The last incarnation of Nissan’s R35 GT-R is here, bringing more refinement and 20 extra hp into its well-documented pool of talents but is this enough to keep people interested until the all-new R36 arrives?
The world is a very different place since the first time we laid eyes on the R35 GT-R, with Autocar pointing out that the latest version has morphed from a giant-killing machine to just the fastest car you can buy in its price bracket.
On top of this, Nissan didn’t release any official acceleration figures of it and that’s because they entered a strange ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with other Japanese car makers which prevents them from doing so.
And that’s very odd indeed for a car that made its name based on its performance numbers and lap times. The only numbers we have since its official reveal are these coming from its twin-turbo 3.8-litre V6 engine which now makes 565hp and 467lb ft (637Nm) of torque and a top speed of 195mph (315km/h).
Since we live in an era where almost every serious sports car or supercar is turbocharged and breathtakingly fast on a straight line, can the Nissan GT-R hold its ground? If you want one of the fastest all-weather machines or the most easily-tuned sports car, it definitely can.