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The latest GT-R Nismo needs little introduction, even though Nissan has made a number of tweaks
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to this last and final run-out example. Visually, it's a touch sharper than before, literally
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although its 3.8 twin-turbo V6 engine produces no more power or torque than its predecessor
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592 bhp and 481 pounds-feet. At its claimed 196 mile an hour top speed, the GT-R generates just
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over 100 kilograms of downforce and although its chassis is still defined by a complex and still
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brilliant four-wheel drive system, its weight of 1725 kilograms no longer seems just as titanic
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as it once did. It's actually 16 kilograms lighter than its predecessor. The brakes are
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carbon ceramics this time however, while the 0-62 claim remains an eye-watering 2.6 seconds
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So with all that in mind, just how quick is the latest Nismo GTR around Anglesey
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And what's it like to drive at 7 tenths before we get the stopwatch out
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I totally love these things Always have done always will do Not everyone in this business
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likes the GT-R. A lot of people think it's too heavy, too clumsy, too technical, too complex
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too unnatural in its feel, in the way it drives. Not for me. I mean, it does feel a little bit
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like a mobile space shuttle sometimes. But I love the way they engineered this GT-R
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and particularly the Nismo version. If you don't get it right, you just think
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what's all the fuss about? This thing just understeers everywhere. If you do get it right, it can feel like quite a wild ride
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because it does oversteer quite often. But you can just get it into a position like that where you can whack the throttle right open and get loads of traction out of it
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And ultimately loads of speed. I mean it just when you right up a GT Nismo it quite a wild ride If you committed under brakes if you semi it into most corners and then have the confidence to get on the throttle as early as possible to kill the understeer and deal with a little bit of that that just outrageous the traction
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It's a skid but we are going forwards at a huge rate
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I don't know. 5.92 horsepower, 17.20kg. It's not the ideal recipe for a killer lap time but I think this thing is going to be
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pretty rapid. Lid on, let's find out. it's quick is the nismo no question about that but ultimately it's maybe just a bit too big to
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really put the cat amongst the pigeons with its lap time around anglesey its time of 1 minute 14.5
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seconds puts it on a par with the mclaren 570s well ahead of a 991 911 turbo and only a couple
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attempts shy of the Ford GT and Ferrari 458 Speciale. Yet on the road, it feels even faster
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than that somehow, as if almost nothing could touch it at any price. Whatever the truth of it
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we say goodbye to this icon of speed and technical innovation with a heavy heart
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because there won't be cars like this in years to come. Thank you
