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NissanGT-R Nismo
R35
- Power
- 600 PS
- 0–100
- 2.8 s
- Top speed
- 315 km/h
Photographs: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC BY-SA 4.0; Kazyakuruma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative of the model.
Curator’s note
Godzilla, hand-built and turned up by Nismo.
The R35 GT-R has been on sale since 2007 and the Nismo is its sharpest form, with turbochargers from the GT3 race car, carbon-ceramic brakes and a carbon-fibre bonnet with cooling vents.
- Hand-built VR38DETT engine
- Carbon-ceramic brakes
- GT3-derived turbochargers
- Carbon-fibre bonnet and roof
0–100 km/h2.8s10th of 140 · best 1.8 s
Top speed315km/h40th of 140 · best 420 km/h
Power592hp53rd of 140 · best 1,888 hp
Torque652Nm62nd of 140 · best 2,360 Nm
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The story
Nissan GT-R Nismo
Each VR38DETT engine is assembled by a single master craftsman, a takumi, whose name plate is fixed to the engine.
The GT-R’s transaxle puts the gearbox at the back for balance, with a separate driveshaft running forward to the front wheels.
Character
Dimensions
01
Fans have called it Godzilla since the R32.
02
Only five takumi were certified to build the engine.
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3D model "2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo" by Galaxy Car Showroom (CC Attribution), via Sketchfab
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