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Forget that Qazana-thing. Hiding in a top secret back room - OK, slightly secret side room - off Nissan's main stand is the car we really wanted to see: the GT-R Spec V.
This is it, the lighter, track-focussed GT-R, the Nurburgring-obliterating weapon bedecked in carbon fibre. Forget the dubious paint-job - it's the Spec V's signature colour, but we can't say we're sold - and focus instead on the mechanical goodness on show here.
The Spec V is 60kg lighter than the standard GT-R, mainly by ripping out the rear seats - there are just a pair of, well, holes there now - and adding lots of lovely carbon fibre: there's a beautiful carbon fibre spoiler, thinner carbon fibre seats and a carbon fibre front splitter.
New Potenza cut-slick tyres - which look like they'd be hellish through standing water - along with stiffer springs and bigger brakes complete the mechanical revisions.
The Spec V doesn't get any extra power - but 470bhp was hardly shoddy in the first place - but there's now an ‘overboost' function, which increases peak torque for up to 80 seconds, and a freer-breathing titanium exhaust.
All of which is good, but here's the bad news: Nissan still hasn't confirmed whether the Spec V will make it to Europe. If it does, it'll be in very limited numbers - a couple of dozen only, perhaps - with a six-figure price tag. That's pounds, not yen, sadly.
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STIG commented on this article
at 12:48 pm on 05 March 2009
Devilishly Good...
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STIG commented on this article
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Devilishly Good...
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 01:28 pm on 05 March 2009
This is my favourite car of all time. Well done for finding it!! Midnight Purple is back!
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Cobra_13 commented on this article
at 01:38 pm on 05 March 2009
If I had the money, I'd buy it and then live on the Nürburgring.
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Ikazuchi commented on this article
at 04:07 pm on 05 March 2009
Stillen Motorsports is making a race-prepped GT-R for the Targa Newfoundland Rally. They mention that they will save about 100lbs just by swapping out the stock front seats with race seats. That doesn't include all the other stuff they gutted from the car (http://blog.stillen.com/2009/02/gutting-the-2009-nissan-r35-gt-r-part-1/).
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