Nissan GT-R will do 3.9-second 0-60 without Launch Control
The Nissan GT-R is slap-your-mama fast, which has led to some dustup on the internet surrounding voided warranties when using the included Launch Control. Contrary to a previous report that Nissan intends to drop Launch Control from the 2010 GT-R, Motor Trend's blog is reporting that no decision has been made yet and we've heard the same thing from Nissan itself. The bigger point that MT goes on to make is that even without Launch Control, the GT-R is still brutally fast. When the magazine got its first crack at the R35, testers did an acceleration run just for giggles with all the electronics aids active except for Launch Control. The result? 3.9 seconds to 60 mph by just mashing the skinny pedal all the way down. That's enough speed to keep the GT-R running in the same pack with which it's already been lumped, and with the computers doing the work, there's no risk of stalling at launch and getting smoked by a '93 Duster. So what've we learned? Without risking a $20,000 transmission replacement, the GT-R is still a rocket. Gallery: Review: 2009 Nissan GT-R
[Source: Motor Trend]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
BigMcLargeHuge 2:35PM (11/24/2008)
And its consistent, if you time your launch correctly.
3.9s as many times as you want, warranty intact.
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Domestic 6.0 2:42PM (11/24/2008)
Thats sounds really bad when the old times were about 3.2 sec to 60.
xpolarx 2:55PM (11/24/2008)
The GTR is great for what it is -- and that's not a dragster. So, in theory, 0-60 times shouldn't really matter. Of course, in reality, from a marketing perspective losing this much time in the sprint to 60mph is going to hurt sales to a degree. I'm not sure Nissan can afford to lose the launch control, even though it's clearly the right thing to do.
nissanfreak87 2:58PM (11/24/2008)
to xplorax
I disagree with you, people who are buying the GT-R, for the most part, have some familiarity with the car's history. I feel they're buying the car for the whole package, not just a 0-60 time.
Jake B 3:05PM (11/24/2008)
The GT-R is a limited production car. It's not like Nissan constructs the GT-R at the same rate they clap out the Versa. They will sell every last one of them, probably for more than MSRP until the year before the last year of production.
BigMcLargeHuge 3:22PM (11/24/2008)
They haven't confirmed that the LC is going anywhere.
This is just MT confirming that LC isn't necessary for sub-4s.
I'd like to see most other cars do that w/out LC activated on a consistent basis.
Chris O 6:48PM (11/24/2008)
What other cars have LC? The only other one I know of is the Veyron.
I would imagine that only auto, dual-clutch, and electronic clutch (Ferrari) transmissions would be the only ones that could even be equipped with LC.
I have a G8GT and a C6Z06 that could certainly use something like that :)
Leviathan18 7:35PM (11/24/2008)
the DSG from the golf gti audi a3 have launch control
Luke 8:15PM (11/24/2008)
Dude, the new Cobalt SS has launch control. It isn't so exclusive.
Tommy 2:35PM (11/24/2008)
Porsche FTW!!!
lol
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nissanfreak87 2:36PM (11/24/2008)
Interestingly enough, the fastest GT-R 1/4 mile times in their respective classes modded/stock(Animal House Racing's 10.88 lightly modified, and another owner's 11.66 stock) have both come without the use of launch control, weird.
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Sean Morris 2:37PM (11/24/2008)
One R35 GT-R just did 10.88@133 modified, with no Launch Control. Video
http://2009gtr.blogspot.com/2008/11/1088-133-mph-r35-gt-r-no-launch-control.html
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HotRodzNKustoms 4:39PM (11/24/2008)
I'll see your modified GT-R and raise you a modified GTO with no launch control or fancy awd system.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Hardcores-GTO-runs-a-1086_200539.htm
While we're playing this stupid game I'm all in
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Paul-Major-Twin-Turbo-C5_177586.htm
Amien 2:40PM (11/24/2008)
Coudn't they spend some time with it trying to get their best time and get an average of many runs instead of just stomping on the pedal? Regardless, i don't give a rat's ass about 0-60 times.
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Michael Denham 3:05PM (11/24/2008)
"The Nissan GT-R is slap-your-mama fast"
It's fine writing like this that keeps me coming back to Autoblog.
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Tim 2:45PM (11/24/2008)
Hey everyone....
Remember when the GT-R was racing against a 599, ZR1, & GT2... and it came dead last.... like.... really far behind.... like..... not even close! :-)
lol
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Christian de Saint Preux 3:02PM (11/24/2008)
Thank you... Not to mention will fall WAY behind a Z06.
nissanfreak87 2:55PM (11/24/2008)
remember that like, the GT-R is like, like, not even like, benchmarked against those like, cars? like really, it's like, since it's a great car, the like magazines are like, putting it like, up against cars that cost like, 2-4 times as much and like, a purely performance oriented, where as the GT-R has like, backseats and a useable trunk.
Let's compare a Cayman or a base WRX to the GT-R and see what happens, same kind of comparison there.
The /GT-R was benchmarked against the 911 Turbo, nothing else, any other comparison is secondary.
Franz 3:22PM (11/24/2008)
Oh, you mean the $70k GT-R vs the $300k Ferrari, the $200k Porsche and the $100k Corvette? The 480hp Nissan vs the 612hp Ferrari, the 530hp Porsche and the 638 Corvette? The 3800lb Nissan vs the 3700lb Ferrari, the 3100lb Porsche and the 3300lb Corvette?
Yeah, I remember... what was your point again?
nastinupe 4:31PM (11/24/2008)
Dude... that was the best come back/ put down all year. Very well thought out. Kudos to you dude. That was the perfect mixture of assholedness and knowledge. Great flame.