Nissan GT-R Spec-V Confirmed Specifications

I saw a 1990's GTR the other day and wondered what it would look like beside a Porsche 911 from the same year. The answer is the Porsche would be way better.

you need glasses then.

This is the supreme sports car, until the NSX will come out.

So many cars are retro or look alike, it is nice to see something different and recognizeable as a special car. Example is the ZR-1 it looks like the regular corvette and that hurt sales of the original ZR-1 of the 80's.

485ps is the revised output of the standard GT-R engine, not the Spec V. Try 520 (and understated at that, as usual).

any skyline/gtr was cool. end of. it was the thinking mans choice. not the "i havent grown out of my pre pubescent lust of a porsche" choice! funny how the car magazines in the uk would rather have a gtr than the lambo. oh and i live in the uk. thankfully our motoring press isnt as biased as your comments are....finally get a life and open your eyes.

correction the gtr is the most accessible super car in the world. at home on the track. at home when going to the shops. thats the feat that nissan has pulled off. ANYONE can access is magnimity. its defies convention

OMG, is this a PS3 convention!? RussianMafia just posted the obvious: the 911 is more elegant than the GT-R! But all you GT-R Church followers had to come and bash him! Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, buy you my friends, are car design blind!

Yeah! Let's fight! Porsche sucks and the GTR is ugly! Bring it on!

i thought Porsche tested the GTR and it was slower on the track??? what happened to that

I'm a bit suspicious as to why the V-Spec Ring times aren't being posted. In my usual scepticism, I'd suggest that the first GT-R time was due to cheating and they can't get better times with the V-Spec... but then, what do I know?

Oh, will you be allowed to go on circuit as much as you want or will the warranty expire when you use it on its so-called home ground??

The argument between the GTR and the Porsche is as good as Coke vs. Pepsi! I love it!!! I would love it if some unbiased medium would test the Porsche Turbo and the GTR on the Ring. Maybe it would be a good TopGear episode where Sabine can drive them both!! I'm sure Topgear wouldn't mind a possible boycott of their program by the losing manufacturer because they offend everyone anyways... But on a more observational note... I was in Tokyo and Yokohama for a week on business and over the weekend I saw more late model Porsches then GTR's. (I say weekend because people usually bring out their toys in the weekends and take public transport or drive those box cars during the weekday...so the weekend is a better choice of days to be fair) So the GTR is even rare in its homeland. AMG Mercs seem to rule the streets in terms of the numbers of them being driven around.

No matter how fast this car is, it will never be a supercar

No Lucifa that's what your opinion of "super-car" is not mine or many others, The GT-R is a super-car for the 21st century, its as fast and faster than most "super-cars" but is able to be an everyday car and can go on roads where an ordinary Super-car can not. Not everyone bases a car on its looks and huge fuel gulping engines, the term of super-car is based on someones preference and there model of the world.

its odd comparing the 911 vs the GTR. they are two different breeds apart. the 911 is more of a playboy's car. fast and packs a punch but subtle. its for people who have louis vuitton luggage and armani versace suits. people who tend to live in penthouse suites and all. GTR on the other hand is totally different. its like a harley davidson trotting biker or a gun slinging cowboy. what you see is what you get. you sit in it and you know its only build for one thing and everything else is just icing. its not meant to go 200+ mph or have your jaws drop with its looks. no. it is meant to take you around bends and twists that leave you breathless. hell it might even give you a whiplash. its for guys who want to pretend for however long they are allowed to that they are schumacher or hamilton on the racing track. no point comparing the two. different prices different purpose. gtr is ?50k and 911 turbo is ?100k. and forget about comparing the gtr to the upcoming supra. they are thinking of introducing is as lexus lf-a and a price tag around about ?140k, thrice as expensive. even then it is going to struggle to kick gtr's ass like the old supra tried to but never could.

Lucifa, i do understand what your saying.

Who in their right mind would pay an additional $100k over the standard GT-R for some carbon fiber and some suspension upgrades and 5 horsepower? You could do a lot more by just getting the standard GT-R and tuning it yourself for way less and get way more of a car that would kick the Spec v's ass.

That's a point, that cob GT-R has 600hp and is a rocket just like many GT-Rs that have been modified my tuners, hopefully they make that transmission bullet proof to handle more power and torque output.