Nissan 2012 GT-R
Perhaps you keep in mind the original Nissan GT-R as straightforward to drive but uninvolving. You might have surmised that, like a digital low maker or fancy toaster, it got the task done however lacked temperament. Maybe you even scan enough Internet forums to convince yourself that it absolutely was an appliance — warmed over electro-mechanics was speed. Technology, you most likely concluded, will be thus dull. Yawn.
Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief engineer for the R35, is jaded with that angle. And he's delivered the revised 2012 Nissan GT-R with enough capability — in the approach of 45 additional horsepower, larger front brake rotors and refined suspension tuning — to extinguish your inner bench racer's technological indifference. Anyone who's still singing that tune, Mizuno thinks, hasn't driven this car.
However we tend to have.
Reality Check
And what we've learned throughout our instrumented performance testing and various laps around California's Buttonwillow Raceway is convincing. The GT-R, little doubt about it, may be a full-fledged and wildly capable supercar. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Certainly, there's a measure of control here that's not out there in other cars with this a lot of (or additional) power, however let's not mistake control for blandness. As a result of, during this case, there is nothing bland about the GT-R.
You see, even in this business, where five hundred-hp cars come along each few weeks, the speed and management that accompany the GT-R driving experience are rare. Even additional rare, but, are drivers with the power to effectively use this abundant power.
Every manufacturer recognizes this. It's why Chevy offers Performance Traction Management on its 638-hp Corvette ZR1. It's why Mercedes-Benz will not allow stability control to be fully disabled on its most powerful models. And it's why the Nissan GT-R, in all its torque-biasing, electronically controlled glory, exists the least bit.
As a result of control, friends, kicks ass. Like it or not.
Just Plain Silly Quick
And we tend to won't faux to be the driver who can handle this automotive unencumbered by electronic aids on a largely wet track. Therefore we left them on around the road course. And despite the moisture, the 530-hp 2012 GT-R charged into Buttonwillow's 90-degree Sunset corner in 5th gear at 130 mph. That's a solid eight mph faster than the 201one model we have a tendency to drove back to back on the identical track.
And then, due to larger fifteen.four-in. front rotors (previously 15.zero inches) and redesigned calipers, it hauled right down to a affordable 80 mph before once once more crushing our soul with relentless acceleration. There's more than enough power here to balance the GT-R's chassis with the throttle, and understeer is noticeably reduced at lower speeds while stability remains high in triple-digit corners.
The chassis feels largely the identical. There is the identical heavyweight steering — even at low speed. There's the identical sense that you're managing a lot of mass every time you raise the GT-R to accelerate, brake or turn. And there is the identical confidence when gap the throttle at corner exit. Only one issue is different: There's additional of everything. And it is good.
Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief engineer for the R35, is jaded with that angle. And he's delivered the revised 2012 Nissan GT-R with enough capability — in the approach of 45 additional horsepower, larger front brake rotors and refined suspension tuning — to extinguish your inner bench racer's technological indifference. Anyone who's still singing that tune, Mizuno thinks, hasn't driven this car.
However we tend to have.
Reality Check
And what we've learned throughout our instrumented performance testing and various laps around California's Buttonwillow Raceway is convincing. The GT-R, little doubt about it, may be a full-fledged and wildly capable supercar. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Certainly, there's a measure of control here that's not out there in other cars with this a lot of (or additional) power, however let's not mistake control for blandness. As a result of, during this case, there is nothing bland about the GT-R.
You see, even in this business, where five hundred-hp cars come along each few weeks, the speed and management that accompany the GT-R driving experience are rare. Even additional rare, but, are drivers with the power to effectively use this abundant power.
Every manufacturer recognizes this. It's why Chevy offers Performance Traction Management on its 638-hp Corvette ZR1. It's why Mercedes-Benz will not allow stability control to be fully disabled on its most powerful models. And it's why the Nissan GT-R, in all its torque-biasing, electronically controlled glory, exists the least bit.
As a result of control, friends, kicks ass. Like it or not.
Just Plain Silly Quick
And we tend to won't faux to be the driver who can handle this automotive unencumbered by electronic aids on a largely wet track. Therefore we left them on around the road course. And despite the moisture, the 530-hp 2012 GT-R charged into Buttonwillow's 90-degree Sunset corner in 5th gear at 130 mph. That's a solid eight mph faster than the 201one model we have a tendency to drove back to back on the identical track.
And then, due to larger fifteen.four-in. front rotors (previously 15.zero inches) and redesigned calipers, it hauled right down to a affordable 80 mph before once once more crushing our soul with relentless acceleration. There's more than enough power here to balance the GT-R's chassis with the throttle, and understeer is noticeably reduced at lower speeds while stability remains high in triple-digit corners.
The chassis feels largely the identical. There is the identical heavyweight steering — even at low speed. There's the identical sense that you're managing a lot of mass every time you raise the GT-R to accelerate, brake or turn. And there is the identical confidence when gap the throttle at corner exit. Only one issue is different: There's additional of everything. And it is good.
Nissan 2012 GT-R
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