Nissan Chief Vehicle Engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno presented the 2013 GT-R supercar at Japan’s Sugo International Race Circuit saying that it may be able to beat previous model year’s Nurburgring lap times. The GT-R has been continually beating its previous times, with the 2011 model clocking in at 7:26.4 and the 2012 model year taking that [...]
So everywhere else in the world the new Nissan GT-R carries a 2012 model year designation, but not in the United States. Here, Godzilla carries a 2013 designation, but those numbers are of little interest for every country across the world. For the new model year, the Nissan GT-R has received engine and suspension refinement. [...]
Nissan of Europe, which is currently busy building the super Juke-R, is reportedly working on an ‘extreme GT-R’ for the United Kingdom. The model is rumored to be another version of the Club Track edition that is currently on sale in Japan. The head of the Nissan GT-R project Kazutoshi Mizuno says that model could [...]
At a media event in Malaga, Spain focused around crossovers, Nissan surprised its guest with the first viewing of the Juke-R. While the company has yet to reveal official high-res photos and details of the new GT-R powered Juke, this video gives us the best look at the high-performance crossover. Nissan says that it only [...]
When the Nissan GT-R first came out, there was controversy as to how fast the GT-R truly was with inconsistencies in lap times on the famous and most difficult racetrack in the world: the Nurburgring. As a result, Nissan has been hard at work to make sure that the GT-R remains a vital player in [...]
We’ve already seen the first official image of the Nissan Juke-R – but what’s more interesting to us are the videos Nissan of Europe has been releasing along with the development of the GT-R powered crossover. Nissan has already shown us how technology is transferred from the GT-R to the Juke. Having tested that the GT-R’s systems [...]
Here’s something surprising for a Tuesday. At a crossover media event in Malaga, Spain, Nissan surprised its guest with the first viewing of the Juke-R, which is (was) scheduled to make its full debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. “Just two versions of the Nissan Juke-R are being created, one in each of left-hand [...]
Following the release of the first video, Nissan today released video 3 of the ongoing development on the Juke-R – a Nissan Juke powered by the engine from a GT-R. Click here for our original post on the Nissan Juke-R. In video 2, Nissan shows how the engine and drivetrain from the GT-R was transferred into the [...]
One of the controversies surrounding the Nissan GT-R is that it’s so jam packed with clever technology to keep its massive and heavy body stable at speed, that anyone can drive it and feel like a hero. And amongst the truly talented drivers, that’s frowned upon because the driver isn’t truly handling the car using [...]
Earlier this month, Nissan confirmed that it was working on a Super Juke – a Nissan Juke powered by the engine from the Nissan GT-R. Known officially as the Nissan Juke-R, the super-crossover is powered by the GT-R’s 3.8 liter twin-turbo V6 making 520-hp. Nissan will now be dropping more information, pictures and videos on [...]
