And it does feel that brutal, like pulling up in a GT racer. Apparently up to 2g is being generated under full braking from 150mph. Once again the grip this car generates proves truly phenomenal.īut nothing can really prepare you for a braking force that literally throws your upper body forward as you jump hard on the anchors. And the SpecV just keeps delivering, inviting you even deeper into the turns. Next time round, open the throttle more and leave the braking later, diving deeper and deeper into each successive corner. Fortunately there’s a winding two-mile test track at Tochigi and it takes just a couple of sighting laps to get some heat into the brakes. Perhaps we didn’t bring them up to operating temperature. From 60mph to zero, the SpecV can only match but not better the GT-R’s 106ft. The only disappointment initially is the brakes. The extra grip shows on the skid plan too, where it returns a sensational figure of 1.12g, compared with the stock GT-R’s 0.93 and the Corvette ZR1’s impressive 1.06 in the same test. Grip is titanic, but the ride quality is still acceptable, and its slalom speed of 74.7mph is nearly 1mph faster than the standard GT-R. Pushing the SpecV through the slalom, it’s immediately obvious how much more composed it is at speed, with more feedback than before and no understeer. That’s 430 Scuderia and 911 GT2 territory. Zero to 60mph comes up in 3.4sec (evo recorded 3.8sec for the regular GT-R), while the quarter-mile flies by in 11.5sec at 125mph. In contrast to the original 2008MY GT-R’s brief loss of traction at launch, the SpecV takes off instantly with virtually no wheelspin and gains speed like it’s been catapulted from an aircraft carrier.
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So lift your right boot off the brake and floor the throttle. The revised VDC (Vehicle Dynamic Control) now permits the car to launch at lower revs, thus placing less stress on the transmission while still allowing lightning-quick take-offs. Nissan GT-R review - The GT-R has never been more usable, yet it's still blisteringly fastĪcceleration first, then.Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 - review, history, prices and specs.And redefine brakes.’ That said, he did fit a boost control device that allows the car’s 433lb ft of torque to be momentarily broadened, but we’ll get to that later. We wanted to lift the on-road thrill factor, not power. But, as Mizuno explains, ‘That was not our aim. The SpecV’s twin-turbo 3.8-litre V6 is painted black instead of silver, and Nissan quotes an extra 5bhp, taking power up to 478bhp. Press the starter button and the SpecV springs to life with a deeper, throatier burble than the stock GT-R thanks to its new titanium-coated exhaust system.
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All up, the SpecV has lost 60kg, but with a resulting kerb weight of 1680kg, a bigger drop still would have been welcome. Ditto the 20in forged aluminium wheels by Rays Engineering, while on the inside, chief vehicle engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno has removed the two tight rear seats and fitted two ultra-thin carbonfibre Recaros up front. Shaded in optional £4300 Ultimate Black Opal paint, its new carbonfibre brake ducts, grille and rear wing not only give it a racy nuance, they also reduce weight. Sitting there, the SpecV certainly looks more menacing than the GT-R.
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So when we were invited to test the SpecV, we packed our VBOX timing equipment and headed for the wilds of Nissan’s Tochigi test track, two hours north of Tokyo. But up until now we have only been able to guess how this car might perform and what numbers it could generate. We’ve heard about its lightweight carbonfibre body parts, its £36,000-plus carbon-ceramic brakes, its high-gear boost control, the unique Bilstein suspension and ultra-high-performance Bridgestone tyres. Since we first spied the GT-R SpecV prototype testing at the Nürburgring last September, much has been reported on this car.