The 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo Is Almost 600LT Money
Once upon a time, the Nissan GT-R was quite a bargain. As it’s aged, however, it’s also gotten more expensive, a point proved not just by the £93k 50th Anniversary car but also the 2020 version of the GT-R Nismo, which Nissan has just revealed to cost upwards of £174,995 in the UK. In the US meanwhile, it’s $212,435.
This is rather a lot, considering it’s just £10,000 shy of the sensational McLaren 600LT, and around £14,000 shy of Mercedes-AMG’s own GT R in ultra-focused ‘Pro’ trim. Is the old dog really worth it?
Well, it has learned some new tricks. The turbochargers, for instance, are lifted from the GT3 racing version. The gearbox has been improved, the weight has dropped, the brakes are better and there have been various aero tweaks. The final piece of the puzzle is a new set of Dunlop tyres. All of this works together to slash the GT-R Nismo’s lap time at Nissan’s development circuit by 2.5 seconds.
The development of the car was done using a ‘kaizen’ mindset, which Nissan says is the “constant need to evolve and fine-tune”.
If this bewinged chunk of kaizen is just a little too much for you, however, there’s always the GT-R Track Edition to consider. It’s substantially less at £99,995, although it’ll be easy to inflate that figure with options including carbon ceramic brakes (£7500) and various carbonfibre components including seats (£6750), roof (£3000) and a spoiler/boot lid combo (£4500).
What will it be for you: the Track Edition, the Nismo, or another circuit-friendly supercar?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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R35 has been around for almost 13 years now….. when is full model change coming anyway?
I understand that improvements cost money, but I can’t see why you’d buy one if there are better (in my opinion) options available.
yep, nissan seriously needs to see this, the thing is, no one sees the improvement the nissan made to the gtr, people only see the exterior of the car, is it new or not, they seriously need a new chassis not a major facelift since a facelift could be bought back to the used gtr
Absolutely ridiculous money for what is essentially an eleven year old car. You’d be much better off buying a used one and taking it down to Knight Racer and modding it up to be better than a NISMO. Plus some chabge for one or two other cars, of course.
Bruh 4 supras
I love the GT-R since I was small and until now I still do. But the price is outrageous.
It started life as a fast sport car, hence justified the price bump comparing to its rivals.
Now it is moving into super-car price range, trying to be supercar. Kind of crazy…..
Whatever they’re smoking i’ll take 6 of because it must be some real strong dank to ask $200k for an 11 year old GTR with that market already saturated with vastly superior machinery. The whole point of the GTR was supercar performance for around $100k. Doubling the price kills the appeal.
Welcome to the iPhone of the car world! Hype has inflated the cost for a now average car. And £175,000 for a nissan…
its not because of the hype, its because of the tech, they keep updated the car but forgot what people wanted which is new design
McLaren for me please 🇬🇧 🎩
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What an awesome and scrumdiddlyumptious Retirement Fund!
Gearbox has been improved, good, but does this modification improove the mediocre 10 000km durability of this gearbox???
I see no reason to buy this over a similarly priced McLaren or Porsche
IF and only IF this thing is faster than the 911 GT3, yea it would be worth it.
But, a fun manual GT3 is cheaper than this…. really have to reset their priority here….
That’s a lot for a Datsun.