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As production of this 'R35' series version of the Nissan GT-R high performance sports car draws to a close, we couldn't resist a final last drive in this glorious highly tuned Nismo version. Here, you get a real feeling for just how far Nissan has evolved this design since we first saw it way back in 2007. It remains a supercar for the PlayStation generation, but it's still astonishingly accessible and frighteningly quick.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00​​​​ Introduction
00:46 Background
03:48 Driving Experience
09:45 Design & Build
14:38 Market & Model Range
16:17 Cost of Ownership
17:49 Summary

Background

Welcome to (almost) the end of an era. This 'R35' generation Nissan GT-R is one of the industry's longest-running super sports cars and though it's nearing the end of its production run, it's still one of the rawest, most authentic and most exciting cars in its segment. Here's the highly-tuned Nismo version. It's fast. Very vast - as all previous GT-R models have been. Motorsport engineering is embedded into the very genes of this car.

In the years since we first saw this Nissan in the UK, back in 2009, the GT-R package has been gradually evolved, with subtle updates nearly every year, but the same basic recipe has remained, based around brutal styling and a rumbling 3.8-litre V6 beneath the bonnet. This car no longer sells at a fraction of Porsche prices - well it doesn't in this Nismo form anyway - but in performance-per-pound terms, what you get here is still pretty impressive. The Nismo model, flagship of the GT-R range, was first launched in 2015 and now, as production winds down to its inevitable end, probably some time in 2023, remaining sales are based around it. Lots of brands claim to offer 'a race car for the road'; but this Nissan really is; as we're about to find out..

Driving Experience

This car feels like a race track refugee. It is. As you discover once underway. First the figures: in this Nismo model, 62mph from rest is barbequed in just 2.8s, 100mph flashes by in under 8s and if you have an airport runway on hand, you'll hit 196mph before the electronics prevent you reaching the magic 200mph mark.

Under the bonnet, that thundering 24-valve V6 here generates 600hp - quite a change from when we first tested the standard version of this car a decade ago, which put out 'just' 478hp. Now, as then, it drives all four wheels via a dual-clutch six-speed semi-automatic gearbox with steering wheel paddles for rifle-quick 0.2 second changes. You can understand why at its original launch, this car embarrassed Porsche by lapping their backyard, Germany's Nordschliefe Nurburgring racetrack, faster than a 911 Turbo costing nearly twice as much. Even when you're not on track, the whole experience is addictive in the extreme. And 'extreme' is a word you keep using with reference to this Nissan. No attempt has been made to refine or culture its sensibilities; if a British Touring Car Championship driver were to lend you his race car for a quick blast up your favourite B road, then this, you feel, is the kind of experience you'd get. A rigid body structure and race-tuned suspension give confidence-building stability through quick lateral transitions and high overall cornering speeds. Providing the grip are sticky 20-inch tyres, wrapped around smart "RAYS" machine-finished forged aluminum wheels.

Apart from this Nismo version's extra power, in its latest form - and this will be its last form - it features some subtle tweaks. Like bespoke Dunlop front tyres; and turbochargers taken from the GT3 race car with fewer, thinner vanes. At this level in the GT-R range, you also get lighter weight - this Nismo version tips the scales at 1,703kgs - plus revised damping and carbon-ceramic brakes. Otherwise, it's pretty much the standard GT-R recipe.

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