Nissan GT-R News
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Nissan’s ever-evolving GT-R looks set to receive more updates for the 2018 model year. A GT-R, specifically the GT-R Nismo model, was recently spotted running laps at the Nürburgring. On initial inspection it appears to be a bog-standard GT-R Nismo, but if you look a little closer you’ll notice some discernible differences. On the front fenders, directly above the wheels, is some camouflage gear. This is likely hiding some new fender louvers. The brake calipers are also new and feature special stickers used for measuring temperatures. The stickers are those little rectangular...
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Nissan built a GT-R operated by a video game controller
The latest installment in the iconic "Gran Turismo" video game series, "Gran Turismo Sport," goes on sale next week, but Nissan threw a celebration of its own ahead of the launch. The video game itself may have coined the "Real Driving Simulator" tagline years ago, but Nissan took it to a new level...
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There's a new Nissan GT-R quarter-mile king
Modified versions of the Nissan GT-R are going faster and faster. Recently, the team from the West Chicago-based AMS Performance set a new low (that's a good thing here) when it ran its GT-R into the six-second range in the quarter mile. Now the competitive set from ETS has reclaimed the throne but...
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Fan crafts his own Lego Nissan GT-R Nismo
The types of media that an artist can use to create brilliance are limitless. You'll find thousands of examples of artwork that aren't crafted using pen and ink, brush and paint, or sculpting clay. One such piece of art is the incredibly detailed Nissan GT-R Nismo Firas Abu-Jaber built using Lego...
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Jesse from "The Fast and the Furious" lives a quarter mile at a time in a Nissan GT-R
A lot has changed since 2001, the year the original "The Fast and the Furious" opened in movie theaters. The DVD players the film's protagonists sought out aren't really hot items anymore and the Nissan GT-R has finally come to America. Jesse, one of the first film's staple characters, finally got...
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The Nismo team rebuilt its crashed GT-R GT3 race car in 12 hours
The Nismo team suffered a massive blow before the 24 Hours of Spa, but hard work and extreme dedication brought its Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 race car back to life in just half a day. For those who missed it, the number-22 GT-R GT3 fell victim to a tire puncture as it entered Eau Rouge during practice...
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Those at home definitely shouldn't try and mimic the stunts seen here. Battledrift is back, and this time, Daigo Saito has a new challenger. Saito, a renowned drifter hailing from Japan, takes on Europe's tire slayer, Steve Biagioni. Saito's 659-horsepower Lamborghini Murcielago also returns front and center, while Biagioni's 1,419-hp Nissan GT-R makes its first Battledrift appearance. It's East versus West in a competition of close calls, incredible sideways action, and a time when pure power doesn't always mean victory. Though, with a video full of more than 2,600 hp, there's no denying...
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3,000-HP Nissan GT-R goes 255 mph to claim half-mile world record
The Nissan GT-R has become a beloved vehicle by many performance shops to push big horsepower numbers and break records. On June 19, another GT-R claimed yet another record. In fact, it became the world's fastest Nissan GT-R in the process. With 3,000 horsepower, the Extreme Turbo Systems Nissan...
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Nissan creates 'Predzilla' GT-R for Nashville Predators, proceeds going to charity
Hockey season is coming to a close, but not before either the Pittsburgh Penguins or Nashville Predators become Stanley Cup champions. Nissan, in an effort to show its home team some support—Nissan's North American operations are headquartered in Nashville—crafted what you see here...
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How do you do a 4-wheel burnout in an 800-hp GT-R? Chain it to a truck
All-wheel drive is not conducive for a traditional burnout, but Hoonigan got creative to make it happen. Taylor Steffes, the owner of the Nissan GT-R in this video, drove her car from Arizona to California to just to say hello to the guys and gals at Hoonigan. But, really, she's also a participant...
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This 2,700-wheel-horsepower Nissan GT-R maxes out the dyno
The world of high-horsepower builds is an insane place. While production cars with 500, 600, and even 700 horsepower are considered wild, it's the aftermarket that takes things to the next level. And then past that level and into the stratosphere. Case in point is the Nissan GT-R from Extreme Turbo...
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Nissan GT-R hoard destroyed in specialty shop fire
Numerous Nissan GT-Rs of various vintage were destroyed recently. The cars, which included an R32 Skyline GT-R right up to the current R35 model, met their untimely death in a fire that engulfed RB Motorsport in Wigan, United Kingdom on Friday. And we hear that they were all customer cars. RB...
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If there's one country other than the United States that has a bonkers relationship with power and oddball builds, it's Australia. Take this Nissan GT-R-powered Ford Focus for example. Okay, so it's not exactly a Ford Focus anymore—it only shares the windshield and A-pillars at this point—but the vehicle does serve as the blueprint. As Engine Swap Depot reports—the website's slogan "Boosting Performance Through Creative Surgery" says it all—the vehicle is a build collaboration between Tasmanian driver Tony Quinn and Australian performance house Pace Innovations, and...
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US Customs seizes 1996 Nissan Skyline GT-R in South Carolina
Someone's JDM dreams are about to be crushed. All JDM Motors, a company specializing in imported parts from Japan, attempted to smuggle a 1996 Nissan R33 Skyline GT-R into the U.S. with a container full of various other Nissan parts. But, the plan went awry during a random search of the shipping...
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This 1,700-hp Nissan GT-R has a trick to stage properly at the drag strip
Staging a car at a drag strip is an art form. You line up so you have your car exactly where you want it to try and extract tenths of a second as you blast off down the strip. Some like staging deep while others run shallow. However, for some, staging is now moving beyond the art form and into the...
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2017 Nissan GT-R Track Edition debuts in Big Apple
If you buy a Nissan GT-R, you are getting a performance car, no matter what. The only questions are, how much performance do you want and how much do you want to balance it with the bits of refinement Nissan has managed to sneak into the equation with 2017's rather extensive refresh. CHECK OUT...
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You can't run from the Nissan GT-R Police Pursuit
Seeing the red and blue lights in your rearview mirror can cause a bit of mild terror. Were you speeding? Did you signal when you changed lanes? What did you do wrong? Now, if you're an actual serial bad person, maybe there's a serious reason for a cop to be on your tail. If that's the case...
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Meet the world’s first 6.0-second Nissan GT-R
AMS Performance hasn’t been sitting idle after clocking a world-record setting 7.14-second quarter-mile time with its monstrous Nissan GT-R build. Following that record last November, AMS and driver Gidi Chamdi have done it again. The 2,500-horsepower AMS GT-R invaded the dragstrip to go for...
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The current Acura NSX is an interesting vehicle. It's a sort of budget hypercar in that its not wearing an ungodly price tag (relatively speaking) yet it packs the combination of electric motors, batteries, and a gasoline engine that you'll find in some of the world's highest performing vehicles. Think of things like the McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche 918, and that's the sort of tech that Acura has shoved under the skin of the NSX. It's not producing power in quantities on par with those other cars, but it's no slouch either. The NSX has a total output of 573 horsepower and 476 pound-feet...
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2017 Nissan GT-R Super GT racer revealed
The third and final race car for the 2017 season of popular Japanese touring car series Super GT, the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500, has been revealed. The will compete in the premier GT500 class alongside the new-for-2017 Honda NSX-GT and Lexus LC GT500 race cars, which replace the respective NSX-GT...
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Gidi Chamdi rips off new Nissan GT-R quarter mile record
You know the name AMS Performance. It's the tuning company turning out insanely powerful and wickedly quick Nissan GT-Rs. You also probably know the name Gidi Chamdi, as we wrote about him and his Lamborghini Gallardo when he used it to hit 240.64 mph in a half-mile airstrip run, securing himself...
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2017 Nissan GT-R Track Edition revealed
The Nissan GT-R for the 2017 model year has undergone its most significant update to date. Nissan says the 2017 GT-R will eventually offer four models for customers to choose from. Two of these have been revealed in the form of the GT-R Premium and GT-R Nismo. Now we can add a third to the list...
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2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo priced from $176,585
Nissan today announced pricing for the 2017 GT-R Nismo in conjunction with the 12th Annual Japanese Classic Car Show in Long Beach, California. The track-oriented Nismo is priced from $176,585, a large step up from the $111,585 Nissan charges for the GT-R Premium model. CHECK OUT: 2017 Nissan GT-R...
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Street FX swaps a monster GT-R engine into a Toyota 86
The Toyota 86 (formerly Scion FR-S) is a wonderful little machine. It's a rear-wheel-drive sports car that's affordable, approachable, and a ton of fun. Still, it could use a bit more power. When I say a bit, I mean another 50 horsepower and it would be perfect. When Street FX Motorsports of...
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