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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

The Lexus LF-​​A Nür­bur­gring Pack­age. Lim­ited to 50 only.

Although the LF-​​A is itself lim­ited to a run of only 500 units, Lexus have announced a Nür­bur­gring edi­tion of only 50 units to com­pli­ment sales.

The new edi­tion bumps the 4.8L V10’s out­put 10 horse­power to 562HP, upgrades sus­pen­sion, gains a new front split­ter, dive planes and a fixed rear wing. Trans­mis­sion changes see shift times drop 50ms to 150ms total, and the car comes in either whitest white, black,  McLaren orange, or buy­ers may option matte black at an added $20, 000 pre­mium on top of the $70, 000 pack­age cost. The LF-​​A costs $375, 000 as standard.

[Ed: If you can stand the ugli­ness of the car enhanced in orange, you’re look­ing at $445, 000 for a car that isn’t that much more impres­sive than the $85, 000 GT-​​R. If you can’t stom­ach the orange, then the matte black will mean $465, 000. ]

The Lexus LF-​​A Nür­bur­gring Pack­age