Nissan GT-R Spec-V Pre-Orders To Begin and Availability Update
Nissan GT-R Spec-V, you may have heard of it? Only the most awaited release of 2008 for GT-R fans information about the Spec-V has been leaking slowly from Nissan. Today we learn that pre-orders will start on the 19th December 2008 Japan time. That’s just over a day away. The official release date is still January 8th 2009 with deliveries to follow in February.
When it is available, just 7 national dealerships will be able to sell the Spec-V, and these dealerships are:
- Ibaraki Nissan Mito Senba Showroom
- Nissan Prince Tokyo Kameido Showroom
- Nissan Prince Nagoya Fukiage Showroom
- Nissan Prince Osaka Horie-Kawaguchi Showroom
- Nissan Prince Kagawa Takamatsu Showroom
- Nissan Prince Hyougo Nada Showroom
- Yamaguchi Nissan Ogori-Inter Showroom
In addition to these dealerships, the Spec-V will go on display at these four Nissan Galleries around Japan on January 9th for three weeks:
- Nissan HQ Gallery
- Tokyo Ginza Gallery
- Nagoya Gallery
- Fukuoka Gallery
The specifications of the Spec-V remain as detailed previously, a few highlights are:
Engine Output: Still 485ps
Despite some other sources saying different, the base engine power is not increased over the standard Series II Nissan GT-R. The addition of the overboost button gives a short increase of horsepower however. Does this equate to the same thing? Not if using it has restrictions such as a time delay in between uses.
Carbon Fibre Brakes and Overall Weight Reduction
The removal of the rear seats, switch to carbon ceramic brakes and some other items contribute to a 90kg loss of weight. The Spec-V weight is now around the 1,637kg mark. The carbon brake system considerably lightens your wallet also with a rotor replacement coming in at around the 4,000,000 yen mark.
Suspension
Reports are that the suspension mode selector switch will default to R mode or be fixed in R mode. The suspension will be lowered by 10-15mm.
For the remainder of the Spec-V technical details check out our full listing published a few weeks back at the link below.
Stay tuned to GTRBlog.com and GTR-World.net for the next update on the Spec-V when we finally get some production Spec-V photos.
Link: Confirmed Specifications: Nissan GT-R Spec-V
Source: GTR-World.net Special Report
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rotor replacement 4,000,000? = 64,913.05 AUD!!!????????????????
It’s V-Spec not Spec-V. Spec V is in correlation to the Sentra.
Aren’t you going to be disappointed when you realise the GT-R really is now a Spec-V…
Great thing in Japan…Still sad because haven’t got a clue on the Nur lap time.
Is it me or my currency converter just crapped out. Is the price really $180,000USD? If so, then that is a huge dude for nissan. Why in the world would anyone pay an extra $100,000 for a brake upgrade and 200lb weight reduction. Heck, just go get yourself a ZR-1 off ebay for $115,000. The truth is that Nissan had a great product (GTR) priced reasonably well and now decided to take the community to the cleaners. I mean seriously, when talking about the $200K range, you are in the super exotic territory.