Both J-​​Spec and Iron Chef are report­ing this, with prices start­ing around $16, 500 and up based on KMs and trim lev­els for the sexy 1JZ pow­ered four door. The Verossa is still not avail­able how­ever, though most will agree the Mark II is a classier look­ing car, with a much improved inte­rior over the JZX-​​100 Chaser.

More infor­ma­tion as it becomes available.

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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

The Japan­ese tun­ing scene lost a father and founder on Sat­ur­day with Hideki Tan­abe of Amuse (Amuse Power-​​House) fame pass­ing away. A mas­ter of the Japan­ese tun­ing scene, Tan­abe will be sorely missed by fans and dri­vers across the world, and will be remem­bered for rais­ing the bar on absolutely top notch work to another level of supreme qual­ity, work­man­ship and dedication.

It’s busi­ness as usual at Amuse, and the ultra high qual­ity parts and ser­vice that Tan­abe embod­ied will continue.

Related: Please read this heart­felt trib­ute from NAGTROC, I can­not say it bet­ter myself.