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Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 5

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Top Gear | No Comments »

Jeremy Clarkson couldn't get enough of the Nissan GT-R so he kicked off Series 11, Episode 5 by showing us all why the beefy R35 is proving to be a pain in the neck for the big German bahnstormers (see ...

Hyundai introduces tamper proof identification labels

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Audi, BMW, Hyundai, News, Nissan, Porsche, Renault | No Comments »

In a bid to reduce the chances of vehicle re-birthing Hyundai has joined Audi, Nissan and Renault by introducing self-voiding vehicle identification labels. The labels are cheap to produce and will be rendered useless if removed from the car. The ...

How much power does the Nissan GT-R really produce?

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Nissan | No Comments »

Just how much power does the Nissan GT-R actually have? The official Nissan figure tells us the car has 352kW (see below), or around 480bhp. Nissan's reported 7:29 Nürburgring lap time has generated enough hype, histrionics and humdrum to whip ...

R35 Nissan GT-R world competition debut at Targa Tasmania

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nissan | No Comments »

The 2008 Targa Tasmania event marked the international racing debut for the new R35 Nissan GT-R. Sadly, the event didn't go entirely to plan for the big Nissan, forced to withdraw from the event on Day 2 with suspension problems. You ...

R35 Nissan GT-R written off

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Nissan | 3 Comments »

Spotted via CarAdvice and the NAGTROC forum was the sad news that a newly delivered R35 Nissan GT-R had met an early demise. It seems the Singaporean driver was on his way to Sepang for a few track thrills. Too ...

Three icons to make world debut at Targa Tasmania

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in GM, Motorsports, Nissan, Porsche | 1 Comment »

The iconic nameplates of Porsche GT2, Nissan GT-R and Corvette Z06 will all make their worldwide tarmac rally debuts at the 2008 Targa Tasmania, held from 15-20 April. The newly launched R35 Nissan GT-R, to be driven by Tony Alford, ...