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Nissan Considering R35 GT-R Four Door?
Perhaps one of the most interesting rumors of the year has been MT’s revelations that high level Nissan honcho’s are considering producing a four door version of the Nissan R35 GT-R.The car would apparently carry the original equipment on...
Nissan GT-R Will Be At Melbourne
Today Nissan Australia announced that the new Nissan GT-R will make its Australian debut, with the JDM model on display at this years Melbourne Motor Show. No information on the Australian spec GT-R, or any variants of the GT-R, is available at this ...
Video: RB26DETT Powered Z32 300zx!
The way it should have been? We’ll leave that decision up to you and the ever vocal purists. But nothing can take away from the pure awesomeness of the Skyline GT-R’s donk in that slick, black 300zx body....
Nissan GT-R Coming to Targa Tasmania
We thought that Nissan was in the ‘considering’ stage where Targa Tasmania was concerned, something that they notoriously never get past. Apparently, we’re wrong according to the JDM car lovers over a JPCN. Nissan is actually bringi...
Nissan GT-R GT500!
We keep hearing about the GT-R’s return to racing, but now the covers are off. Nihoncar have just posted fantastic pics of the new GT-R GT500 in a return to championship racing at Suzuka! Check it out right now! [Source: Nihoncar via Nissan]...
Video: Nissan GT-R Does Nurburgring in 7:38!
A crawl of the blogosphere brings this awesome video of the Nissan GT-R doing the Nurburgring in just 7:38, 2 seconds ahead of it’s 380KW German rival, the Porsche 911 Turbo. What a week it’s been for the new GT-R! What’s also cool...
2008 Nissan GT-R Pictures Released!
Finally, after the heartache, tears, and edge of the seat anticipation, the Nissan GT-R pictures have hit the blogosphere like nothing else. Feast your eyes on Nissan’s latest foray into the Supercar market. Sporting the all new 3.8L twin turbo...
Nissan V36 Skyline Released!
While we were having technical difficulties this week, Nissan released the V36 Skyline Coupe! Unfortunately, it’s not turbo, perhaps fully marking the severance between the Skyline and now standalone GT-R - a now completely different vehicle. H...
Nissan GTR Specifications Round Up
What We Know So Far While none of this is final till the car is revealed at Tokyo, here’s what is know/expected so far for the rebirth of the iconic Nissan hero car. Engine/Drivetrain: Designation VR38VETT, Twin Turbo, 3.8L V6 Variable Valve E...
Japanese Car Importers in Australia
We’ve been asked a few questions on exactly who imports cars in Australia, specifically Japanese cars. Well there are quite a few, and if you’re in Australia you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to decent service, price and model...
Got 800HP R34 Sedan?
Every now and again something special comes up on importer J-Spec’s vast site, something very special indeed. Killer 34 Sedan: 800HP from a T51R & Stroker combo Say a loud ‘Konichiwa’ to this worked R34 Sedan given a m...
Nissan GT-R Preorders Start Oct 20th, Comes in Three Trim Levels
The Nissan GT-R will apparently arrive in three trim levels, though what those are exactly hasn’t been released. Additionally, preorders for the GT-R are expected to start come October 20, with public release still expected on the 24th to coi...
Tochigi Test The 2008 Nissan GTR!
That’s right, read all about it right now ! Translated courtesy of 7Tune. Go give them a big hug! Share on Facebook...
More Information on the Nissan GTR!
Story Highlights: VR series 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo with Variable Valve Event Lift (VVEL) and 480HP! Lightweight Materials such as carbon fibre, titanium and magnesium alloy Weight distribution centralized The new GTR has everyone talking, and for go...
Tomica Skyline 50th Anniversary Die-Casts!
For any avid import/tuner fan, collecting die cast representations of a favorite car or series of cars is often an obsessive guilty habit. That’s set to get worse for us here at IJ with the release of Tomica’s JDM model 50th anniversary...
