2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO - Car and Driver
Nissan’s GT-R may be fugly to some, but as an instrument of pure speed, it’s a thing of beauty. Instrumented Test – 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO The 2015 model year marks the seventh for the GT-R , and nearly every turn of the calendar has come with incremental updates from Nissan, stretching the envelope of a car we initially called “big, heavy,... The portfolio grows this year to include a NISMO—Nissan Motorsports—model, and all three of our initial adjectives still ring true. This includes an integrated splitter and a raised rear wing that, according to Nissan, increase downforce at 186 mph by 220 pounds without affecting the car’s 0. 26 drag coefficient. At 3883 pounds, the NISMO is still a heavy beast and only a scant two pounds lighter than a 2014 GT-R Track Edition. With engine modifications—including larger turbos lifted from Nissan’s FIA GT3 racers, remapped timing, and revised breathing—the 3. 8-liter V-6 produces an additional 55 horsepower and 18 pound-feet of torque, for 600 and 481, respectively. Reportedly, Nissan could have cranked it up even further, but resisted the urge for the sake of transmission longevity, which is a touchy subject after early R35 models Cuisinarted their transaxles. Source: www.caranddriver.com
