Nissan has released a new video of its potent new GT-R NISMO in action at its Tochigi, Japan test facility.
The supercar slayer’s chief vehicle engineer, Noboru Kaneko, narrates, explaining some of the details that make the GT-R NISMO even more formidable than the “pedestrian” GT-R. Though there’s no new bombshells revealed, what is new is watching Andy Palmer, Nissan’s Chief Planning Officer and Executive Vice President, put the machine through its paces and throwing it into at least one tire-smoking drift.
As Nissan’s number two exec shreds rubber, Kaneko reiterates some of Mecha-Godzilla’s impressive specs — 600 hp and 481 lb-ft of torque from the 3.8-liter V6 fed by the massive turbochargers straight from the GT-R GT3 race car.
He also points out that the GT-R NISMO’s re-engineered rear spoiler provides, at just 62 mph, the equivalent downforce of the regular version’s at 186 mph. Overall, the new wing and NISMO-exclusive body kit generates 220 lbs of downforce as it climbs to its top speed of 195 mph. Nissan calls it a “shark tooth” design, borrowed from the GT500 race car that will compete in the Japanese-spec Super GT series later this year.
Although the GT-R NISMO set a new production car record at the Nurburgring last fall with a 7:08:69, there’s no word on whether Palmer set a similar pace at the Tochigi test circuit. The GT-R NISMO, recently priced at $151,585 including destination charges, will hit showrooms on July 31.
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