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Nissan GT-R tweaked for 2009 with more power

Ben Pulman, 09 December 2008 11:30

The Nissan GT-R still hasn’t gone on sale in Europe and it's already been treated to a few tweaks - new for 2009 will be more power, revised suspension, different wheels and tyres, plus a price hike. More power? Surely that’s the last thing the Nissan GT-R needs… Quite, but the increase is a mere 5bhp, taking the output of ...

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Nissan GT-R tweaked for 2009 with more power

Ben Pulman, 09 December 2008 11:30

Nissan showcases crashproof cars and an eco pedal

Tim Pollard, 06 August 2008 09:17

Nissan has unveiled a brace of new technologies to make driving in the 21st century cleaner and greener – but they also signal a further erosion of driver independence, ceding more control from man to microchip. How so? Well, the new systems announced today mark a step towards the driverless car: one is part of a project that hopes to ...

Video of Nissan GT-R’s record lap at the Nurburgring

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Tim Pollard, 02 June 2008 10:15

Remember we brought you news of the new Nissan GT-R setting a new Nurburgring record of 7min 29sec? Well now you can see the hot lap on video, courtesy of our Youtube film below. It’s not the best quality (it seems to have been filmed from a TV monitor at a Nissan event), but you can see test driver Tochio ...

Nissan launches new model avalanche

Tim Pollard, 14 May 2008 10:32

Nissan will launch 60 new products in the next five years, the company’s latest business plan reveals. And it'll need every new model it can lay its hands on, amid a profit warning and a 30 percent collapse in profits this year. The company certainly loves catchily titled grands projets; following hot on the heels of the Nissan Revival Plan, ...

New rival to Tata’s £1250 car

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Tim Pollard, 12 May 2008 11:29

Move over, Tata Nano. There’s another bargain basement car in town. Renault-Nissan and Bajaj Auto today confirmed their new people’s car would cost from just $2500 (£1250). Codenamed ULC (ultra-low cost), the new car will be built in Chakan in India with around 400,000 units expected in the first year. However, the new joint venture is some way behind this ...

Nissan GT-R to be revised for Europe

Tim Pollard, 01 May 2008 18:14

Nissan is fettling its GT-R before it goes on sale in the UK in April 2009. It might have just announced a new lap record at the Nurburgring – chief test driver Tochio Suzuki shaved nine seconds off the GT-R's previous record of 7min 38 – but Nissan's engineers are already working on upgrades to the everyman's supercar.Chief vehicle engineer ...

Nissan GT-R import fears

Anonymous, 03 December 2007 09:43

Bargain hunters rejoice! Nissan's new GT-R costs just £34,400 in Japan - spelling out juicy savings for grey importers in the UK, where the super-coupe is tipped to cost £60,000. Even after the cost of shipping and import duties, that means you could land a Japanese-spec car for around £42-£45k. However, Nissan GB says imports won't necessarily match the full ...

The anti-drink-drive car

Tim Pollard, 03 August 2007 02:25

Nissan today unveiled its answer to drink-driving: the car that monitors the driver's alcohol level before every journey and stops you if you're about to break the law. Boffins at the Japanese firm have equipped a domestic market Fuga with monitoring equipment that can spot if a driver has been boozing. It's so sophisticated, engineers claim it can differentiate between ...

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