VIDEO: DSports First Look at 2012 Nissan GTR

Jesus...0 to 60 in 3 seconds flat. Now Nissan go spend some money to improve the 370Zs cooling! As well as giving me race carz!

The numbers don't impress me one bit.

There had been rumors in the past about the power output (480hp). A lot of drivers felt it had more, and now we see 520hp peak.
In my opinion the car has always had that power, but Nissan didn't make it official. They tweaked the ECU, increase the boost, and called it a day.

The redesigned the Volk rims (and lost some rotational mass in the process, BUT increased the brake size and made the rotor thicker), no improving the rotational mass there.

They put some fancy HID lights on the bumper, God knows why!

They enlarged the front fascia to allow more air into the engine bay, yet they lower the coefficent of drag? How, I don't know.

Too much electronic for my taste, it's a cool car, but I would rather buy an M3 coupe for that kind of money.

he said porsh...
/porsche snob

Man, this is bad news for whoever owns a 2010 or older GT-R.

Looks good to me, a great car just got better.

Seems like JDMized is a glass half empty kind of guy. I didn't see anything in the video about weights, but if they increase brake capacity without increasing rotational mass, that sounds like a win to me. Plus, even if the total weight is the same, moving mass from the outside (wheel) to inside (brakes) is good. I like the look of the old wheels better.

If it is underrated at 480hp, it sounds like the new car will be equally underrated at the new hp level. Bigger intake and exhaust, average 2psi boost increase, and a retune? Sounds like 40hp bump is pretty reasonable.

JDMized, I believe those are actually LED. It is entirely possible that while they increased the size of the brake rotor both in diameter and depth, they could have actually still decreased rotational inertia with the new wheels. Remember, the same mass at a more centralized location means reduced rotational inertia (I'll admit I don't see them reducing rotational inertia by anything to get excited about, mind you). As for the power rating, I agree with Evan. Car companies have been bull@#$!ting HP numbers for decades, and they won't stop any time soon; I'll believe a number from the factory when I see the dyno graph to prove it.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that car companies need to start making raw, hairy-chested beasts of cars again like the Ferrari's of old (New F40 anyone?), but come on, you can't just give 'em a golf clap and a pat on the back for honestly making an all ready good car (that's vastly cheaper than its competition I might add) BETTER?

Regardless, I like that they changed the suspension geometry. I'm told the GT-R all ready handled great from the factory (I seem to recall Jeremy Clarkson actually threw his neck out while driving it, though it wouldn't be the first time he's done so in a car), but any time a company makes a great handling car handle better is a good day in my book. Either way, I'd like to see them drop the modified cheese eating, surrender-monkey* V6 in favor of some form of Nissan-designed, overly engineered V8. I don't care if it's turbocharged or not (actually, supercharged would be brilliant in my book, but that seems to be more Toyota's shtick)!

* Note: I'm part French, so don't go calling me racist because of that comment. I've no qualms about saying that I've never been inspired by French engine design, though I freely admit to never having seen the inside of any French engines. French automotive interior design, yes; engine design, no.

Saying Porsh... = Porsche snob? I just thought that people said porsh like they call girls that are named Kimberly, Kim. Just as a lot of names are shortened for convenience.