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The current Nissan R35 GTR has been around since 2007 (Japan) evolving along the way from a super-fast 2+2 sports coupe into one of the quickest and fastest petrol powered cars on the road.
Available in a number of variants including the fully bombed Nismo and this one, the 50th Anniversary model, it’s one hell of a car in any flavour. A new generation GTR can’t be far away.
Meticulous attention from a whole department of technicians and engineers has refined the Nissan GTR to its current level.
Changes this time around have been made to the twin turbos for quicker spool with adjustments to brakes, suspension and steering. The suspension gives a more linear response for improved comfort in everyday driving and now, there’s a bigger brake booster and sharper steering turn in along with a rev matching function that blips the throttle on down changes.
Put it up against any number of competitor cars, some at twice, three times the price, and the GTR will keep them honest or blow them away. You can forget about cars like the C63 Coupe, M4 BMW, Toyota Supra and Lexus RCF being in the same performance league as the GTR… they aren’t.
Though direct fuel injection isn’t used, it’s a high tech piece of work with some 419kW and 632Nm output from a “mere” 3.8-litre V6 engine. Admittedly, two turbochargers boosting at up to 14psi (1.0 bar) help matters along but the GTR is no snorting beast, unless you want it to be.
It has a lumpy rear diff, now a sports oriented 1.5 way limited slip unit and all-wheel drive apportioning torque to the front and rear axles. The 6-speed dual clutch transmission is at the back transaxle style giving the GTR excellent weight distribution compared to a conventional layout.
Exterior
Not what you’d call pretty, the GTR exudes machismo that screams get out of my face. And so you should as this is a car with legendary performance status.
It’s a low slung two door with a style harking back to the noughties. The long nose is wide and rounded at the front and the headlights follow the tapering profile. There’s a big front skirt hanging low to aid aero.
Heat dissipation from the car’s mechanicals dictates six vents in front of the windscreen to flow air through the engine bay, past the brakes and presumably around the transaxle at the back.
All helping to keep this missile-fast 1750kg coupe tracking true.
It has a mish-mash of curves and angles particularly when viewed from the rear three quarter position but the big bum with characteristic round tail lights looks imposing and would no doubt aid aerodynamics.
Large doors allow easy access and the low roofline is acceptable for taller drivers.
Love the graphics on the 50th and the new blue duco and those Rays 20-inch gloss black alloys look the biz’
It sits low at the front which can be a clearance problem when parking. But for a car capable of 300kmh plus you need low aero devices to make it stick to the road.
The R35 is a distinctive shape that can’t be mistaken for anything else on the road. That’s precisely what you want when you put down $200k plus.
Drive and Engine
Just wow, what a brute but on the other side of the coin, what an easy thing to drive in everyday mode apart from the lumpy rear diff when turning slowly.
Acceleration is brutal from any speed and stays that way to redline at about 7000rpm. Put in in full R mode and everything sharpens up if that was possible, the suspension gets stiffer, steering quicker and exhaust note louder with plenty of bangs out the back.
There’s a pleasing V6 wail from the engine and at lower speeds with the windows down you can hear a symphony or whirring machine noises underneath.
Coupled with this is a version of Nissan’s clever all-wheel drive system that modulates power to each axle according to available traction, along with a launch control function for maximum off the line acceleration.
And believe me, it gets going real quick…. in a blink.
Sometimes you have to chase the paddles around the wheel particularly in tight switchback corners.
Ride quality in normal mode is comfortable enough thanks to the suspension changes this time around. In R-Mode is pretty stiff as you’d expect. The steering is firm all the time and the brakes bite hard. They’re huge 6-piston Brembos on the front, smaller units at the rear.
Though 1750kg, the GTR feels lithe and certainly nimble thanks in part to all the technology controlling every dynamic aspect of the car. Response is rapid and the drive feel is amazing. Imagine if you could get one at say 1300kg……
