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Nissan GT-R V-Spec to get 550hp, will be 330 pounds lighter

omarrana submitted on 2/13/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:33:55 PM

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At the end of January, we posted what were said to be leaked photos of the Nissan GT-R V-Spec with the report claiming that the car will be 220 pounds lighter than the current GT-R.

The folks over at AutoExpress have dug up some new information on the V-Spec, claiming they have all the details.

AutoExpress says that the GT-R V-Spec will pump out 550 horsepower from its 3.8 liter twin-turbo V6 and will actually weigh 300 pounds less than its 473 horsepower brother. The report says that Nissan will add a ‘wild’ bodykit with side skirts and splitters that will provide...

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Nissan GT-R V-Spec to get 550hp, will be 330 pounds lighter

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What Nissan needs to do is redesign this monstrosity.
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 12:43:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -50

Look the joke of our community is here again! You made to the first post!!! It just means you'll accumulate deboosting faster!
— SVXXX (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 12:48:24 PM | | Votes: 18

he's the equivalent of 'joshlexus4ever', the sad thing is, I think he's probably older than 14.
— M35MT (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 12:50:16 PM | | Votes: 16

you can also tell bangle to redesign those things he calls a "car".
— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:11:03 PM | | Votes: 12

This car is plain old ugly.

There's not one good angle about this Nissan.

Look at it again and tell me what looks attractive!!!
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:41:14 PM | | Votes: -30

It takes one to know one.

The car is not attractive, is it :-(
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 2:37:39 PM | | Votes: -25

The more EL34 posts the more ridiculous he looks.
— _43LE (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 5:39:42 PM | | Votes: 9

WOW,39 deebosts. I think thats a new record!
— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 11:50:08 AM | | Votes: 1

"Can they make anything more uglier than this??"
if they hire Chris Bangle.
— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 3:55:34 PM | | Votes: 0

Did EL break the Negative post record??? lol
— Porschinator (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2008 10:30:05 PM | | Votes: 1

HOLY CRAP, what a car!
— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 12:53:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 12

And it looks like a holy crap.
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 2:42:47 PM | | Votes: -24

That is going to be one SWEET ride. I just wonder how much it will be. The normal one will cost around $70K. Should we say $80K for the V-Spec? OOUCH!!
— 07G35J (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:00:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

Article says ~$20k increase. So "under $100k". Even at a 100% increase it'd still be a good value (not compared to itself but others at that price range).
— budfrogS4 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:39:47 PM | | Votes: 8

Good luck about finding one for less than $100K.
— Porschinator (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 9:25:47 PM | | Votes: 4

Hmm the article actually says ~£20K increase. that's more like $30-40k.. sounds like >$100k ZR-1 territory ..
— Tritonx (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 1:09:26 AM | | Votes: 2

Wow, didn't think they could do much to make the GT-R better, but this V-Spec is going to be insane.
— PerformanceGuy (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:13:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11

Wow that numbers are just unbelievable. I think it would be half a second faster to 60.

OMG that's Veyron, CCX terrotry.

JUGNU
— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:16:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11

Setting the bar even higher. Keep it up Nissan.
— GTR35 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:27:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

The R35 has probably the best chassis in the business, next to the Veyron. A car that will never be beaten for the next 10 years or so.

To me, the 911 Turbo is still slighty faster in a straight line but it loses some territory to the GT-R in the corners. But the steer.. ah what the hell just give that GT-R.
— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:33:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

The Veyron has to have a good chassis to be so stable at high speeds. The amazing thing about the Veyron is how refined and stable it is when doing over 250 mph. Most super cars feel like they're about to rip themselves apart when reaching their top speeds, not the Veyron. Plus it's achieved a time of 7:40 around the Nurburgring , not bad for something weighing nearly 2000kg. A modified CRX would not beat it around a track.
— Kinger (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 5:43:43 AM | | Votes: 2

Crazy!
— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:34:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

Very cool. I think this is great for nissan. Every brand need a halo car, and wow, what a car. Very excited to see these around town soon. Btw, it looks great.
— Obliv (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 1:38:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7

If GT-R keeps this up, we will never see NSX. Sad.
— ceric (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 2:03:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

I'll bet if Nissan gets rid of the entire body they could shed another 800 pounds and make the car much more attractive :-)
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 2:39:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -17

You know, the fact you take time to post negative things just showcases your jealousy. Just wanted to point that out.
— Obliv (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 3:49:06 PM | | Votes: 10

:)
— _43LE (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 5:39:18 PM | | Votes: 6

:)
— 07G35J (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 12:02:57 AM | | Votes: 5

The performance of this Nissa GT-R V-Spec is going to Unreal............I bet 0-60 will be in the mid or low 2 seconds, Wow......

I love own one of this Hot "Mama Godzilla" from the land of the rising sun. The new GT-R/V-spec is definitely redefining the word Supercars.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 4:50:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7

correction, it Nissan GT-R V-Spec etc..
— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 4:55:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

uh... Wow!
— M316 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 5:49:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

WOW!!!
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 5:55:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

the gtr is not ugly, its agressive and u WILL NOT see bitches driving this thing !!!!!!
— iamdabest1 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 6:49:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Godzilla on Steroids!!! Awesome is one word to describe it.
— Porschinator (View Profile)

Posted on 2/13/2008 9:24:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

omg, with 470hps and this thing was is a monster, now 550hps? Wonderful work for Nissan, these guys are crazy about power, I can feel the Porsche folks are hating this now.
— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 12:47:56 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

Wow!
— LE34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 1:10:24 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

CLUTZ would call this a stupid idea. He would have advised spending more money on advertising and delivering an inferior product.
— Chaos29 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 1:25:31 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

I'm kinda surprised by this myself. You make a Godzilla powerful machine, then V Spec it. So after dumping all that cash on a GT-R, you can pull up to the guy who dumped a little more has a faster one?? Not really sure where Nissan was going with this, should have just made the GT-R a one model, one engine, take it or leave it. But that's my opinion.

I also thought they dropped the whole V-spec tag. I know the Sentra only has an SE-R and the Altima SE-R. No Specs there. The last Sentra was the better one anyways IMO.

Either way they just made a ridiculously fast car even faster by shaving weight and adding power, wow! I'm impressed, guess this will be the limited production run version.
— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 5:19:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

When is this frickin car coming out? Anyone knows the specs, pricing?
— Type707 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 10:16:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

Where is the SUPRA??? I wonder if toyota going to answer pretty soon.
— Chaos29 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 2:54:46 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

It might be the Lexus LF-A or share the LF-A chassis, etc., not sure, though.
— LexusLion (View Profile)

Posted on 2/17/2008 10:58:00 PM | | Votes: 1

This car has about as much excitement on the road as a Mazda CX9.

Not a good thing when someone could walk right past it and not notice it :-(
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 11:59:05 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5

Yo Fast...how did it look in person?
— Porschinator (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2008 10:32:07 PM | | Votes: 2

EL34 the only way nissan could of messed up and designed this car to be ugly is if they hired me to do the job...and that's only due to my lack of experience.
— NismoNate (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2008 1:40:04 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

...when you think it can't get any better, it does... Evolution at work.
— LexusLion (View Profile)

Posted on 2/17/2008 12:59:01 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

here some pictures of the New GTR V Spec
of the Japanese mag attachment
http://www.skylinegtrclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=707&d=1207493701
— 666999 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/16/2008 2:31:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

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