![]() There was still more than enough power to get the tail swinging wide on the exit of a corner, but unless you trail-braked it didn’t feel like you would unsettle the rear with turn-in alone. It was slightly mellower on turn-in and some of the assertive agility that we were used to had been removed. However, there was definitely less aggression in the way that the GT-R handled. It certainly also still accelerated like a GT-R and if anything it felt slightly stronger right up at the top of the rev range, staying keen until all the rev-limiter lights illuminated. It still sounded like a GT-R, but with the edges smoothed slightly and the volume turned down half a notch. The aim was to bring yet more performance, but in a more mature package (the M in the R34 GT-R’s M-Spec designation stood for mature).Īfter more time behind the wheel, compared to those raucous early cars the MY17 was definitely more of a GT car than it ever was before, with greater habitability in everyday use on the road. ![]() In 2017 Nissan gave the R35 GT-R its biggest update since it was launched despite never standing still in terms of development in those nine years, with constant tweaks and adjustments to software and set-up, not to mention gradual increases in power.īut the MY17 iteration had much bigger design changes, both outside and in, with a much-needed new infotainment system and a focus on reduced noise, vibration and harshness. Immersive in the extreme and capable beyond what the figures suggested, it was anything but the anodised, characterless experience that some found it all too easy to label. Yes, it was big and heavy, but totally brilliant. It was a narrative that many claimed when it arrived in Europe in 2009, but the reality was something quite different. Its hardware tally was shocking (bespoke twin-turbocharged V6 engine, transaxle dual-clutch transmission, an active all-wheel-drive system that required two prop shafts and active differentials on both axles for total torque vectoring) – it seemed like Nissan might have gone too far, creating something synthetic and overly augmented. Back in 2007 when the R35 Nissan GT-R first debuted in Japan, its facts and figures looked like something from a dreamscape.
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