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REPORT: Nissan GT-R, Maserati MC12 heading to Le Mans

If you think you've seen schisms in motorsports by following the on-again, off-again rifts in F1, Indy racing and rallying, those are nothing compared to the fisticuffs endured in sportscar racing over the past few decades. In addition to the Rolex Daytona series and the IMSA, to name just two, the FIA and ACO have been running separate series with separate rules for years. But as the former realigns its sportscar series and the latter further branches out from the Le Mans venue itself to series around the world, the two France-based ... Read more →

Improvements to 2010 Porsche 997 Turbo slash ten seconds from 'Ring time Frank Filipponio

With its new-for-2010 direct-injected, 3.8-liter turbocharged flat-six, the upgraded 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has fired a shot across the bow of the world's supercar armada. Promising better ...

REPORT: Next-gen Nissan GT-R in the works for 2013 Noah Joseph

Hot on the heels of reports, brought to you by British car site PistonHeads upon their visit to the Nissan's Ring-side test facility, of updates planned for the current R35-generation Nissan GT-R ...

Nissan GT-R reportedly set to receive suspension and aero upgrades, SpecM confirmed Noah Joseph

The GT-R is already one of the most devastatingly fast cars on the market, but the speed-hungry record-breakers at Nissan aren't about to rest on their finely calibrated laurels. According to a ...

Rumormill: Nissan to debut exclusive luxury-oriented GT-R SpecM in Tokyo? Noah Joseph

The development of an Infiniti version of the Nissan GT-R has been more on-again, off-again than couple on an NBC sitcom. But while the jury deliberates over that project, fresh rumors from Japan ...

Autoblog Podcast #146 - WSG Corvette racer Johnny O'Connell! 1 month ago on Autoblog

Episode #146 of the Autoblog Podcast puts Chris, Sam, and Dan in fast company, talking to Corvette racer Johnny O'Connell. Johnny's heading out to run the Petit LeMans, but he took some time to chat with us first. Once the crew settles down about apexes and back straights, we head off into a ...

NISMO renting GT-R engine and transmission computers in Japan 5 months ago on Autoblog

Beginning June 1, NISMO will begin taking pre-orders on a new ECU and Transmission Control Module (TCM) for the standard GT-R and its SpecV sibling. According to Nissan's motorsports arm, the ECU increases maximum boost pressure by 0.1 bar (1.5 psi) to crank-up low-end torque and enhance ...

Now's Your Chance: Repo'd Nissan GT-R up for auction 6 months ago on Autoblog

Here's your chance to put Godzilla in your driveway for a discount! Of course, this GT-R that's headed for the block at Matley's Richmond Auto Auction today in Virginia will likely not go for much of a discount. Barring a transmission that's been launch-controlled into oblivion, this 3,011-mile ...

One Lap of America 2009 - The flag drops... 6 months ago on Autoblog

Greetings from Joliet, Illinois, home of the Autobahn Country Club. We're on board with Brock Yates' One Lap of America, one of America's toughest motorsports challenges. Over the course of eight days, 63 drivers of all talent and experience levels will take to a range of motorsports facilities ...

Spy Shots: 2011 Nissan GT-R spotted testing at Nürburgring? 6 months ago on Autoblog

One way to win races is to bury the pedal and never lift. It would appear Nissan may be following the same plan with the development of its GT-R. Rather than sit around and let the car's development go cold, Nissan is continuing to refine its bargain supercar slayer. Nürburgring watchers have ...

Revised Nissan GT-R clocks 7:27.56 lap time at the Nürburgring 6 months ago on Autoblog

Enough is never enough. Not when you're talking supercars and Nürburgring lap times. As if enough jaws weren't dropped when Nissan posted their fantastic initial time of 7:29 around the vaunted Nordschleife (besting Porsche's best), the automaker's engineers went back to the garage looking ...

Some Bargain: Inside Line reports $2000 routine maintenance bill for Nissan GT-R 7 months ago on Autoblog

Our fathers always told us there's no such thing as a free lunch, and if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Then along came the Nissan GT-R, billed as a "bargain supercar" for those of merely elevated means. With a list price below eighty grand and performance to embarrass ...

Nissan GT-R Wagon spotted in Nagoya?! 8 months ago on Autoblog

Let's get this over with right now: This isn't really a Nissan GT-R wagon. That said, it is a decidedly artful conversion of the Japanese automaker's M35 series Stagea wagon, a JDM load-lugger it produced from 2001 to 2007. Available in both rear- and all-wheel drive with a variety of V6 ...

Nissan confirms GT-R headed for FIA GT racing in 2009, 2010 8 months ago on Autoblog

Nissan has announced its Global Motorsports Activities for 2009 and it looks like we'll be seeing the GT-R campaign in the FIA-GT1 category earlier than expected. Initial reports claimed that Nissan would begin offering LeMans-spec racers to privateer teams for the 2010 FIA-GT1 season, but in ...

Nissan instructs dealers to reprogram GT-R launch control 9 months ago on Autoblog

Few topics have set the Autoblog commenting system on fire more than the Nissan GT-R. And once stories began to surface about Godzilla's gearbox grenading when customers invoked the power of launch control, it was like a Hateraid atom bomb had gone off below the fold. Well folks, strap on your riot ...

GT-R Done: A gaggle of Nissan supercars take Buttonwillow 10 months ago on Autoblog

Drop the needle on that old Blue Oyster Cult record, because Godzilla has come to Buttonwillow. More to the point, a a group of Nissan GT-R owners, enthusiasts, and tuners held a track day at the popular California road course on December 29th. The fastest lap of the day was 1:57, which is darned ...

MotorTrend says Nissan not lying about GT-R horsepower 10 months ago on Autoblog

Last summer, Motor Trend estimated that the Nissan GT-R made at least 507-horsepower at the crank, which is quite a bit more than the manufacturer's official 480-horse rating. Now, MT decided to put to rest the firestorm it created by strapping yet another GT-R to a new type of dynamometer that's ...

FIA-GT1 Nissan GT-R spied, LeMans specs rumored 10 months ago on Autoblog

Japan's Auto Sport magazine has procured a handful of shots and some preliminary specs on the FIA-GT1-ready Nissan GT-R, and judging by the modifications and performance stats, Nissan is planning an all-out assault on the series and a possible campaign at LeMans. In order to get the GT-R up to ...

Cobra Technology tunes Nissan GT-R 10 months ago on Autoblog

Cobra Technology has released a handful of images and info on its tuned Nissan GT-R, dubbed the Cobra N+ Tuning Concept. There's a full press release after the jump, but the important bits are this: When equipped with the Stage One package, output rises to 550 hp while torque grows to 500 ...

Ezra Dyer pits the Nissan GT-R versus... the Hummer H3T 10 months ago on Autoblog

Automobile's Ezra Dyer has a knack for positing the most intriguing vehicular questions in an inimitable, screamingly hilarious style. Who else would send Hummer's junior-level H3T against Nissan's heavyweight GT-R, and why? "I want to go bash around in the boonies with a jacked-up truck before ...

Hennessey offers 600 hp tuning package for Nissan GT-R 10 months ago on Autoblog

The Nissan GT-R V Spec will allegedly be packing 520 horses when it arrives some time next year. That still won't be enough for a lot of people (especially folks who want to win seriously competitive drag races), so Hennessey is offering GT-R upgrades that beef Godzilla up to 600 hp. The seven mods ...

One Nissan GT-R must die so that others may live 11 months ago on Autoblog

Where do supercars go when they die? Some sacrilegious blend between Heaven and Hell where they get chopped up into little bits, but are then given a chance to give other supercars a new lease on life. One such Nissan GT-R met its demise far too young in its life. With only 4,000km on the odometer, ...

Nissan GT-R will do 3.9-second 0-60 without Launch Control 11 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year 11 months ago on Autoblog

Do you sense a pattern here? Not only has the Nissan GT-R won just about every comparison test on the planet, but it's also racked up a Popular Science Best of What's New award, Car of the Year honors from Automobile Magazine, and now the GT-R can add Motor Trend's CotY trophy to its mantle, as ...

Popular Science names Best of What's New in Auto Tech for 2008 11 months ago on Autoblog

What are the best innovations that the global automotive industry debuted in 2008? Popular Science has just picked its favorites and revealed the Best of What's New awards for the year that just was; um, is. The grand prize goes to the Nissan GT-R for its technical brilliance, astonishing ...

SEMA 2008: Top 10 Nissan GT-Rs 1 year ago on Autoblog

With the exception of the Dodge Challenger, the Nissan GT-R seems to be the vehicle of choice for SEMA. In addition to the numerous Nissan tuners, it seemed that nearly every wheel and tire manufacturer had Godzilla manning its booth. We were determined to see all the different variations, and did ...

VIDEO: Drag race between ZR1, 599, GT-R and GT2 1 year ago on Autoblog

If we came up with a list of our top "Best Day EVER" scenarios, we're pretty sure a straight-line race between the Corvette ZR1, Ferrari 599 GTB, Nissan GT-R and the Porsche 911 GT2 would be close to the top of our list. The scribes at Motor Trend were able to live that dream, but they threw us ...

Nissan offers more evidence of GT-R 'Ring run: second video and pic of tires 1 year ago on Autoblog

Nissan released a second video of the incredible 7:29 lap time achieved by the GT-R earlier this year at the Nürburgring Nordschleife along with a photo of the stock tires that were installed on the car at the time. It did so to dispel accusations that the time might not be 100% authentic. ...

Nissan to Porsche: Put the GT-R down before you hurt yourself 1 year ago on Autoblog

The GT-R/911 schoolyard scuffuffle continues, with Nissan looking at Porsche's test and basically saying "yer doin it wrong" to the German automaker. Chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno has graciously offered remedial driving classes to the driver for Porsche's lapping session where a GT-R was ...

Nissan GT-R Spec V specs revealed by R&T 1 year ago on Autoblog

Road & Track just spilled the beans on the new Nissan GT-R Spec V, so we can now share their data with all of you. Thanks guys. While the "regular" GT-R is busy bringing down giants and collecting hardware in the process, the new GT-R Spec V promises to improve on the formula, and probably cure ...

Is Nissan lying about GT-R horsepower? Pretty much. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view our massive gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Back in the late sixties, automakers sometimes purposely under-reported the true horsepower that their solid-lifter, over-cammed and over-carburetor'd monster V8 engines actually delivered. More recently, some manufacturers have ...

Is this heaven? No, it's a storage lot in Florida 1 year ago on Autoblog

Something wicked, and white, and silver, and grey, and covered in protective tape, this way comes. In fact, it is already here: a lot full of Nissan GT-Rs in Jacksonville, Florida. Amassed like the automatons in I, Robot, all of them await their chance to embarrass cars costing nearly twice as much ...

Nissan GT-R Spec-V may debut in Paris and go on sale by December 1 year ago on Autoblog

According to Car and Driver, a preliminary version of the Nissan GT-R V-Spec -- that stands for Victory Specification, mind you -- could be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show later this year and may even be ready for sale by the end of the year. The V-Spec, whose actual specs have not been revealed, ...

What? Car & Driver says M3 better than GT-R and 911 Turbo 1 year ago on Autoblog

Car & Driver is a common choice as bathroom reader around Autoblog HQ, though thumbing through the latest issue had us contemplating using the glossy pages for TP. C&D got its hands on Nissan's new GT-R and its development benchmark, the Porsche 911 Turbo. That's great so far, as everyone ...

Corvette ZR1 engineer says GT-R won't be King of the 'Ring for long 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Corvette_ZR_1_vs_Nissan_GTR_King_of_the_Ring'; The Nissan GT-R's 7:29 lap record won't stand for long if Chevrolet has anything to say about it. Speaking with InsideLine, Corvette Chief Engineer, Tadge Jeuchter, says that the ZR1, "will be able to take the ...

JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan GT-R in action. While sitting through what felt like the longest press conference ever before we got some seat time in the Nissan GT-R, one of the engineers on hand mentioned that Godzilla's suspension would be tweaked for the U.S. market. When asked ...

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Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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