42 was the fastest I saw 4 seconds on a track that long is a very minor advantage. Maybe a tenth or two on a 2 mile course I would guess.

 

Nordschleif lap times are drastically over-rated as a benchmark anyway. Companies desperate for a low 'official' NS time pitch their tent at the place until their driver can do it blindfolded and of course some drivers are better than others. Nissan spent months to get the GTR's time down that low, and while that long fought for number may mean a lot to the furtive bench racers among us it is nearly useless as a serious benchmark for everybody else.

Also worth mentioning is that average speeds for really fast cars on that track are ridiculously high. In Germany this might mean a little something on an early, lonely Sunday morning but here in America you would be hard pressed to find a roadcourse where you could hope to do anything like as much high speed work as the Nurb brings to the table, forget any road in this country altogether.

Considering the AWD, forced induction, Nordschleif camping pass, and late to the table nature of the GTR I'm frankly surprised it isn't faster than it is.

 

That center stack is straight from 1988!

 

Try 1982!

The materials won't be '80s, I'm sure, but the design sure is. No cohesion at all.

 

Must be Nissan's attempt at a retro interior. Where's the cassette player?

 

8-trac.



Man, and I thought the 'Vette had issues

 

Yeah, normally I'm all about defending other brands against Ford fanboys...but that interior blows ***.

 

Wow, can't deny the impressive times on this thing. Performance is outstanding. Looks etc wise not my cup of tea. Still d amn impressive though.

 

I dont know about you guys, but this car is a homerun hit or me. If I had the money, this car would be in my garage the day it hits showrooms. But I must say, the prototype front fascia looked much better.

 

Im sure the huge by gargantuan brakes and awd made more of a difference than anything. No way a heavier car with less hp is going to have more speed than say a Ford GT, Z06, and Porsches which have huge weight advantages to that car and more hp. 4 seconds on a track that long can be just the product of a strong crosswind, tailwind, or headwind. I never really judge it btw myself either I just remember the times from a Z06/Ford GT comparison I read somewhere.

 

...it's devastatingly fast.

Given that Nissan is getting 330 HP from the 3.7L VQ in the new G37, and the performance that car offers, I suspect that 473 from a TT is more than enough to propel this car along at breakneck speeds if properly set up.

On the whole, North American vehicles don't seem to be nearly as fast as their European and Japanese counterparts given the same amount of horsepower. Take the new N/A BMW M3 V8 - no bigger than the 4.6L in our V8 Stangs, but makes much more power, and applies that power much more efficiently.

My point being that it is not just how much horsepower you have, but how you put that power down.