Nissan Shows GT-R GT500 Racecar, Keeps Details to Itself

Nissan's working the whole race-on-Sunday-sell-on-Monday angle with its GT-R — at least in Japan. On the heels of its death on wheels GT500 prototype racer, the company is revealing its new competitor for Japan's Super GT series at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Just as expected by everyone from the Japanese royal family on down to the white-gloved guy who body-checks people onto the Tokyo subway, the new GT-R will replace the current GT500-class competitor — the one based on the Fairlady/350Z. Nissan says it's withholding details about the car and its global motorsports plans until the end of the month. Of course, anyone harboring visions of the GT-R racing in the US should remember Nissan's suspended its North American motorsports activities. Not enough bang for their racing bucks here. For shame. [via World Car Fans]

11:45 AM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Mike Spinelli
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TeacherSnake at 11:51 AM on 01/11/08
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Damn, son.
johnnyichiban at 11:58 AM on 01/11/08
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I want this for my I-95 commute.
poxpopulus at 12:02 PM on 01/11/08
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In a just world, one would toss the Buick GNX to make room for this in the Fantasy Garage.
Adamskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy at 12:14 PM on 01/11/08
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@TeacherSnake: COTD.
Rust-MyEnemy at 12:16 PM on 01/11/08
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There are cars which should be painted flat black, and cars which shouldn't. Escalades, no.

This in flat black, no decals, bansheeing around the 'ring...

You know, I can actually feel my blood flowing south.
$Image of Dr.Danger\'s got it all$ Dr.Danger's got it all at 12:16 PM on 01/11/08
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Gojira smash!
chrystlubitshi at 12:22 PM on 01/11/08
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good thing one of my friends is a japanese major... i think i now have reason to accompany her on a trip some time..... just to see it in person
BlackIce_GTS at 12:32 PM on 01/11/08
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@chrystlubitshi: Japanese major? Does she have purple hair?
st3ph3n at 01:03 PM on 01/11/08
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@chrystlubitshi: What happens in Japan stays in Japan too ;)

I look at this and I think - GT1 class at Le Mans, and a little bit of me smiles inside.

Purely hyperbole on my part of course, but this engine's been round there before. Admittedly it had 8 cylinders then and seems to have lost 2 now, but it's made up for it by packing 2 turbos the size of belgium.
velocecrat at 01:38 PM on 01/11/08
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"Not enough bang for their racing bucks here. For shame."

More like too much bang. While Japan's top GT series is big on car development, USA's is about big stars and speedway crashertainment. Not much development return there.

ALMS and Grand Am are good fixes.
ddsurace at 01:57 PM on 01/11/08
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That thing is SERIOUSLY ugly in a good way.
Fitty7lax at 02:41 PM on 01/11/08
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It's the automotive equivalent of the guy you don't want your daughter dating.
Euromobile at 03:25 PM on 01/11/08
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@ddsurace: Almost Group B ugly. The weird thing is, it looks about a hunderd times better than the roadgoing version. I dig it.
no_face at 05:09 PM on 01/11/08
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"Almost Group B ugly" - No such thing, everything ever to grace Group B was supermodel beautiful.
Euromobile at 05:41 PM on 01/11/08
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@no_face: You reckon? I always thought they were incredibly ugly...but so pure and functional that it made them into things of beauty.
Shapeshifter at 06:09 PM on 01/11/08
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Yeah, this thing is a monster.

I really, really hope they put it into Le Mans...
Novaload at 08:57 PM on 01/11/08
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@johnnyichiban: I will take one too and race you on 95. First to flinch loses!