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Road-legal, track-focussed cars are great fun. But normally a little pointless, because no matter what their makers claim, they"re usually inherently compromised on track by all the bits necessary to make them road-legal, and compromised on the road by all the bits designed to make them good on a track. If you"re rich enough, why not buy a super wafty daily, and then a proper, uncompromising track car that isn"t hamstrung by a set of numberplates? Something like this the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, freshly updated for 2019 and available to order now for 60,000,000, or about 410K (before taxes). Nissan"s done a GT3 version of the GT-R since 2012 it"s won Super GT and Blancpain championships, and took overall honours at the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2015. This year"s car promises "significant advances" over the road-going GT-R and its GT3 predecessor. The 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged engine which gives "over 542bhp" and "over 470lb ft" is mounted 150mm further back and lower for better weight distribution. There"s new suspension, better flexural and torsional rigidity, a newly designed, more reliable six-speed sequential transmission, better brakes and even a more efficient air-conditioning system.
Date written: 1 Jun 2018
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ID: 12050
Road-legal, track-focussed cars are great fun. But normally a little pointless, because no matter what their makers claim, they"re usually inherently compromised on track by all the bits necessary to make them road-legal, and compromised on the road by all the bits designed to make them good on a track. If you"re rich enough, why not buy a super wafty daily, and then a proper, uncompromising track car that isn"t hamstrung by a set of numberplates? Something like this the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, freshly updated for 2019 and available to order now for 60,000,000, or about 410K (before taxes). Nissan"s done a GT3 version of the GT-R since 2012 it"s won Super GT and Blancpain championships, and took overall honours at the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2015. This year"s car promises "significant advances" over the road-going GT-R and its GT3 predecessor. The 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged engine which gives "over 542bhp" and "over 470lb ft" is mounted 150mm further back and lower for better weight distribution. There"s new suspension, better flexural and torsional rigidity, a newly designed, more reliable six-speed sequential transmission, better brakes and even a more efficient air-conditioning system.
Date written: 1 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12050
