Thursday 27th March 2008

UK Nissan GT-R Spec

Leaked details on Nissan's GT-R reveals three versions

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We have managed to get hold of the specs for UK Nissan GT-Rs and the big news is that the car will be three versions.

Not only that but a source tells us that deposits have now been taken for the full 2009 allocation.

Buyers are apparently being offered the base ‘Nissan GT-R’ spec, the ‘GT-R Premium’, and the ‘Nissan GT-R Black Edition’.

The basic £52,900 version is available in five colours - Pikes Peak White, Vibrant Red, Titanium Grey, Gun metallic, Super Silver -  but not black.

The car will come with a Twin-turbo V6 delivering 480bhp; 6-speed dual clutch transmission with auto/sequential manual shift; electronically adjustable Bilstein suspension; Bridgestone run-flat tyres; 2+2 seating; full computer system; NO sat nav(Nissan fitted Sat Nav available after September 2009 with an expected cost of around £1,900); full leather interior.

The £54,200 ‘Premium’ will have the same spec plus BOSE DAB 11 speaker sound system; rain sensing windscreen wipers; auto-dim rear view mirror; auto headlamps.

It will not be available in black.

The £55,500 ‘Black Edition’ (can you see where we are going with this?) will be available in all colours, including Kuro Black.

It also gets smoke grey wheel finish; exclusive black colour available; exclusive black & red interior leather trim.

All cars will come with a full Nissan 3 year warranty and there will be 10 fully equipped and trained service and sales centres in the UK.

[Daniel1]

price is going up and down faster then a wes drawers

[Wanta996(Gotta)]

As long as price stays under the base 911 cost then no-on can complain. Its the performance car bargain of the century, almost every magazine have drooled over the performance figures.

Rumour has it that the Lexus LF.....something, may be even quicker!!!

[JohnGoodridge]

Where's the extra power? Where's the weight reduction?

These 'special editions' have come out of the marketing department, not engineering. Great car, but can't say these 'special editions' exactly fire me up to buy one.

[Daniel1]

and id still have the R8

[E30M3SE]

JohnGoodridge said:

Where's the extra power? Where's the weight reduction?

These 'special editions' have come out of the marketing department, not engineering. Great car, but can't say these 'special editions' exactly fire me up to buy one.

How much more engineering can go into a car that is £30k plus cheaper than its key rivals, and runs rings round them on all accounts.

[andyturner]

E30M3SE said:

How much more engineering can go into a car that is £30k plus cheaper than its key rivals, and runs rings round them on all accounts.

They could put these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am... on the premium editions.

[clonmult]

andyturner said:

E30M3SE said:

How much more engineering can go into a car that is £30k plus cheaper than its key rivals, and runs rings round them on all accounts.

They could put these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am... on the premium editions.

Great idea .... I'll be at the back of the queue for putting one of these on ....

[Fondue]

andyturner said:

E30M3SE said:

How much more engineering can go into a car that is £30k plus cheaper than its key rivals, and runs rings round them on all accounts.

They could put these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am... on the premium editions.

WTF?!!

[turbobungle]

PH is a bit slow off the mark with this story! The info has hardly been leaked, its been on the various forums and even dealer sites for the last month! Hence why the first 500 have already been ordered!

Does anyone know if Pikes Peak White is just a plain white or if its pearlescent??

turbobungle

www.turbobungle.com

[Witchfinder]

[quote=Wanta996(Gotta)]Its the performance car bargain of the century...
[/quote]
From a purchase price perspective, yes. However, specialised tyres, main-dealer only servicing, and probably sky-high insurance premiums will probably see it costing far more to run than most other things in the price bracket.

[turbobungle]

And another thing, Kuro Black is available on Premium models and the Black Edition is now the 'Multi-Coloured' Edition as its available in all colours (at £1300 for 'dirty' wheels and tacky red bits on the seats!)

turbobungle
www.turbobungle.com

[turbobungle]

quote]
From a purchase price perspective, yes. However, specialised tyres, main-dealer only servicing, and probably sky-high insurance premiums will probably see it costing far more to run than most other things in the price bracket.
[/quote]

I wouldn't mind betting its still cheaper to run than anything in its performance bracket!

turbobungle
www.turbobungle.com

Edited by turbobungle on Thursday 27th March 13:10

[Daniel1]

i think theres a very good chance this could turn out to be the ultimate 'pub' car

[Baffled Spoon]

JohnGoodridge said:

Where's the extra power? Where's the weight reduction?

These 'special editions' have come out of the marketing department, not engineering. Great car, but can't say these 'special editions' exactly fire me up to buy one.

They're saving those bits for the inevitable v-spec models which will probably be released in a few months time.

[darth_pies]

Did i read somewhere that the tyres have to be specially filled with Nitrogen by a dealer?

Is that true?

Also didn't somebody say ages ago that that all the parts on the car have been RFID tagged so that you can't change anything to a non-official part?

Sounds like B.S. to me....or have Nissan really lost the plot that much?!?

At least the 'we're watching you' speed-limiting-sat-nav sounds like its been ditched!

[Lone Granger]

[quote=Wanta996(Gotta)]As long as price stays under the base 911 cost then no-on can complain. Its the performance car bargain of the century, almost every magazine have drooled over the performance figures.

Rumour has it that the Lexus LF.....something, may be even quicker!!!
[/quote]

Yep, that new Lexus used could well be interesting, the Nissan is just being puffed up and up (was big enough already..) - 10% smaller, 25% lighter and £49k is where it ought to be to make a REAL statement..

[Russell Condie]

At least they have finally dropped the legendary (pub legend that is!) straight 6. Regret that the Vauxhall (Holden) V8s and R8 will steal its (tinny) thunder regardless of the hype this time.

[turbobungle]

Russell Condie said:

At least they have finally dropped the legendary (pub legend that is!) straight 6. Regret that the Vauxhall (Holden) V8s and R8 will steal its (tinny) thunder regardless of the hype this time.

Is that why every 2009 car is already sold then? Evo mag, Autocar and many other mags have already hailed it as obliterating the performance car goalposts and beating the 911 (Turbo and GT3) and the R8, I don't remember seeing the same praise for the Vauxhall VXR8 (although I think its great BTW)

turbobungle

www.turbobungle.com

[astrsxi77]

Funny. No mention of a manual version, but then there was never a manual version of the Playstation was there.

[Road_Terrorist]

Stupid marketing departants and their ridiculous names for special editions, I can just imagine the ponytailed oik suggesting it with glee at a meeting, 'I know how about a black edition that is the only model available in black, but also available in colours other than black', no-one has ever thought of anything that clever before, not even Mercedes...