There’s no denying that BBC’s Top Gear has had its fair share of problems. There was that issue when the Stig took the Koenigsegg CCX on an off-track excursion. Then Richard Hammond’s horrible crash in the jet dragster. Well, their latest incident involves the only official Nissan GT-R in Great Britain.
Popular Entries: Nissan GT-R, BBC, Top Gear, Nissan, Wrecked Exotic, GT-RAfter only being able to adore the turbocharged Skyline GT-R from afar for about 2 decades, Nissan is officially selling its industry changing super coupe on U.S. shores for the first time. In a huge late night ceremony at a Universal City, California dealership, Daryl Alison took delivery of the very 1st Nissan GT-R sold Stateside – by the automaker itself. The event included all the pizzaz and ceremony you’d expect, including an appearance by notorious hot-shoe, Steve Millen.
Alison, quite the a long-time Nissan fan whose garage has housed a number of their sports cars, including several 350Zs, was grinning from ear-to-ear while he got a rundown on this black GT-R in Premium trim. What might be surprising, and definitely unique, Alison only had to pay sticker price ($72,900) for his GT-R. Likely to be the first and last to do so as owners begin taking delivery of their own GT-Rs in the following weeks.
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Just when you thought there was nothing new left to see or read about the supercar for the masses Nissan GT-R super-coupe, a brand new prototype manages to turn up at the Nurburgring, and allegedly scorches any and all times set by previous GT-R test mules. The new GT-R car is supposedly a prototype for the upcoming Spec V version of the new R35 GTR and according to initial reports it will lap the Nurburgring 20+km track in just 7m 25s.This latest video above shows the car as it undergoes testing and reveals a number of important clues about the new model. For the observant watcher, the key difference between this latest prototype and the stock GT-R is the new front bumper with extra cooling intakes in the integrated lip spoiler. Other changes include some racing-style alloy wheels and new, larger, brake calipers – possibly with new carbon-ceramic discs.Previous generations of the Skyline GT-R, including the R32 up to the R34, included high-performance models dubbed V-spec. These cars featured improved braking packages, lowered suspension, and plenty of carbon-fiber and aluminum, and the latest generation is expected to be no different. Already there are rumors that the car will develop up to 550hp and could weigh up to 250kg less than the portly standard mdoel.
Late last year, Nissan insiders revealed a lighter and more powerful Spec-V model would be expected to arrive by 2009 and this video gives us a taste of what this car is capable of doing.
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