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THE 2016 Nissan GT-R is even faster, better equipped and more brutal than ever – and Australian customers won’t miss out with a “Track Edition” engineered by Nismo offered here for the first time.
That’s not all that’s new for the latest Godzilla, which Nissan calls its best GT-R yet – in a nod to the legendary R32 Godzilla Skyline GT-R and its 1969 predecessor, Nissan filled its New York show stand with historic GT-Rs.
Nissan says that the R35’s body is now more rigid, and that it has fettled the suspension tune so that the 20-inch Pirelli-shod forged aluminium alloys not only offer a better ride, but can be pushed even harder around corners. A new “active sound enhancement” and titanium exhaust set-up will let you know if your mind is not yet blown away by the Nissan’s physics-defying pace.
The most obvious changes are an instrument panel and dash that are now covered in hand-stitched leather. Integrated controls for the sat-nav and stereo have lowered the button count from 27 to 11, but – finally – the previously column-mounted paddle-shifters are now mounted directly on the steering wheel. That means you’ll be able to more easily exploit the GT-R’s stupendous traction out of corners for an even faster point-to-point experience.
