Last month when I was in Japan I caught my first glimpse of the new Nissan GT-R. Based on the Nissan Skyline which was never available for sale in North America, (except for used imported models) it’s allowing Nissan to reclaim the fame it achieved with the Skyline that ended production in 2002.
I’m not in to cars all that much but when I first layed eyes on this car I knew it was something special. For starters, it was huge and it just looks mean! The wheels were massive and the sheer size of it made it look like it weighed a tonne! It actuallys weighs in at 1740 kg (3836 lb) (which is almost 4 tonnes!) by the way I guess does make it heavier than a tonne!) This weight also makes it heavier than all other cars in it’s class.
Apparently it’s top speed is 310 km/hr(193 mi/hr) but if you buy the car in Japan the fastest you’ll be able to go is 190 km/hr(118 mi/hr.) Unless you are on an approved Nissan racing track. This is due to the fact that these cars are built with electronic limiters so that their owners don’t get too crazy when stepping on the gas. The good news though for Americans, and I assume Canadians is that Nissan has announced that these limiters are not on American models. I in no way support dangerous driving but it would be a shame to limit a car like this!
Another interesting fact regarding these cars is that they are slowly being released across the world. As you can see they’ve already been released in Japan. It is now June and they are selling them in the States now. Later this year they will hit Europe.
The GT-Rs start at about $67,000 USD but I imagine you won’t have much luck getting one at that price. Nissan is only making 1000 a month and I’ll bet that demand will exceed supply for the first little bit at least.
My name is Michael McKinlay and I live in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Although I was born here, I have lived in a few other places in Western Canada such as, Saskatoon, Regina, Medicine Hat, and Edmonton. I also spent time in Hong Kong and Japan. [
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Ooh, very nice indeed! Definitely worthy of a Nightkids insignia!
Thanks for visiting my site and leaving your comment. How did you find my site by the way and what’s a Nightkids insignia?
hehe – the Nightkids was one of the street racing teams in the anime Initial D. The leader of the Nightkids drove a black skyline. The anime is definitely worth checking out if you like such cars but do it in the Japanese version – the American version changed it so much as to destroy it (and I’m not a purist at all – this was DREADFUL re-edited it and completely removed any suspense and most of the car “fan service” and had them saying “Duuude” all the time.)
I’ve been watching your site for a while and will continue to do so – we are moving from Sydney to Nagoya in one week!
Thanks for the reply. I hope you keep enjoying the site!
Wow! What a car!
Here in Sweden (maybe all over Europe) almost all cars are limited (by electronics) to 250 km/h.
The German manufacturers BMW, Mercedes and Audi started to limit the max speed of their cars as a way to try to keep the German autobahn free from speed limits. The German government was talking about introducing speed limits, and by limiting the maximum speed of their cars they avoided the speed limits at the autobahn – at least for the moment. The manufacturers for sure don’t want speed limits.