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It's turning into a good day for racers here at TopGear.com. Earlier we brought you news of the indubitably handsome Maserati GT4 GranTurismo, and now Nissan has given us a first look at its not-to-be-messed-with GT-R racer, set to compete in the FIA's GT1 class this year.
Looks mean, huh? OK, the paint job might be a bit Ford-tiger-stripes from the early 90s, but we'll forgive that. Check out that rear wing. Check out those arches. Check out those side-exit exhausts.
Nissan has ditched the GT-R's twin-turbo 3.8-litre V6 engine in favour of a naturally aspirated 5.6-litre V8, which puts out a mighty 600bhp and 479lb ft of torque... all to the rear wheels.
The GT1 GT-R - which will be run by NISMO and Gigawave Motorsports - will make its race debut at the FIA Silverstone meet on May 3, and is likely to take part in three further races this year before a full campaign in 2010. It'll be gunning for the Maserati MC12s, Corvette C6Rs, Saleen S7Rs and Ford GTs. They should be afraid.
If you want a whole lot more GT goodness, make sure you pick up a copy of May's issue of Top Gear magazine - which goes on sale next Thursday - in which we drive all the official FIA GT3 racers. When we say ‘we drive', we mean ‘Stig drives'. Don't miss it.
Now watch the awesome
GT-R give Jeremy a near-fatal injury at the Fuji Speedway:
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What do you think?
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Claiborn commented on this article
at 02:29 pm on 08 April 2009
You should be showing pictures of the Ford GT shown with it, it looks like the offspring of the detroit power house that did naughty things with a sprightly young Lotus Elise whilst hoidaying in Hethel. Suprise suprise I want one, and a lot more than this Jap Can that had to have V8 put in it to even make it worth racing. How much of that car is even vaugely related to the original V8, Rear drive, etc, etc.
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Ben27 commented on this article
at 04:23 pm on 08 April 2009
Very nice, V8, rear wheel drive, bring it on! Can we have a road going version please Nissan? We promise not to take the mick out of you anymore... ish
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lambosareforeva commented on this article
at 04:39 pm on 08 April 2009
cool this looks badass i wanted one for a while but now, i really want it
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Ferko commented on this article
at 05:09 pm on 08 April 2009
Go GT-R, go!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:32 pm on 08 April 2009
Ohh yeah. It's not as menacing as the (championship winning) GT500 Super GT entry, but that's because the GT1 body is still the original height, whereas most of the bottom of the Super GT had been sliced off and replaced with, er, splitters and diffusers and stuff. Still, this should be ideal for overtaking Porsches etc. Just like a normal GT-R then. Btw, the FR & V8 is to comply with FIA GT1 rules. If you want AWD and the VR38DETT, try GT4. Or a PS3.
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