One of the Top Gear hosts did a review on the R32 GTR back then as well. He also quoted back then: “This the the best car I’ve ever driven”.

Given that Nissan intend to be racing these cars I’d guess that they have some decent amount of room for a bit of play with the motor.

More so, the engine now that it exists is only going to get better with time and even better we will one day see innovations developed with this car appear across the whole range of Nissan cars – at least in theory.

intended load = rated load = the power output that Nissan
designed the bore liners(thickness/composition) to handle.

At this power output the plasma sprayed bore liners should outlast iron sleeve liners.

Advantages: Lightweight, narrow lining
More durable and wears at a fraction of the
rate of iron sleeves(*)
Massively reduced oil consumption/oil pollution
More fuel efficient

Disadvantages: High relative cost(Though this is reducing)
(*) Strength is highly sensitive to oil
composition(not condition).
Wrong oil = dead motor.
Plasma bores generally don’t respond the
same way to tuning(upscaling) as iron
sleeves. Iron sleeves have a lifespan that
is ~ inversely proportional to the increase
in output(to a point).
Plasma sprayed bores have the same
lifespan as output increases but when they
get to a point(usually not much above the
intended load) the liner collapses and peels
away, Net Result = Dead engine
What the intended load is for this car, i
won’t speculate but apparently it should be
capable of outlasting iron sleeves at
rated load.

I’m still trying to understand why they need relining every year????????????

Any help appreciated.

Comparing soul for soul against the italians is a lost cause. But it is one of the ingredients that make it a super car for me.

I\’m not trying to poop on the nissan because its not even interested in being a supercar. And is awesome in what it does.

Its kind of like saying Sony can make an awesome tv/movie picture but i would not commision them to do a painting, if that makes sense?

But I wouldn’t go so far as to say it has no soul. There are a lot of GT-R enthusiasts myself included that want the new one to still be a GT-R in character and that includes not only its appearance but its unique driving characteristics and feel (rear drive on turn-in for communicative steering with front drive added for excellent traction on corner exit for example). You also shouldn’t have to look too far to learn about the GT-R’s history – before the R32 in 1989 which was the first of the new-era GT-Rs there was the C10 and C110 GT-Rs which dominated their class both in Japan and abroad. So the GT-R “brand” does have heritage, a soul even, if not in the same ilk as marques like some of the ones you’ve mentioned.

I think you could liken the GT-R a little more to BMW M and the M3 – it has international racing pedigree and is a car that punches above its weight. Like the M3 it is also based (loosely as is the case with the R35) on a conventional passenger car body (unlike Ferraris and Lambos) but has had an utterly comprehensive overhaul.

One cannot overlook the practical benefits of not being designed like a Ferrari in that it would be very comfortable and practical as an everyday driver, as well as on the track.

This car is awesome and for the price it is amazing and if i had half a chance i sure would get one but…

It does not inspire the same passion as a Ferrari or the beauty of an Aston or the Wildness of a Lambo. Admittedly for a car to have a soul of a super car its an extra $200,000 you have to wonder, though the point is the same. It does not invigorate me like the other cars that i put in the “supercar class”.

Track credentials sure, but its just a perfect rocket without a soul. Unless they get infected by the Cogito Virus… (wonder how many people pick up that reference)