Filed under: Coupes, Tokyo Motor Show, Supercars, Nissan
click above image for more screenshots of the NIssan GT-R in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
It’s only about a month until the world debut of Nissan’s all-new GT-R at the Tokyo Motor Show and, in an innovative marketing stunt, fans will be able to start using the car in […]
It cometh. Dealers in Japan opened the sluices on GT-R orders as of yesterday. Pre-ordering will be possible until October 24, when the car is revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show. Caveat emptor: anyone who signs his or her name on an order form will not be allowed to cancel that order. You sign, you […]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., Nissan, Porsche
click above image to see more shots of the Nissan GT-R p0wn the Porsche
We’ll start by saying that it’s not exactly hearsay, but it’s not anywhere near official, either. Take one 997 Porsche Turbo that has lapped the ‘Ring in 7:40, practically fast enough to form one […]
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
Will it ever stop? Between spy shots, Goodwood hill climbs and GT5 previews, we’re almost to the point of GT-R overload. Then we start thinking about the next generation ATESSA all-wheel drive setup, the stroked 3.8-liter motor, and the two turbos hanging off the exhaust manifold, and we come […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Marketing/Advertising, Nissan
True viral marketing just happens on its own and takes off from there, but big companies, automakers in particular, will pay agencies millions of dollars for an ad campaign that looks and feels viral, however is anything but. Take Nissan’s new “viral” campaign for the GT-R that’s scheduled to be […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., Nissan
It’s not like we all don’t know exactly what the soon-to-be-debuted Nissan GT-R looks like. Aside from the black cover, a.k.a. the Black Mask, that obscures the car’s front clip in every spy shot, the car has been caught completely naked while testing several times.
Still, there could be a […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
Today is October 16, but Motor Authority reports that the December issue of Motor Trend has begun arriving in some subscribers’ mailboxes. What those readers will find on the cover is the first unmasked photo of the 2008 Nissan GT-R. According to MT’s headline, the GT-R boasts […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
That sound you hear are cracks forming in an embargo that’s about to break wide open. Though Nissan had planned to officially unveil the GT-R at next week’s Tokyo Motor Show, today’s gaffe by Motor Trend in which an image of the car on its December cover […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
click above image for a full gallery of the Nissan GT-R
Today’s getting crazy, man. Not long after AutoWeek decided to release images of the Nissan GT-R, which we’re unfortunately not allowed to display here, Inside Line went ahead and opened its own coffers that contained 11 new […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
click above image for full gallery of the Nissan GT-R
We could swear that Inside Line didn’t post official specs of the Nissan GT-R yesterday at the same time it published the first batch of official pics, but there they are today. Nothing shocking here, but we do […]
