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Euro-spec Nissan GT-R gets more power, better grip, higher price-tag

Posted: Dec 08, 2008

Filed under: Nissan

The 2010 Nissan GT-R will lose the wonderful yet controversial launch control; however, Nissan announced today that the extra horsepower and a couple of other add ons should make up for the loss… at least in Europe. Production of the Euro spec GT-R begins in Japan this month and Nissan will add some “small but [...]

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MY09 Nissan GT-R Series II: GT-R gets 5-hp and 5% price increase

Posted: Nov 14, 2008

Filed under: Nissan

It seems just like yesterday that the Nissan GT-R was revealed. Just to put it into perspective, the car made its stateside debut at the 2007 LA Auto Show and next week is the 2008 LA Auto Show. Either way, believe it or not it’s time for an upgrade.
Known as the Series II Nissan GT-R [...]

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Nissan GT-R Spec-V to be revealed by end of Nov.

Posted: Nov 11, 2008

Filed under: Nissan

It was previously reported that we’ll get to see the Nissan GT-R Spec-V at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Guess what? It wasn’t there. According to new reports, the GT-R Spec-V will most certainly be on hand at the 2008 NISMO Festival that starts on Nov. 30th.
The official release date is set for January 2009 [...]

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600-hp Nissan GT-R LM Edition in the works

Posted: Nov 10, 2008

Filed under: Nissan

We haven’t heard anything about the Nissan GT-R V-Spec for a while and quite frankly after learning what we just did – we could care less. According to Best Car, Nissan is working on a Le Mans edition of the GT-R R35 that will be called ‘LM Edition.’ The car will be extremely exclusive and [...]

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Zele Nissan GT-R makes U.S. debut at the 2008 SEMA Show

Posted: Nov 05, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, Nissan, Tuner Cars

Zele International’s orange Nissan GT-R has made its way to the U.S. and is now on display at the 2008 SEMA Auto Show. The Zele Nissan GT-R shows off a variety of carbon fiber body parts for Godzilla and a few performance modifications.
The car features a Lamborghini Arancio Atlas Metallic Orange paint job, black forged standard wheels, carbon [...]

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Videos: Corvette ZR1, Porsche GT2, Ferrari 599, Nissan GT-R top speed runs

Posted: Oct 29, 2008

Filed under: Chevrolet, Ferrari, Nissan, Porsche, Videos

While Motor Trend was hanging out at Chrysler’s Arizona Proving Grounds in over half a million dollars worth of the world’s hottest cars, they decided it was the perfect opportunity to take each vehicle to its top speed. Check out these videos of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Porsche 911 GT2, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and the [...]

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Infiniti to take on Porsche’s Panamera with 4-door GT-R

Posted: Oct 24, 2008

Filed under: Infiniti, Nissan

The on and off again rumors of a four-door Nissan GT-R are still out there. Just earlier this year we saw a photo rendering depicting what a four-door GT-R would look like with an Infiniti badge. Nonetheless, Carlos Ghosn has repeatedly denied a GT-R based sedan for Infiniti.
Well, here is some inside information or rumors, or whatever [...]

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Video: National Geographic’s special on the Nissan GT-R

Posted: Oct 22, 2008

Filed under: Nissan, Videos

Get ready to spend 47-mins on eGMCarTech this morning. National Geographic has just released their 47-minute special on the new Japanese supercar and we’ve got the full episode right here. You can always read up on the Nissan GT-R over at Wikipedia, but you’ll never get the complete history behind one of the greatest supercars [...]

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Matte-gold Nissan GT-R spotted in Dubai

Posted: Oct 20, 2008

Filed under: Nissan

Every matte-black car we’ve seen so far has made us drool. Of course there were cars like the chrome Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano or the gold accessorized Toyota Camry that made us say ‘wtf.’ Well this Nissan GT-R joins the latter with a horrible matte-gold paint job.
Seen on the streets Dubai (of course) this is one [...]

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Video: Nissan GT-R does donuts in the UAE

Posted: Oct 15, 2008

Filed under: Nissan, Videos

The Dodge Challenger SRT8; the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS; the Ford Mustang GT500KR – those are just some of the cars you can imagine doing a donut or burnout in. But a Nissan GT-R? Not really.
Apparently, this rich fellow from the UAE feels the only way to show off the power of Godzilla is to [...]