Monday 26th September 2016

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

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Remember when a new Nissan GT-R cost less than £60,000? That was a long time ago. Indeed the first UK cars arrived more than seven years ago now which, in car terms, is flippin ages. Back then the 997 had only just been facelifted, and now there are turbo Carrera 991s around.

Coming to a track day near you soon

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...

[GranCab]

We were blessed with 15% V.A.T. back in 2009 when I had my new R35 Black Edition ... please compare apples with apples.

[Hitch]

Plus with inflation that £60k starting price would be closer to £73k now.

[PhantomPH]

Worth also noting that the £6k less for a 991 C2S is soon eaten up with the crazy options 'requirement' on the Porsche. Oh, sir would like chairs that fit? That's extra...

[culpz]

I am writing carefully on this post as i kinda eat my words last time i commented on the last GTR update about the facelift. The reason being is there's now one local to me that i've sen driving round a fair bit and it does look so much more aggressive and quite obviously different to the pre-facelift, which is the exact opposite opinion i had after seeing the pictures. Just goes to show that you should save judgement until you see something in the flesh.

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.

[nickfrog]

I never see GTR on track days apart from the Ring maybe and even then, owners are getting tired of not being able to complete 3 laps on a tank!!

[GranCab]

Audi R8 starts at £120K and has 2 seats ... completely different target customer to a GTR

[culpz]

GranCab said:

Audi R8 starts at £120K and has 2 seats ... completely different target customer to a GTR

What i'm saying is it won't be long until the GTR ends up in R8 territory. It's still supercar-for-supercar regardless. I'm sure the number of seats isn't a massive deal breaker for many who would potentially do the swap either way.

[cib24]

I really like the new styling updates and the white paint is awesome but this thing is just too heavy now. It weighs about 3,950lbs (the original R35 weighed closer to 3,800 so still heavy) and they expect it to work on a track for a prolonged period of time? If they could make the entire body out of aluminum it would save a decent amount and not cost an arm and a leg like carbon fiber would.

[Guvernator]

cib24 said:

I really like the new styling updates and the white paint is awesome but this thing is just too heavy now. It weighs about 3,950lbs (the original R35 weighed closer to 3,800 so still heavy) and they expect it to work on a track for a prolonged period of time? If they could make the entire body out of aluminum it would save a decent amount and not cost an arm and a leg like carbon fiber would.

^^^^ This to be honest, much as I love the new GT-R, it is NOT a track car so releasing a "track version" without doing anything to the big white elephant in the room that is the massive weight of the thing is a bit rubbish really. At least have a go at shedding some weight Nissan.

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!

Edited by Guvernator on Tuesday 27th September 11:29

[smilo996]

Presumably Nissan charge what they can. Given the difference in VAT it is still a performance bargain now.

Being more expensive than some Porschar's presumably means it is better, rather than how very dare they Dan.

Time for a new one now though.

[SFO]

still as ugly as they were when they first came out, if not uglier