Nissan GT-R News
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Nissan will compete in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its stock 2013 GT-R supercars, albeit a race-ready Club Track Edition. The team fielding the car will be the GT-R’s own development team, headed by none other than the car’s chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno During last year’s event, a race-prepped GT-R fielded by Schulze Motorsport won the SP 8T class and finished 36th overall. Nissan is now looking to see how one of its regular customer GT-Rs will compete against the field of fully-fledged race cars that typically tackle the...
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Twin-Turbo Ford GT, 2012 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, Dodge Dart: Today's Car News
Dodge and Travis Pastrana have teamed up for RallyCross. Pastrana will be driving a new 2012 Dodge Dart with a 2.0-liter Tigershark engine with more than 600 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque. With power being sent to all four wheels, the Dart will hit 60 mph from a standstill in just 1.9...
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2012 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Takes To The Track: Video
Last summer Nissan unveiled a new racing version of its GT-R supercar designed to meet FIA-GT3 regulations. That race car has since gone on to compete in the Dubai 24 Hours endurance race and later in the year will see the Nissan GT-R nameplate enter the GT300 class in Japan’s Super GT series...
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Is This The World’s Fastest Nissan GT-R?
Could the modified Nissan GT-R in this video clip be the world’s fastest Godzilla? It certainly seems that way, if by fastest you mean top speed only. While America’s own AMS Alpha Nissan GT-R recently ran the quarter mile in just 8.62 seconds, making it one of the world’s fastest...
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Lucky GT-R Driver Avoids Crashing 3 Times During Drag Race
Proof that all-wheel drive cars can be upset by too much power, even in a straight line, is this video footage of a drag race between two highly-modified Nissan GT-R supercars. The driver of the GT-R on the right loses control soon after launching, with his car then proceeding to twist and turn on...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Driven, 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth, 2012 BMW M3: Today's Car News
Our man Kurt drove the 2013 Nissan GT-R to see if Godzilla's latest upgrades warrant the sticker price increase. After a day of driving he concluded the car is still insane as ever, but for the price it's hard to argue with its credentials. In our opinion, you should do anything you can to get...
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Nissan's 2013 GT-R is an improvement over last year's model, which itself upped the bar considerably from earlier models.
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An 800-Horsepower Nissan GT-R Visits Jay Leno's Garage: Video
In the latest from Jay Leno's Garage, SP Engineering brings an 800-horsepower Nissan GT-R to visit Jay Leno and the Big Dog Garage.
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Nissan GT-R To Enter GT300 Class In Japan’s Super GT Series
The Nissan GT-R has proven itself time and time again, both on and off the race track, but nowhere has it been such a formidable force than in its domestic market’s Super GT race series. The iconic Japanese supercar has numerous Super GT and previous JGTC titles under its belt but all of...
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Infiniti Considering Nissan GT-R-Based Halo Car: Report
Infiniti wants to add a halo vehicle to its lineup, and a sports car based on the Nissan GT-R is one option under consideration.
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2013 Nissan GT-R Gets More Expensive, More Power
Nissan just released all the details regarding its GT-R supercar for 2013, and all the numbers are higher. As part of the effort to keep up with the Joneses of the supercar world, power goes up; but so does price. Starting with power, there are 30 more horses under the hood, which brings the grand...
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2012 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Revealed Ahead Of Dubai 24 Hours
Four world-championship winning drivers will drive the JRM Racing's Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in the 2012 Dubai 24 Hours endurance race.
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Remember last week’s video of a Bugatti Veyron leaving a mildly tuned Nissan GT-R in the dust at a drag strip in Florida? Well, here’s two new videos of the night, filmed from directly beside the Veyron as it lights up its wheels and heads down the strip. We even get a few words from the car's owner as he plays around with some of the launch control settings. As you’ll recall from the original video posted last week, the Veyron driver initially has some trouble engaging the supercar’s launch control and can ‘only’ muster a 12-second pass at 137 mph without...
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Bugatti Veyron Is The World's Most Expensive Bracket Racer: Video
What's faster in the quarter mile, a Bugatti Veyron or a mildly tuned Nissan GT-R? Watch the video to find out.
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Fast And Furious Nissan GT-R Replica Sells On eBay For $30k
The Fast and Furious franchise has had much success over the years despite the movies consistently being knocked by critics. And while the movies have managed to launch the careers of many of actors starring in them, the cars featured have also gone on to spawn their own cult followings. One of the...
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Nissan To Showcase 10 Models At 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon
The Tokyo Auto Salon, Japan’s version of SEMA, always has a number of exciting models on show, and more often than not those models are gracing the stands of Nissan. With top-performers like the GT-R supercar and 370Z sports car, it’s easy to see why, but like in previous years Nissan...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Track Pack Detailed, No U.S. Launch Planned
Nissan will begin offering a Track Pack performance option on 2013 GT-R models.
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Nissan UK's secret Juke-R reportedly riles Japan headquarters
The Nissan Juke-R, the mental little mashup of the GT-R and the funky Juke compact crossover, is one of the least likely yet most awesome creations of 2011. It turns out, however, that it wasn't an official program, and the British division that built it is apparently in hot water with the home...
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The 2012 Nissan GT-R gets some serious upgrades to performance, style, and options, and it's up for a 2012 Best Car To Buy award.
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2013 Nissan GT-R Caught Testing In Japan, 0-60 in 2.72s: Video
Nissan hasn't released any official videos of the 2013 GT-R just yet, but a Japanese website was able to record footage of the new GT-R in testing.
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2013 Nissan GT-R Live Photo Mega-Gallery
With more power under the hood, a lighter and stiffer body, plus a host of new aero upgrades, reports of the 2013 Nissan GT-R shaving 8 to 10 seconds off its previous Nurburgring lap time now sound completely plausible. In fact, the car’s chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno has even stated that...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Revealed, Packs More Power And New Aero
Nissan has taken the wraps off an updated version of its GT-R supercar, which is set to debut later this month at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. The new car has only been revealed in its Japanese spec, but this is the model that will be sold elsewhere around the globe early next year as the 2013 Nissan...
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2013 Nissan GT-R May Trim 8 Seconds Off Previous 'Ring Lap
Thanks to a jump in power and a refined suspension, the 2013 Nissan GT-R looks to be considerably faster around the Nürburgring than the 2011 model.
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Nissan GT-R So Easy Even A 5-Yr-Old Kid Can Drive It Like Block?: Video
This video depicts a 5-year-old kid driving a Nissan GT-R to the limits--it's cute and funny, but does it contain a deeper criticism about the computerization of the modern car?
Nelson Ireson