Nissan’s GT-R has had a bit of a refresh. The changes match those applied to the Japanese market GT-R last month, but have now been made available for European cars.
The biggest news regards the suspension, with the front spring and damper rates tweaked to improve ride and handling, with better handling also promised thanks to the improved responsiveness and stiffer rear suspension.
The gearbox logic has been changed, with more aggressive downshifts adopted when in automatic mode, while there are additional cooling ducts on the carbon fibre rear diffuser to aid airflow to the exhaust and transmission.
There’s a more rearward bias for the EBD (electronic brakeforce distribution) while there’s also increased cooling for the rear brakes, and emissions tweaks ensure a 3g drop in CO2, down to 295 g/km.
Inside the car there’s a few changes too, namely a more trick navigation and sound system, with a huge hard drive for storing music and a super sharp screen.
So nothing earth shattering really, but the rather good Nissan GT-R – 2009 World Performance Car of The Year – hardly needed much in the way of improvements. The changes will be present on all GT-R’s ordered from now, with no price hike planned, meaning things still kick off at just under R1.2 million.
Read our review of the ’09 Nissan GT-R.
