Finally, a real gilmpse at GT-R

The fastest Nissan ever is coming to America

NISSAN UNVEILED its GT-R Proto at the Tokyo motor show, a "concept" that design chief Shiro Nakamura says is 80 to 90 percent of the 2008 production model that’ll be launched at the 2007 Tokyo show. The first concept version of this global GT-R, codenamed R35, appeared at the 2001 Tokyo show. Lack of engineering resources in the face of Carlos Ghosn’s rapid turnaround of Nissan stretched its development to seven years. The R35 is the first GT-R with its own sheetmetal, and it’s the first built to accommodate left-hand-drive markets, including ours. Nissan has confirmed that North America will get the same powertrain as the rest of the world, rumored to be a twin-turbo, 450-horse, 3.7-liter V-6 (there was talk our market only would get a 4.5-liter V-8). Officially, Nissan brass says…

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