The latest version of the Nissan GT-R discount greater improvement, plusher cabin and greater comfort among its upgrade. Does this mean the original enfant terrible has gone all mushy on us?
Rich new Nissan GT-R finally grow. But do not worry, it's not quite ready for the pipe and slippers just yet. While the players are more rounded in almost every way now, as a result, he has lost some quality raw race that legends are established. Toning down the edginess supports a more comfortable ride, improved refinement and significantly improve the quality of the interior may not sit well with the purists, but there is no doubting the changes have transformed the GT-R supercar daily into more coherent. Make no mistake though, the more cultured possible, but the GT-R remains a hooligan at heart, maintain the level of blistering performance and handling that singles out as the weapon point-to-point at anything currently sold in the UK today.
Need to know:
- Even more power and even more speed
- Improved quality interior
- More refined and a lot more comfortable
Nearly a decade after its launch, the Nissan GT-R is for yet another annual increase. This time however, changing the 2017 goes further than just adding more of the things that has left many passengers GT-R's pale face needs a change of clothes.
Of course there is more power. The piffling 542bhp cars out must fight together in nowhere near enough, so Nissan's boffins have spiraled to heights even dizzier turbos and encouraged another 20bhp, while ramping up the shaft torque curve bending 470lb ft.
The problem, additional pressure on the squeeze-bang-puff equation means the furnace rampage in the 3.8-liter V6 gets fiery mighty indeed. To cope with rising hellfire, Nissan has carved out a sinkhole frontal aperture sized to ram cooler air under the hood of the GT-R's. Completed work? If only it were that simple.
a larger gap means increased drag and reduced performance, so while the powertrain engineer jogged to the interests mischievous aerodynamics experts should work. Designing hat rigid to withstand deformation at high speed, and lower curved front under spoiler to improve airflow, and reshape the side sills against lifting, they successfully recovered the GT-R a low drag coefficient. In addition, the rear pillars reinforced and re-profiled to increase downsizing.
Nissan claims this stiff also helps agility, and along with faster steering response, enabling the GT-R to turn into corners faster than ever before. We'll let you decide ribs that one, but the eyes and ears will be a better judge of the biggest changes in the 2017 GT-R.
Inside, there is a new dash and glamor of high-quality Nappa leather, plus BMW new-style rotary dial on the back of the gear shifter to complete control for a larger 8-inch infotainment touchscreen. frequency noise cancellation is now pumped through the front speakers to help reduce road-and wind-noise, which together with the new settings are softer to the suspension means Grand Touring aspect of the GT-R moniker finally have some semblance of credibility.
we could rabbit on forever about the GT-R's myriad dashboard read-out, the trick system of four-wheel-drive, calibration transmission switchable, various suspension settings and improved aerodynamics, but what really makes the muscle car seminal Nissan so truly epic is its hand-built twin-turbo V6 engine.
Nissan considers it only has five master craftsmen build GT-R engine. Whatever they paid, it was not enough. Now delivers more power and torque, there are few, if any machine that has accumulated on revs with ease as leaves, such as piston challenged explosion prevent 7000rpm red line. What may be even more mind-boggling is the fact there are only a few signs of mechanical protest even when the engine is having repeated full-bore upshifts.
Fortunately, the GT-R advanced electronic and chassis settings more complex than capable of handling exceptional motorcycle snorted. Leave the suspension settings in the soft mode, bang on the gas pedal to the firewall, and the rear of the GT-R feels like the squats, before all four tires to dig deep into the earth's crust and threw the entire company toward the horizon in a really crazy judge. Given the brutal performance, it comes as something of a surprise that the GT-R steering wheel is so smooth, but also very fast and deadly accurate.
Although you can not argue with physics, it feels like the GT-R will beg to differ.
There is no denying, at 1750kgs, the GT-R has feathers and it was wide enough trustworthy friend too, but rarely felt unwieldly or work, allowing you to place it in the street with millimeter precision.
Although the softest of the three modes damper is completely flexible, still allowing rapid turn-in and a very flat cornering attitude. This raises the question: What took so long Nissan to give it, and you'll need to choose a firmer setting?
Ability to drive with impunity, at the level of crazy like that, it means just a matter of GT-R is the adrenaline caused addictiveness and the threat of a long spell at the pleasure of his majesty. Well, that, and confused gearbox six-speed dual-clutch her.
State of the art is not so long, but in the days of the super-soft, flexible unfeasibly transmission, the GT-R's shifter-mounted rear-axle now seems a bit old-fashioned. Shift paddles at least has been transferred from the column to the steering wheel, making mid-corner shifting more intuitive, and the latest software upgrade has improved the quality up-shift, but the low-speed downshifts can still hear and feel clanking away. On some occasions it can be so bad you'd swear one of the craftsmen machine has left the dentures in the works.
Unlike the PDK gearbox found in a Porsche 911, the GT-R does not have an overdrive top gear rev-reducing. As a result, the engine spins fast enough at highway speeds and swilling down the super unleaded at the same level.
Inside, things are definitely more upscale and civilized than what happened before, although much of the switchgear still feels a bit too clicky and does not have a smooth and positive damping found in a Porsche. However, the passenger behind you will not care a jot about it, because they would be traveling in relative luxury compared to cell-like conditions in the 911 back.
At £ 80-90K GT-R can no longer be regarded as a blue-collar supercar killer, but even in this kind of money, it still offers a surprising amount of bangs for your bucks and have one should definitely be on your bucket list.
Will cost an arm and a leg in the fuel and tires? Definitely.
Will your dinner party guests agree to raise your eyebrows when you release your own GT-R and not a Porsche? Correct.
Will you have to control your desire to exploit addictive performance GT-R to the max? It's almost impossible.
911 driver will pull over when they see you soaring in their rearview mirror? You betcha.
Key facts:
- Model: Nissan GT-R Prestige
- Price: £ 82 495
- Engine: V6 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged, 6-spd automatic dual-clutch
- Power / torque: 562bhp / 470lb ft
- 0-62mph: 2.7 seconds (est)
- Top speed: 196mph
- Economy: 23.9mpg
- CO2 / BIK tax liability: 275g / km / 37%
- Boot: 315 liters
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