After releasing the first picture of the finished product earlier this week, on Wednesday, the Japanese automaker published a new batch of images and a video shot during the fitting of the Nissan GT-R's 3.8-liter turbocharged V6 engine.
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The Japanese company plans to build two examples of the Juke-R in left- and right-hand drive. The prototype shown in Spain was the left-hand drive model.
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The second consecutive video tells us about the key technologies that are being transferred from the GT-R to the Juke including the electronics, the engine and the drivetrain.
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A team over at Nissan Europe came up with the bright idea of fitting the Juke small crossover with the engine and drivetrain of the latest GT-R. The street legal prototype is currently being developed by Nissan and built by motorsports outfit RML with input from Nissan Technology Centre for Europe (NTC-E).
And while the new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 with its 6.5-liter V12 engine pushing out a hefty 700-horses for a factory 0 to 100km/h (62mph) sprint time of 2.9 seconds is by no means a slouch, 700HP is significantly less than around 1000HP.
That was the case with the R35 that went up against the white Aventador in the drag strip race you're about to watch after the break. According to the YouTube poster, this wasn't your run-of-the-mill Nissan GT-R but a heavily tuned R35 packing close to 1,000-horses under its hood.
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However, sometimes we tend to forget that being fast is as much about the car as it is about the driver. Case in point, a friendly road race between an SP Engineering-prepped Nissan GT-R and a Ferrari 458 Italia.
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As pointed out by the magazine, few standard production cars can manage this feat - even the Corvette ZR1 fails to do so with a sprint time of 3.5 seconds, while the exotic Ferrari 458 Italia comes close, but does not make the cut at 3.0 seconds flat.
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Ever since Nissan presented the new global GT-R in 2007, the Japanese firm has been constantly refining its flagship model on an annual basis.
Now, following last year's model changes, which among other things, lifted the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine's output from 485HP to 530HP, the team over at NAGTROC forums is reporting that Nissan is already working on the 2013MY GT-R.
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According to press reports from The Netherlands, the driver of the Nissan GT-R was returning from a close-by race track event when he lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons, sending it straight into the swamp-like ditch.
A messy situation indeed, but fortunately, nobody was injured. Hop over the break to wash...err..watch the aftermath in the two video clips.
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The quarter-mile duel was organized by Motor Trend magazine. The eleven cars assembled were worth more than $1.5 million, and featured a combined 82 cylinders delivering over 5,000 horsepower and 4,000 lb-ft of torque.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced that the cars impounded had a combined value of $2 million. These are the supercars that were temporarily seized:
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Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
Nissan has long been a favorite with the modified car fraternity. The performance potential of street cars like the Datsun 510 and the Datsun 240 Z and the iconic Nissan Skyline GT-R saw tuners attempting to eke out the last bit for horsepower from these cars. Today, modified Nissan cars are quite common at the show car events.
Below are some of the hottest modified and custom Nissan cars from various car shows...
