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Doesn't the GT-R already, unofficially, make over 500hp?

I dont know, but if its true then that one should make an unofficial 550 hp.....

Compared to previous skyline GT-Rs, with the SPEC V, you ACTUALLY DO GET A POWER JUMP. Nissan at least did one thing right and made the engine a LOT more bulletproof, so guess what, unlike the older N1/NUR cars you don't need a fancy schmancy N1 longblock and surrounding systems.

Keep in mind too, the Spec V, at $160,000 USD equivalent, IS STILL CHEAPER than a carrera 4S in Japan. That might also explain why the car is not coming to the states.



This post has been edited by BmwNeoType on Apr 1 2009, 08:30 PM

seems relative to me

$35,000 + 42% increase would be the said $50,000

and it is not like the other V-Spec/V-Spec II/N1 model had huge power increases either

now it is the same for the current GT-R

$80,000 + 42% increase up to $114,400


seems like nissan has been playing this game for quite a while now

but that doesn't matter really

price, at least to me, is not a factor to anyone who would even consider buying one at this point, to arguing about it is truly pointless, you wont be buying one, I wont be buying one, so lets just keep talking out of our asses here

Hennessey GT-R: 0-300 km/h in 24.79 sec

That's unclear. Most people say it has the pull of a 500+ hp car and its dyno results hint toward that, but of course, Nissan keeps claiming that the drivetrain losses are minimal because of their engineering and materials.

I certainly wouldn't buy one new. But down the line I may end up buying one used. A brand's halo car's halo trim however probably isn't burdened with secondary market considerations though. Might just have to get one the old fashioned way I got the other GT-R....

Maintenance costs on GTR:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/01/some-ba...intenance-bill/

Our fathers always told us there's no such thing as a free lunch, and if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Then along came the Nissan GT-R, billed as a "bargain supercar" for those of merely elevated means. With a list price below eighty grand and performance to embarrass exotics worth several times as much, it seemed like the shoestring exotic had finally arrived like Santa Claus on Christmas. Couple that with what you'd be forgiven for assuming would be reasonable ownership costs – it is, after all, a Nissan, not a Ferrari – and the impossible had appeared to have happened.

However, such optimistic judgments about upkeep may have been premature. That's what the boys over at Inside Line found when their GT-R was called in to have its fluids changed. With transmission fluid selling for over $100 a quart, plus labor, the costs added up rather quickly, resulting in a routine refresh of the car's fluids and filters adding up to a sign-of-the-times-if-we've-ever-seen-one total of $2009 and change. If that's a bargain, we don't want to know what expensive is. Follow the link below to see IL's full breakdown.

ALSO:

2009 disclosure form states:

"This includes warranty coverage for performance driving on a track, but your warranty excludes coverage for racing"


2010 disclosure form

"Racing, competitive driving of any sort and/or any use on a track or airstrip, or otherwise not operating or maintaining the vehicle as set out in

the Owner’s Manual and Service and Maintenance Guide"

The R35 is an awesome car as it is, but i have lost all desire to ever own one. I would rather buy a 996 Turbo used. For the cost of maintanance i better own an F430.

This post has been edited by BmwNeoType on Apr 2 2009, 01:17 PM

Dude, the current Base GT-R price to the Current V-spec price is not a 42% increase, it's 160,000 USD or a 100 percent increase.

True. But it bothers me to see a souped up car being double the price of the base car with identical power numbers.....

The V-spec is very exspensive but you do get $50000 brake's!

FIA GT1 Nissan GT-R Specifications Revealed

That is a nice looking race car! So much more than the GT500s..... Can't wait to see this car in action!

In-car view

This post has been edited by soujiro_seta on Apr 7 2009, 02:32 PM

I really like the color scheme it match perfectly with the car.

New paint scheme for the Yellow Hat racing team in Super GT. Love the retro-ness.

The FiA GT1 car sounds a LOT like a NASCAR stockcar, haha. Thank the 5,0l V8 for that.

except NASCARS run 200 ci more than that hahaha

Try .8l, or 55 more cubic inches. The FiA GT car has a 5.0l V8, NASCAR stockcars run 5.8l.

I coulda sworn they run 502ci's.......maybe that was a while ago..

Never have....

Biggest NASCAR motor was a 429ci(7.0l), they downsized to 358ci in 1971.

The paint job is awsome just like the R30!

You can just tell that it's EFI though, heh. Just by sound alone.

Wow that racing GTR is a pretty hot car. Very nice.

epic paint scheme is epic...

However, they are missing one important detail



Those wheels, man; those wheels!

I think the 18 x 13 '' Rays forged wheels should suffice more than enough.

http://www.gtrblog.com/2009/05/23/actor-ri...ror-gt-r-crash/

This proves how safety the GT-R is.