RE: Nismo GT-R confirmed

RE: Nismo GT-R confirmed

Tuesday 26th February 2013

Nismo GT-R confirmed

New Porsche 911 GT3 faces challenge from the off with new road-going Nismo GT-R



Nissan has confirmed a new and even more extreme Nismo GT-R off the back of opening a new and much enhanced headquarters for its performance and motorsport arm in Yokohama.

Last year's Track Pack previewed Nismo
Last year's Track Pack previewed Nismo
Now, we're pretty excited about the new 911 GT3. But as a result of on-track success with the GT3 version of the GT-R it looks like Nissan's near-obsessional desire to match the 911 blow-for-blow will result in an equivalent track-influenced GT-R. Which is promising.

This suggests last year's Track Pack car was just a teaser. Which, of course, we kind of knew already, talismanic GT-R project chief Mizuno-san outlining his vision for his baby in an article we titled 'World domination and the Nissan GT-R'.

That's been given some weight with the opening of an all-new Nismo facility yesterday by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, underlining the importance of Nismo's emergence as a global performance brand. The first production car off the back of that is the Juke Nismo, driven here recently, and confirmation of the 370Z Nismo not long after. The GT-R is the big one though and a natural flagship for the Nismo range.

Ghosn says Nismo range without GT-R 'unthinkable'
Ghosn says Nismo range without GT-R 'unthinkable'
"It would be unthinkable for us to develop a range of Nismo cars without including the GT-R," Ghosn is quoted as saying in the accompanying press release. "The standard car is a global supercar and the GT-R's performance on track reflects the passion and talents of the Nismo team."

Enough teasing - what can we expect? "We know that enthusiasts around the world will be itching to know more about the forthcoming GT-R Nismo," says Nismo president Shoichi Miyatani - no kidding - before adding: "It's too preliminary to share any details yet but fans can be certain we'll be applying all of our motorsport expertise to creating a GT-R Nismo worthy of the name." OK, more teasing then. But we can expect something more dramatic than the detail updates applied to the existing car at regular intervals thus far. The ones usually timed to coincide with any new 911 variant and involving a few more seconds trimmed from the 'ring lap.

More when we have it.

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ojo

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247 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Hmm I'll have one of those ...

Loplop

1,937 posts

184 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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It's got some tough acts to follow...





Richard-G

1,668 posts

174 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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will it be in the WEC? please say it'll be in the WEC.

staples230uk

172 posts

171 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Loplop said:
It's got some tough acts to follow...




Thanks for posting those! that's my dynamic wallpaper sorted biggrin

drophead

1,056 posts

156 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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The 7 year old playing Gran Turismo religiously every Saturday morning in me just went bonkers at this

vrooom

3,763 posts

266 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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new skyline zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring.....

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Would love a 400R. Or a Z-Tune or S-Tune, but they're all pretty rare?

vrooom said:
new skyline zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring.....
Not really?

Richard-G

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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vrooom said:
new skyline zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring.....
sarcasm smiley?

exceed

454 posts

175 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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There we go, I'm buying this!

Loplop

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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C.A.R. said:
Would love a 400R. Or a Z-Tune or S-Tune, but they're all pretty rare?
I'm sure one of big UK importers had a 400R up for sale recently, could be wrong though.

The S, R and Z tune cars are sort of rare, I think there was a limited run of each, but you can actually send your car to Nismo and have it converted IIRC.

A lot of people don't realise how recent the Z Tune is, they weren't new cars really

Nismo bought 500 (I think?) R34 V Spec cars all with less than 18000miles on them, then did the conversion.

Think it'll be hard for this new Nismo to be anywhere near as special.

They all play second fiddle to these though imho:





Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

264 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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"It's too preliminary to share any details yet"

Such exciting news.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Won't be as fast as a mapped TTRS.

Allegedly.

SWoll

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257 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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drophead said:
The 7 year old playing Gran Turismo religiously every Saturday morning in me just went bonkers at this
Wouldn't normally advocate them but that does look like it needs wheel spacers IMHO.

C.A.R.

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Loplop said:
C.A.R. said:
Would love a 400R. Or a Z-Tune or S-Tune, but they're all pretty rare?
Nismo bought 500 (I think?) R34 V Spec cars all with less than 18000miles on them, then did the conversion.

Think it'll be hard for this new Nismo to be anywhere near as special.

They all play second fiddle to these though imho:
I think there were even fewer than that, the number 20 rings a bell as far as the Z-Tune is concerned?

The Mines tuned cars are epic though...yum.

OpulentBob said:
Won't be as fast as a mapped TTRS.

Allegedly.
hehe

PZR

627 posts

184 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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SWoll said:
drophead said:
The 7 year old playing Gran Turismo religiously every Saturday morning in me just went bonkers at this
Wouldn't normally advocate them but that does look like it needs wheel spacers IMHO.
It didn't need anything, as it wasn't sold to the general public. It was built simply to homologate the GTR-LM as a base on which to build the real Le Mans race cars ( like the one standing next to it ).

Ex Boy Racer

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191 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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0-60 time blah blah 'ring time blah blah half the price of a 911 blah blah.
I'll have the Porsche thanks

BuzzLightyear

1,426 posts

181 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Can I have mine in the Calsonic livery, please?

Cupradan

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Raitzi

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Is it going to be 2wd like most racing GT-R's?

wheedler

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Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Ex Boy Racer said:
0-60 time blah blah 'ring time blah blah half the price of a 911 blah blah.
I'll have the Porsche thanks
It will need to wipe the floor with the gt3 to be taken seriously or it shall need to be a lot cheaper and as good