2012 Nis­san GT-​​R: Soon to have more power

Accord­ing to Auto­blog the revised 2012 Nis­san GT-​​R is expected to develop in excess of 500HP and 450 pound-​​feet of torque in a bid to keep the newly revamped Porsche 911 Turbo at bay. Appar­ently the revised model has been seen around the ‘Ring recently, no doubt in order to lower the GT-R’s infa­mous lap time of 7:26.

Not much more is known at this stage, but it’s safe to say the VR38DETT Twin Turbo V6 will remain the work­horse, and gain a few tun­ing changes. Expect retuned sus­pen­sion, larger brakes, new dif­fusers and rear wing con­fig­u­ra­tion and minor aerokit changes.

Nis­san GT-​​R Gallery

Motortrend have briefly placed the new Lexus LF-​​A and a Nis­san GT-​​R next to each other for an impromptu ‘drag race’. What can I say, colour me unimpressed.

Let’s see these two on the track, Motortrend.

[Ed: Dear Lord, they both look kinda awk­ward in terms of styling, don’t they?]

The Nis­san GT-​​R Spec V… drool­wor­thy much?

Auto­ex­press have tested the mag­nif­i­cent new GT-​​R Spec V, a con­tin­u­a­tion of the V Spec vehi­cles of the pre­vi­ous model Sky­line GT-R’s. The car comes cov­ered in uprated com­po­nents, from the car­bon fibre wing and front lip to larger brakes and sus­pen­sion. The 478HP mon­ster clocks a 0-​​60MPH (100 km/​h) time of an incred­i­ble 3.2 sec­onds and 74.7MPH through the slalom, giv­ing the Corvette ZR-​​1 some­thing to think about. Check the Auto­ex­press video after the image gallery!

The Nis­san GT-​​R Spec V