Nissan GT-R R35 test drive since 2007

Master of Sport

On public roads, this Nissan will not show a quarter of his capabilities. Here is an autodrome where even Formula 1 pilots once chased, a suitable meadow! Sergei Kanunnikov met GT-R in the Portuguese Estoril. Photo by the author and Nissan.
A little bit more! Well, another second! I will not have time! Red-white cones are approaching monstrous speed. I’ll still get into a narrow corridor, but then, most likely, I will shamefully cure the lawn
Incredibly, but the speedometer arrow is swiftly flying to the left! Having managed to be amazed at the fantastic brakes, I fly between the cones and, barely Nissan clung to the tires into the turn, again press the gas pedal. The instructor on the right, it seems, muttered something approving. Most likely, only encouraging. After all, in order to use the capabilities of this car seriously, you need abilities, and long training.
Who are you, gt-r-san?
The shape of this machine does not mislead about the content. Terrible grinning air intake, unkind squirrels of headlights, wide wheels, barely placed in the wings, anti -wing on the lid of the trunk for a full mass of less than two tons 486 hp. And 582 N.M! True, the company, however, indicates neither maximum speed nor time. A car with a left wheel is primarily intended for the United States, and there such data is considered provocative and, as a rule, will not be made public.
Even if you press the gas pedal by only two -thirds, the body rapidly presses into the chair. Does a six -speed box have a manual mode? There is simply no time to think about it. To start using levers under the wheel, you will have to make several circles, get rid of the car. You can, of course, go slowly, but then the machine gun is even more preferable.
Having drove each other a little, Nissan and I went a little faster. In turns, the all -wheel drive car shows the character characteristic of the classic layout. The main wheels are the rear. What moment is redistributed forward, the electronics decide. The coupe stubbornly clings to the asphalt with wide wheels. However, do not forget that if such a beast seriously comes off the rut, it is very, very difficult to return it to the trajectory. In addition, on the ring any sliding loss of time.
Now it is even a little annoying that the highway was organized: retarders were fragmented with cones that did not allow to accelerate more than 170 km/h on short straight lines. But for GT-R, such a speed is childish.
When filling the car into turns as a sharp, clear steering wheel, you feel more skillful than in fact. This, by the way, is the main danger of such machines: they develop a feeling of permissiveness. There is no speech about rolls, even in the coolest and most protracted turns. But on long high -speed arcs, hard sports seats seem to not hold the body enough. However, the point is no longer in chairs, but in belts. In such modes, racing.
Stop! It's time to return to rationality. GT-R is sports, but not a racing car. I’m not going to compete with him or with colleagues, who also got the opportunity to grab on the famous Portuguese highway.
Having left the car, I can’t cool down for a long time from communicating with her, recalling how the body was pressed into the armchair on acceleration and rested on the belt during braking. The ears are still sweet music of powerful Japanese six
With a race in life
Good news for fans of elite sports machines: Nissan GT-R, perhaps, will be officially sold with us. I will assume that the price will be assigned slightly lower than on the Italian, German, British models similar in characteristics.
And now the bad is not news: in Russia there are no worthy masters of sports of the international class of roads and even autodromes. Like classmates, Nissan GT-R, being the second, third, or perhaps the fifth car of the owner, irritably expiring a thoroughbred six, will most often crawl along the capital's avenues, to which there is no more than to narrow European streets and even, but Related Western Avtobans. And it's not only about traffic jams. A hard suspension will shake the soul from the most patient, and the sharpest steering wheel tires with constant stress. However, for the sake of emotions caused by such a car in short areas, where he at least somehow realizes his capabilities, of course, to be patient. In addition, the consciousness of possession of something outstanding, as you know, is more important than the opportunity to fully use the object. Is not it? _x0008_
Nissan GT-R is quite capable of arguing with eminent competitors in many sports disciplines.
Compartment compartment
Nissan GT-R is built according to the transeksl engine in front, gearbox from behind, in front of the axis. The moment from the engine to the box passes the first cardan shaft, the second goes from the box to the front wheels. Thanks to this layout, the car has almost perfect weighting. The stiffness of shock absorbers is adjusted from the driver's place. For urban driving, the Comfort mode is recommended, it is called Sport highway, but the RACE position (Race) includes racing, toughest settings.
Ring
Avtodr in Estoril 30 km from Lisbon was built in 1972. At first, club races and competitions of younger formulas were held on it. Since 1984, Formula 1. The first royal race in Estoril won Alain simple, which was not enough for the title of champion that year: they became Nicky Laud for the third time.
The circle record and today belongs to the famous Brazilian Ayrton Senne, who in 1992 passed 4.36 km in 1.13041 min at an average speed of more than 230 km/h. Since 1996, Formula 1 race has not been carried out in Ashtoril. However, other prestigious automobile and motorcycle championships do not bypass the Portuguese ring.
VDNH Japan
The presentation of Nissan GT-R was held as part of the grandiose show of the model range of the Japanese company. At the exhibition of the achievements of the Nissan economy, 59 (!) Passenger and light commercial cars presented. Among the cars for Japanese, American, Chinese, European and other markets there were many interesting, little -known in other regions.
One of the most unusual cars: Nissan-centric taxi for the Japanese market. A sedan with a design in the 1970s style is equipped with a two-liter 85-horsepower carburetor (!) Motor operating on gas and developing only 85 hp, and a four-speed automatic. Mandatory attributes of the cash register between the front seats, tulle capes on the seats and equally snow -white gloves for the driver. In the age of high technology, the child, for example, Nissan GT-R, the company does not make tricky, how to open the door to a taxi passenger. The driver makes this a powerful handle with a red tan, located to the right of his seat. It resembles old buses a little, but simple, reliable and cheap.
Sergey Kanunnikov
 
 
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"