NISSAN are set to show a total of 9 cars at the Tokyo Autos­a­lon, includ­ing a new ver­sion of the mighty GT-​​R called the NISMO Club Sports package.

A pic of the Club Sports pack­age from the new minisite

Spec­i­fi­ca­tions of exactly what goes into the Club Sports Pack­age are thin on the ground, but expect a sus­pen­sion upgrade, new wheels, aerodynamic/​minor body upgrades, ECU changes and the awe­some NISMO Data Log­ger Kit.

The Data Log­ger Kit enables dri­vers to down­load the abun­dant per­for­mance data from the GT-​​R to their com­put­ers via a USB cable in detail, and appears to be a NISMO only option specif­i­cally for the Club Sports Package.

Nis­san will com­ple­ment the GT-​​R with a NISMO tuned and dressed 370z, the Roox High­way Urban Selec­tion con­cept, some Autech tuned Rider series vans,  a sports-​​oriented Sky­line coupe and sedan pack­age, and the 2008 Super GT XANAVI GT-​​R.

PRESS RELEASE

Nis­san to show­case 9 excit­ing mod­els at Tokyo Auto Salon

YOKOHAMA (Jan­u­ary 6, 2010) — Nis­san Motor Co., Ltd., together with AUTECH Japan and Nis­san Motor­sports Inter­na­tional Co. Ltd. will present 9 excit­ing mod­els equipped with the lat­est cus­tom and after-​​market parts in the upcom­ing Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 with NAPAC (Japan Car Parts and After­mar­ket Pro­mo­tion Asso­ci­a­tion), to be held from Jan­u­ary 15–17, 2010 at Makuhari Messe.
Tokyo Auto Salon

Nis­san will show­case its trans­porter and hos­pi­tal­ity cars used dur­ing it’s par­tic­i­pa­tion in the domes­tic rac­ing series, recre­at­ing the excit­ing atmos­phere of the race cir­cuit. Included in this dis­play is Nissan’s range of stan­dard road cars styl­ized with the lat­est gen­uine aero body-​​kits that com­pli­ments the vehi­cles pure form. Autech will show its exper­tise in cus­tom cars with its fun and relax­ing Rider Series while NISMO will be pre­sent­ing its NISMO Club Sports Pack­age Cus­tom, the 2010 Nis­san GT-​​R equipped with the newly-​​developed “NISMO Data Log­ger Kit” and the XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R race­car that com­peted in the 2008 SUPER GT series.

High­lights of the exhibit include:

NISSAN area
Roox High­way Star Urban Selec­tion
A dis­tinc­tive, styl­ishly fin­ished pre­mium model based on the Roox, a light vehi­cle launched for sale in Decem­ber, equipped with third-​​party cus­tom parts such as an advanced HDD nav­i­ga­tion sys­tem, light­ing com­po­nents with cus­tom exte­rior, and styl­ized cabin interior.

Sky­line Sporty Package-​​equipped car
This minor mod­i­fi­ca­tion to the Sky­line Sedan announced on Jan­u­ary 6 raises the vehi­cle to a whole new level as a sports car. The model’s pack­age includes a sporty aero body-​​kit, a sports muf­fler, and high-​​performance suspension.

Sky­line Coupe Sporty Package-​​equipped car
Exhib­ited dur­ing the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon as a con­cept, this cus­tom car has an aggres­sively designed aero-​​body kit that give out a sporty feel. It is now avail­able to the public.

Autech Japan area
Rider Series
Autech Japan takes its Rider Series of cus­tom cars, known for its punchy aero­form coat­ing and emblem­atic front grill design, to a new level and incor­po­rates the lat­est HDD nav­i­ga­tion sys­tem into it.

• ‘Ser­ena Rider Plus Navi HDD’
• ‘Cube Rider Plus Navi HDD’
• ‘Note Rider Plus Navi HDD’

NISMO area
Nis­san GT-​​R 2010 Model: Fea­tur­ing the NISMO Club Sports Pack­age
The “NISMO Club Sports Pack­age” is the fusion of Nis­san GT-​​R and NISMO tech­nolo­gies — a pack­age boast­ing a high level of sports per­for­mance. The Nis­san GT-​​R 2010 model also includes the newly devel­oped “NISMO Data Log­ger Kit”, which makes it pos­si­ble for the dri­ver to down­load their dri­ving data via USB and view it on a com­puter. With this data log­ger kit, NISMO pro­vides a new dri­ving plea­sure in which the dri­ver has a full com­ple­ment of options to ana­lyze dri­ving data acquired at the dri­ving circuit.

XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R (2008 SUPER GT GT500 class: Dri­vers’ Cham­pi­onship win­ning car)
Pre­sent­ing the car that Satoshi Motoyama /​ Benoît Tre­luyer used to win three races (includ­ing two vic­to­ries in a row) in the 2008 SUPER GT. This rac­ing car took home the series’ cham­pi­onship in its debut year.

FAIRLADY Z Ver­sion NISMO
Con­tin­u­ing in the spirit of the pre­vi­ous Z33 model Fair­lady Z, this model builds onto the Fair­lady Z’s high level of dri­ving per­for­mance with added fun and sporty functionality.

NISMO will also have the “Kids & Ladies Ride Event”, where par­tic­i­pants can expe­ri­ence what it’s like to be inside a rac­ing car, and the “Pit­work Sim­u­la­tion”, where NISMO mechan­ics will be per­form­ing real tyre changes and other techniques.

NISSAN/​NISMO col­lec­tion booth
Nis­san offi­cial mer­chan­dise, under the Fair­lady Z, Nis­san GT-​​R and NISMO motor­sport range are avail­able. Lim­ited edi­tions (996 pcs.) of the 1/​64 scale model of the “XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R (#23, the 2008 SUPER GT Championship-​​winning machine) will also be on sale at this year’s event.

NISSAN Cus­tomize Web­site URL http://www.nissan.co.jp/EVENT/CUSTOMIZE/

Prob­a­bly my most favourite episode from Sea­son 11,  the punch­line comes at the end. It’s telling where the GT-​​R places on the board, bear­ing in mind that this car weighs the bet­ter part of 1.6 tonne, and com­pares to say the ultra-​​light Atom.

Porsche is claim­ing, after inter­nally test­ing the Nis­san GTR on the ‘Ring, that the car could not come within 25 sec­onds of April’s acclaimed time of 7 mins 29s.

Prod­uct Chief August Achleit­ner for the 911 team claims ’”This won­der car with 7:29 could not have been a reg­u­lar series pro­duc­tion car” and that  “For us, it’s not clear how this time is pos­si­ble. What we can imag­ine with this Nis­san is they used other tyres.” — mean­ing semi-​​slick tyres.

Achleit­ner said his team bought and tested a brand new Nis­san GTR with new tyres, and achieved a time of 7:54, behind the 911 turbo at 7:38 and GT2 at 7:34. The open­ing shot at Nissan’s per­for­mance car cred­i­bil­ity will no doubt cre­ate a response from fans and the com­pany, and is being hailed around the world as a case of ‘sour grapes’ for Porsche, who’s 911 con­tender retails for dou­ble the cost of a new GTR.

[Source: Cars­guide AU]

The Nis­san GTR

 

Per­haps one of the most inter­est­ing rumors of the year has been MT’s rev­e­la­tions that high level Nis­san honcho’s are con­sid­er­ing pro­duc­ing a four door ver­sion of the Nis­san R35 GT-R.The car would appar­ently carry the orig­i­nal equip­ment on the stan­dard GT-​​R, the 480-​​HP V6 VR38DETT, FSG-​​style 6-​​speed auto clutch gear­box, and AWD. How­ever, con­sid­er­able revi­sions to the car body struc­ture in order to fit any decent seats in the rear would mean the car would be con­sid­er­ably more expen­sive, and of course, heav­ier than it’s already heavy brother.

What does this do to the GT-​​R name­sake? Does it dilute the sports coupe into another high pow­ered fam­ily car? It all depends on how much of a purist you are, and how good your knowl­edge of the GT-​​R is. The first GT-​​R — the 1969 PGC10 (later the KPGC10 coupe) Sky­line GT-​​R (known as the “Hako­suka”) — was orig­i­nally a four door car, not to men­tion the Autech and Nismo lim­ited edi­tion 4 door R33 Sky­line GT-R’s of the 90’s.

That said, the GT-​​R is so named to dis­tance itself from the old Sky­line moniker. As Nissan’s pre­mier flag­ship model, per­haps the 4door is bet­ter suited to Nissan’s pre­mium Infiniti brand.

Bring on the Infiniti M38TT. Yeah, we just made that up.

[Source: Motortrend]

Today Nis­san Aus­tralia announced that the new Nis­san GT-​​R will make its Aus­tralian debut, with the JDM model on dis­play at this years Mel­bourne Motor Show. No infor­ma­tion on the Aus­tralian spec GT-​​R, or any vari­ants of the GT-​​R, is avail­able at this time.