What We Know So Far

*UPDATED: see post below*�

While none of this is final till the car is revealed at Tokyo, here’s what is known/​expected so far for the rebirth of the iconic Nis­san hero car.

Engine/​Drivetrain:

• Des­ig­na­tion VR38VETT, Twin Turbo, 3.8L V6
• Vari­able Valve Event Lift (VVEL)
• Esti­mated 480+HP, maybe as high as 550HP
• Forged inter­nals throughout
• ATTESSA All Wheel Drive, pos­si­bly tuned for more rear-​​wheel bias on higher-​​spec models.

Dimen­sions, Weight, Chassis:

• Des­ig­nated CBA-​​R35 (Inter­est­ing that this is des­ig­nated R35, when effec­tively it is not the R35/​V35 proto chas­sis but a new chassis)
• Total weight around 3500lbs or 1570kg
• Weight dis­tri­b­u­tion centralized
• Length: ~4,650mm (183 inches)
• Wheel­base: ~ 2,800 mm (110 inches)
• Width: ~1,350mm (53 inches).

Mod­els:

• Expected to come in at least three mod­els. Stan­dard, Black Edi­tion and Pre­mium. There has been men­tion of V-​​Spec and EVO des­ig­na­tions; whether these are sub des­ig­na­tions to Stan­dard, Black Edi­tion or Pre­mium are unknown — they may be bona fide mod­els on their own.

Exte­rior:

• Six col­ors
  • Tita­nium Gray
  • Dark Metal Blue
  • Super Black
  • Vibrant Red
  • Ulti­mate Metal Sil­ver (addi­tional cost)
  • White Pearl (addi­tional cost)
• Rays forged wheels, prob­a­bly 18 inches. Upgraded gun­metal Rays wheels will be avail­able on the base model, and stan­dard on Black and Pre­mium models

Inte­rior:

• Two colours, either Black or Grey. Only Black is avail­able in the Black Edition.
• All three mod­els have SRS cur­tain and side airbags as options (One would expect these would be stan­dard and may still be stan­dard come Tokyo)
• Bose sound optional on Base and Black Edi­tion, stan­dard on Pre­mium (sim­i­lar to V35 coupes)
• Anti-​​theft sys­tems also optional on Base and Black, stan­dard on Pre­mium (Again we’d expect anti-​​theft to become stan­dard on a ~8million yen supercar)
• Lash­ings of light weight (and prob­a­bly expen­sive) mate­ri­als, such as mag­ne­sium alloy, car­bon fibre and tita­nium inside and out.

Notes:

No com­pre­hen­sive details are avail­able yet on dri­ve­train, trans­mis­sion, tur­bocharger con­fig­u­ra­tion and man­u­fac­turer, exhaust, sus­pen­sion, brak­ing and aero­dy­namic con­fig­u­ra­tions, though given the nature of the car, we’d expect large Brembo’s front and back, pos­si­bly a new high-​​strength DSG pad­dleshift auto and 6 speed man­ual trans­mis­sions and at least a light-​​weight stain­less steel high-​​flow dual exhaust.

There has been talk of dif­fer­ent brakes for dif­fer­ent mod­els — 4 pis­ton, 6 pis­ton and high-​​strength carbon-​​ceramic have been men­tioned on hypo­thet­i­cal base, V-​​Spec and EVO mod­els respec­tively — though it seems unlikely given the same engine con­fig­u­ra­tion is expected for all mod­els. It’s wise to note here that rumors sur­round­ing power vary wildly, it may be that the VR38VETT will be tuned for greater pow­ers across the range and war­rant dif­fer­ent brak­ing and sus­pen­sions set ups for each model. Time will tell

UPDATES:CarAd­vice have added the fol­low­ing information :

• NO MANUAL OPTION! Instead Nis­san are opt­ing for a 7 speed flappy paddle…
• Tita­nium muffler
• Side airbags optional on all 3 mod­els (Sur­pris­ingly not standard)
• Plat­inum comes with a heated seat, Thatcham class immo­biliser and alarm
• The Ulti­mate Metal Sil­ver colour attracts a 300,000 yen pre­mium, Pearl White attract­ing a 30,000 yen premium
• RE070 run flats on black and platinum
• UPDATED PRICING (tax incl):� Base — 7,770,000 yen, Black edi­tion — 7,927,500 yen , Pre­mium: 8,347,500 yen

We’ll post more as infor­ma­tion becomes available.

In a some­what con­tro­ver­sial post, the Nis­san GT-​​R and 911 have been seen doing bat­tle on the Ring.

Sure to bring Porsche evan­ge­lists into direct fire from Nis­san evan­ge­lists, Auto­blog is care­fully claim­ing the GT-​​R (not the EVO spec appar­ently) doing the lap in 7:38 vs 7:40 for the 911 (pic­tures included). Not­ing the usual inde­screp­an­cies from stop­watch tim­ing, they claim it still leaves the GT-​​R in a favourable posi­tion of com­ing dead even at worst, sure to heighten debate between lovers of the mighty German.

The GT-​​R is shap­ing up to be one of the most antic­i­pated and hotly debated releases of the 21st cen­tury. Only time will tell who will rain supreme, but until then, a bit of excite­ment hasn’t gone astray.

[Sources: Auto­blog]

The Nis­san GT-​​R will appar­ently arrive in three trim lev­els, though what those are exactly hasn’t been released.

Addi­tion­ally, pre­orders for the GT-​​R are expected to start come Sept 20, with pub­lic release still expected on the 24th to coin­cide with the Tokyo Motor­show press day (as we said here). Inter­est­ingly, orders can­not be can­celled. Per­son­ally we think if you had the dosh, you’d be mad to cancel.

[Source: 7tune.com /​ Best Car]