"The news comes right from the horse's mouth, the 'father' of the new GT-R, program chief, Kazutoshi Mizuno. Mizuno, on hand for the GT-R's launch in Japan last Friday (Nov 30), says a track-oriented GT-R V-Spec will be on sale in late 2008."
"The GT-R was developed with a practical frame of mind. The V-Spec is for circuit only, but it will be homologated for the international market. That is my hope," Mizuno said.
"The power will not change much; that is not needed for better lap times. But the car will be tuned to the racetrack with more [chassis/suspension] stiffness."
According to the GT-R boss, the car will be strictly a two-seater (the 'basic' GT-R is 2+2). Like Porsche's GT and RS 911 variants, Nissan will probably offer the option of race seats and roll cage. It will also be significantly more expensive than the standard GT-R."
"The V-Spec GT-R will also open up the opportunity for Nissan and GT-R to return to Le Mans, with 2010 the target date."
"According to Sproule, Nissan is considering its motorsport options for GT-R. The car will enter the Japanese Super GT championship in 2008, however, with international racing authorities looking to align the production-based GT1 rules, the marketing chief concedes the timing could be right for 'Godzilla' to return to the world stage and take on the likes of Porsche, Aston Martin, Corvette and Ferrari on their 'home' ground."
"The news comes right from the horse's mouth, the 'father' of the new GT-R, program chief, Kazutoshi Mizuno. Mizuno, on hand for the GT-R's launch in Japan last Friday (Nov 30), says a track-oriented GT-R V-Spec will be on sale in late 2008."
"The GT-R was developed with a practical frame of mind. The V-Spec is for circuit only, but it will be homologated for the international market. That is my hope," Mizuno said.
"The power will not change much; that is not needed for better lap times. But the car will be tuned to the racetrack with more [chassis/suspension] stiffness."
According to the GT-R boss, the car will be strictly a two-seater (the 'basic' GT-R is 2+2). Like Porsche's GT and RS 911 variants, Nissan will probably offer the option of race seats and roll cage. It will also be significantly more expensive than the standard GT-R."
"The V-Spec GT-R will also open up the opportunity for Nissan and GT-R to return to Le Mans, with 2010 the target date."
"According to Sproule, Nissan is considering its motorsport options for GT-R. The car will enter the Japanese Super GT championship in 2008, however, with international racing authorities looking to align the production-based GT1 rules, the marketing chief concedes the timing could be right for 'Godzilla' to return to the world stage and take on the likes of Porsche, Aston Martin, Corvette and Ferrari on their 'home' ground."
too bad it will have a roll cage and no 2+2, but its cool, i thought if i waited until end of next year i could have gotten the V-spec, but if its going to be fully track preped then black series it is..
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