Nissan GT-R Track Edition prices announced
Pricier than a 911 Carrera S but cheaper than an AMG GT, the latest circuit-ready GT-R is on sale now
Anyway, as proven in our brief first drive recently, the GT-R remains a driving experience unlike any other and more than capable of keeping up with the latest crop of sports cars. The latest GT-R Track Edition even more so presumably, the price of which has now been confirmed as £91,995.
Like previous Track Edition R35s, it aims to take influence from the NISMO to make the GT-R better suited to, well, track driving. To that end this latest car receives tweaks to the Bilstein dampers, forged NISMO wheels, a new anti-roll bar and a carbon spoiler in addition to the wider front bumper. For UK cars the carbon-backed seats and a carbon bootlid are on the options list. Plus, of course, there's a unique Track Edition badge inside.
The engine is unchanged from the latest MY17 car, with 570hp and 469lb ft. That price makes the Track Edition £8,500 more expensive than the Prestige version of the standard car, and also at a rather odd price point. An AMG GT is another £5,000 again, a 911 Carrera S £6,000 less. An F-Type SVR is £110,000, with the R8 of course a much more expensive proposition now it's V10 only. But then if this twin-turbo V6 model comes to fruition the GT-R could have a far closer Audi rival than ever before...
However, i still think Nissan should stop fiddling about with this one and just release the brand new model. I can now understand the facelift version and looking back now i do think it was probably necessary. But i don't really get this version, i don't get the NISMO version or any other variation besides the standard GTR. If ever i actually wanted to get one and if i was in the right position to i can imagine that it would be a complete nightmare considering it's been changed year on year.
Maybe i'm over-exaggerating and just being a bit sour. I think i've just kinda lost interest really which is a shame as i've always loved the Nissan GTR and pretty much all it's predecessors. I think they priced it right the first time around and it made itself look like one of the best propositions at the time, especially for a supercar, Nissan badge or not. It's now being priced the same as everything else really and i think it could end up making the Audi R8 the better package overall.
You'll be needing to pull into the pits every other lap to stop the tyres\brakes going into meltdown, oh and you'll need VERY deep pockets if you intend on tracking a car which weighs nearly two tonnes!
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