The 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo is a 600HP Race Car You Can Drive Every Day (In-Depth Review)
The 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo is a 600HP Race Car You Can Drive Every Day (In-Depth Review)
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Price (as tested) 💲: $213,960
Powertrain ⚙️: 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6
Output 💪: 600 hp and 481 lb/ft of torque
Transmission 🕹: 6-speed dual-clutch automatic
0-60 MPH 🚦: 2.5 seconds
Top Speed 💥: 205 mph
MPG (as tested) ⛽️: 16 city/ 22 hwy/ 18 combined
Curb weight ⚖️: 3,865 lbs
Miles reviews the 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo in Pearl White Tricoat paint with GT-R carpeted floormats.
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Exterior: 00:00
Interior: 10:04
Exhaust: 30:52
Driving Impressions: 31:00
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2.14 -> and there it is the 2020 Nissan gt-r Nismo
and these nice moe versions of the GTR are
15.1 -> pretty much package deals so very few options
this one has two of the few one being the pearl
22.45 -> white tri-coat paint for a thousand dollars
and the second we'll see when we get to the
28.06 -> interior it's a set of carpeted floor mats
very exciting but that means the rest of the
34.78 -> exterior and interior features that you see on
this car do come as standard and before we get
41.5 -> too much further a couple quick announcements
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58.3 -> s and these reviews one of which you're watching
right now and if you do want to check out the POV
66.31 -> Drive day and night and walk around for this car
in other words you don't want to hear me talking
71.77 -> anymore you are free to do so more than welcome
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81.22 -> like to support the channel like what I'm doing
you want to give me a thumbs up with your money
88.57 -> I do appreciate it my life as an automotive
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96.19 -> support I can get for the efforts I put into this
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101.47 -> ways you can do that I have a patreon account with
some fun perks and then I've got merchandise like
109.42 -> t-shirts to represent the miles-per-hour brand
and with all that said let's get into this 2020
118.18 -> GT Arnie's mouth so up here at the front we're
noticing immediately some of the changes that
127.48 -> nice mo brings to the GTR it as a unique front
fascia made entirely of carbon fiber a unique
134.92 -> rear fascia sides and wheels that we'll get into
a second get into any second but to start we can
144.58 -> see some simple things like knees mo badging up
here at the front just to the right of the GTR
150.88 -> crest and then carbon fiber beautiful carbon fiber
weave all along this front bumper peace air inlets
161.65 -> built right into the lower fascia a jutting front
splitter also in carbon fiber with winglets you
173.44 -> can see the LED daytime running lights and the
red pinstriping is also a call-out that this is
181.24 -> the Mesa mo model you're gonna see that work its
way through the exterior and interior of the car
186.07 -> but I just love this carbon fiber and especially
with a white contrast for the red and the grey and
193.3 -> black of the carbon fiber it looks really good
some black gloss here just below the GTR badge
199.9 -> but just everything else carbon fiber so good
standard LED headlights and daytime running lights
208.24 -> with that same shape that we've known since 2008
for the headlights very distinctive on this car
219.55 -> and then moving over this way we're gonna see
a couple things one it is a carbon-fiber hood
228.52 -> so painted carbon fiber yes but carbon fiber
nonetheless and we can see some elements that
235.36 -> are not painted these air inlets on the hood
that the gt-r has had since the RO 35 debuted
243.79 -> in 2008 you're not going to confuse Godzilla
for anything else and as we make our way to the
252.19 -> side we see some more knees most specific touches
including these fender heat extractors also shown
260.62 -> off the carbon fiber looking so cool so race
ready and these are pulling hot air away from
267.52 -> the brakes and tires and speaking of we've got
Ray's forged alloy 20-inch wheels front and rear
277.93 -> in black gloss with Nemo imprinted on the side and
wrapping those up is a set of Dunlap SP Sport Max
289.54 -> high-performance tires size 255 section front
285 rear and your braking hardware as standard
299.47 -> you get carbon ceramics for the calipers and for
the rotors six piston front calipers 4-piston rear
308.17 -> 16 point one inch front rotors ventilated as we
can see and fifteen point three inch rotors in
316.9 -> the rear so plenty of braking force here and good
grippy tires we can see the carbon ceramic side
324.64 -> sills another knees most specific touch with that
red pinstriping all along the side GTR badging
333.91 -> up there and then the black lost mirrors with
the red pinstriping also part of the nice moe
343.17 -> trim and then a carbon fiber roof full carbon
fiber roof once again knees most specific all
356.34 -> these carbon fiber pieces add up to save 86 pounds
compared to the GTR premium and 44 pounds compared
363.96 -> to the outgoing knees male version of the GTR now
let's look at this profile let's look the same for
373.47 -> 12 years now yet I think it is aged so so well it
is a very distinctive silhouette you're not gonna
381.81 -> confuse it for anything else on the road and just
the design language has aged really really well
388.41 -> I'm I'm blown away every time I see this car as
to how much I still take the double take I still
395.97 -> look and especially this nice mo model because
it's got enough Flair to keep you intrigued rear
406.17 -> three-quarter we can start to see those quad
taillights bigger round ones on the outside
412.77 -> smaller on the inside very distinct distinctive
as well and then we can see some ventilation built
423.09 -> into the carbon fiber piece around the back and
as we work our way this way we see the blue of
430.44 -> the titanium exhaust standard on the nice mo model
makes a slightly better noise than the standard
439.65 -> GTR but honestly it's nothing that's going to blow
your hair back some you know bangs and pops from
448.17 -> overrun but really I want more out of the exhaust
noise carbon fiber rear fascia more of that red
457.59 -> pinstriping that running runs along the upper part
of the diffuser these smell badging GTR badging
470.31 -> and these are LED tail lights up here massive wing
massive massive wing fixed you cannot adjust it I
481.56 -> know nothing about aerodynamics so I don't know
what these specific cutouts do I know that it's
488.43 -> a wing and not a spoiler see the carbon-fiber
work beautiful up along the top and you really
497.88 -> could use this as a table it's huge that's my hand
large sized hand even larger size spoiler wing Wow
509.03 -> and there's your rear view so all-in-all the
gt-r Nismo is distinct from the gt-r premium
522.71 -> in the design category they've done enough with
the carbon fiber the wheels the brakes and the
531.65 -> wing to distinguish it but the overarching theme
of the design is the same as it was in 2008 which
543.44 -> says more credit to the designers in 2008 than
anything they came up with something that just
548.81 -> worked back then and still works today here's
the funny thing it looks much bigger in video
559.91 -> and photos than it really is in person for me
my test is always is always my garage how much
565.88 -> space do I have in the garage after I parked it
to open the doors to the side it's a single car
570.83 -> garage and space behind it to close the door this
one I was shocked I had a lot of space behind the
579.62 -> car and plenty of space to open the doors which
just says that you know the body is big the body
586.55 -> is big and designed Godzilla's big in design but
its actual footprint is not that large and there
596.87 -> we go it's time to get into the interior of the
nice mo GTR and check that out and on our way in
606.74 -> and grab hold of the door handle it's a flush
style but unlike some where you press here in
611.66 -> the door handle pop this way these you can see
the kind of Braille down here it tells you where
616.67 -> you should put your finger press there and it
pops up from the front and then you pull you
620.9 -> can leave the key in your pocket as smart unlock
and lock that you do have to press this button
624.59 -> that kind of seems a little school to me to lock
it to either unlock it when you've unlocked it
629.78 -> pull the handle and you hear pop and the door
opens revealing one consistent theme a lot of
641.59 -> Alcantara which is cool race cars of all Cantara
the gt-r Nismo has Alcantara everywhere and I
652.9 -> mentioned the second option in the car was floor
mats well I'm not keep you waiting anymore here
657.82 -> you are these thick GTR badged floor mats the
carpeting itself isn't thick but these emblems
664.18 -> are huge they stick up so much but they look
cool is that worth $425 to you you be the judge
674.53 -> but hopping right to the seats they are
Recaro sport bucket seats in Europe you can
687.19 -> get a different option that look much racier
than this but for the US market you just get
694.99 -> these thickly bolstered Alcantara inserted
ventilated that's fun watching the handprint
702.49 -> I'm a child where Cara badged Nismo badged
seats pretty comfortable you do need to be
711.73 -> of narrow body because the bolsters are tight on
you but a good amount of adjustability eight-way
719.44 -> power adjustments so I love these controllers
actually typically there's two there's one that
723.94 -> goes this way and one for the seat back this
one combines both so you crank it that way and
728.41 -> it will adjust the seat back angle crank it the
other way this is the same press to make you go
735.46 -> back press to make you go forward lifting raises
the back of the seat cushion and then you've got
743.92 -> your heat for high and low settings for the
front tube passengers and then lifting this
749.68 -> part raises just a front ankle so you should be
able to find a comfortable seating position for
755.71 -> you I wish that these side bolsters were just
able like some cars I know I was just in the
760 -> BMW x5m competition those were adjustable and it
really makes a difference to match your body type
766.66 -> not an option on the gt-r Nismo but as is you
do have some adjustment for the seat should
773.26 -> be able to find a comfortable driving position
the doors are padded in leather with this red
781.66 -> contra stitching looks and fuels good you know
not the ultra high-end leather you can expect
788.74 -> from a more premium vehicle but pretty good some
use of GP plastic but not a ton this panel down
799.24 -> here is carpeted instead of going with cheap
plastic I prefer that certainly narrow door
804.22 -> pocket in there and you can see the Bose sound
system again standard featured 11-speaker Bose
809.8 -> sound system good speaker system I'm a fan you
do note that this is a 2+2 model so there are
822.28 -> two seats in the back only I would never want to
be the person shoved back there and I will show
829.06 -> you why so first of all to access the receipts
you have to pull up on this lever in the back
832.27 -> this will angle but then unlike some cars we're
just pressing at forward would make the seat go
838.06 -> all the way forward you have to then go to this
adjustment and hold it and hold it and hold it
846.85 -> and hold it and hold it until you've made an
opening wide enough for the person to get in
860.72 -> now thankfully to see can go forward far enough
to get in but when you're back here I am six
867.41 -> feet tall and let's see that's my that's my
I am literally turtled right now I'm hunched
878.87 -> over I can't put my head any further back and
I'm slouched forward a little bit if I was to
884.45 -> really slat forward which I can't do because of my
knees go back to the seat then I could almost put
889.34 -> my head back but does this look comfortable to
you it's not it's just not and if I was to put
897.5 -> the seat back and then the driver would have to
adjust back because I have no way from back here
903.38 -> to adjust the seat back and no driver is gonna
sit with their crotch all up in that steering
908.99 -> wheel like that so expect the seat to come back
and then I'm not gonna have any legroom so no you
913.97 -> cannot fit adults back here just not gonna happen
small children possibly but anyone else no so
922.76 -> really just view these back seats and to get out
now I'm definitely gonna have to lift this push
928.43 -> forward so view these back seats as additional
storage or your stuff oh gosh I'm stuck and I
936.17 -> made it up yeah so additional storage through
stuff not for people oh it's gonna take forever
944.36 -> we can while we're doing that we can notice the
GTR on the side kick plates Oh fun fact about
951.95 -> the carbon fibre side skirt I consistently while
getting out of the car managed to put my foot my
958.58 -> heel on top of it while getting out not trying
to it just happens so that's one thing to watch
966.17 -> out for and not something you want to break so
just be careful as you're getting out of the
969.35 -> car and let's now sit in the driver's seat that's
right about my driving position close up this door
980.38 -> nice leather wrapping in red on the handle nice
solid sound for the door closed and then this
990.52 -> is what we're looking at fully all cantar wrap
steering wheel GTR crest with leather behind
997.21 -> that with nice stitching Alcantara there are some
red stitching on the center and then a red center
1006.69 -> marker in leather looks and feels really good the
only downside to Alcantara is it doesn't wear very
1015.15 -> well so oils from your skin and just the pilling
of the Alcantara material will mean that is this
1021.18 -> wheel won't look great in a few years but for
now it looks awesome so beyond that we have a
1029.67 -> carbon fiber style backing with a red maybe I
hadn't actually closed this I didn't wow that's
1037.26 -> that's what the door sounds like when it's closed
clarified the red tachometer is part of the nice
1043.74 -> mode back package so you only get red with nice
mo off to the right we can see your fuel gauge
1048.54 -> oil temperature and then your gear indicator I
love the gear indicator prominent and then this
1057.24 -> monitor down here tiny showing the age of the car
you can adjust with these buttons over off to the
1064.26 -> right your fuel economy the speedo which I have
all the time because as we can see off to the left
1071.28 -> the analog speedo has no range very very minor
range between zero and 40s so you finally tuning
1080.67 -> the speed too so you want to go 25 miles an hour
well you have this little window in there between
1087.21 -> 20 and 30 to tell that you're going 25 so yeah
you need to use the digital speedo to make sure
1093.6 -> that you're doing an exact 25 in the neighborhood
for example that just cracks me up yeah so other
1101.43 -> tell him a true data stuff you can see your trip
meter above that fuel economy time miles range
1106.2 -> temperature that's about it off to the left we
have adjustments for lighting trip reset and then
1116.94 -> up here we can see the Alcantara on the upper
dashboard with the contrast stitching looks so
1122.1 -> good I love it all over the cabin looks fantastic
just makes you feel like you're in a race racing
1132.75 -> cockpit and then the Bose sound system speaker up
there paddles on the steering wheel feel somewhere
1142.5 -> between ultra high quality and cheap they're
nice but not blowing me away they are mounted
1148.62 -> to the steering wheel not to the column I wish
they're mounted the comb but such is life good
1155.22 -> range when you're pulling on the paddle and a nice
feel clink clink doesn't feel cheap feels solid
1161.61 -> got some controls for your media settings cruise
control over here no adaptive cruise control or
1169.56 -> lane keep assist or any of those active safety
goodies active driving aids convenience features
1174.21 -> showing that this is it's an older vehicle that's
just what it is no flat bottom to the wheel it's
1180.87 -> just a reasonably small diameter wheel not tiny
but ya know flat bottom and then this is that
1187.71 -> plasticky stuff I mentioned adjustability of the
seats but how about adjustability of the wheel
1193.11 -> well you have a couple options with the GTR these
tabs under the steering wheel you pull the one on
1199.89 -> the left with some effort and that adjusts
the tilt and notice that this is pretty cool
1207.6 -> it adjusts the full gauge cluster with you that
just looks funny right but okay it's it's done
1218.94 -> it that way since 2007 there 2008 that's cool
so you pull up on that tab and then we go over
1223.71 -> to this one on the right and now we're working
with the telescope so some good adjustability
1235.29 -> there I wish that the same pull down would adjust
both at the same time but hey you got to use two
1240.69 -> different tabs eventually you find a good driving
position for yourself and you're in business off
1247.17 -> to the left over there you've got your trunk
release and then you can store your key in there
1254.13 -> if you want to actually let's pop the trunk
and take a look at that real quick real quick
1269.39 -> and I'm gonna list the cargo capacity of the trunk
don't remember it off the top of my head I know
1274.55 -> it's reasonably good-sized that's just because
I'm looking at it the opening for the trunk is
1280.58 -> okay not huge but it's super deep like that's
my arm goes to above the elbow of depth so you
1291.65 -> can fit a lot in this trunk even though it's not
super deep that way then to close you can see the
1305.57 -> carbon fiber with a different weave on the trunk
that's cool it's close there's just a handle here
1312.2 -> not a power operated trunk then close like that
back inside these over here are adjustments for
1323.75 -> your door mirrors left and right and then you can
power fold them press of a button moving over you
1332.75 -> see I have the function monitor on so this is
where all of your active gauges are displayed
1338.48 -> looks really cool it is an 8.0 inch touchscreen
infotainment you can also control by the scroll
1345.92 -> wheel down here and it's pretty outdated it does
have apple carplay no Android auto I will show
1353.33 -> you our apple carplay looks via the POV night
drive but yeah the the resolution isn't the
1360.77 -> most cutting edge but the displays and function
are pretty cool so your boost oil temperature
1368 -> psi braking distances you can customize stuff
in that view coolant temperature boost again
1378.02 -> acceleration braking torque split just cool views
cool sport gauge views so I'm down with that back
1388.74 -> to the menu and here's where the thing just
really shows the sage doesn't this look like
1392.7 -> you know early 2010's resolution yes because the
Nissan Infiniti setup has looked largely the same
1402.18 -> since then it has gotten faster with time that's
good but the menu itself isn't amazing do you get
1409.35 -> navigation as standard but it's a little slow
pinch and zoom like a smartphone thankfully but
1417.99 -> if you want to move it oh yeah it lags it lags and
the resolution isn't great so don't come in with
1423.87 -> high expectations you do have Sirius XM radio
and apple carplay that i mentioned you have a
1432.03 -> tuner on the right volume on the left more this
leather and contrast stitching this is this is
1437.73 -> good quality stuff there isn't a ton of cheap
material in here even this plastic feels solid
1443.37 -> so yeah there there's a little cheapness to the
plastic in the wheel and in the door but that's
1449.01 -> that's largely it for cheapness in the cabin
oh and you do have some throwback like don't
1455.67 -> these buttons just look like they're radar right
off of like an Altima or a Sentra from the late
1463.26 -> 2000s that's because they probably are over a year
dual zone climate control I already showed you the
1470.7 -> heated seats with controls on the sides of the
seats and then we get into the fun controls over
1476.67 -> here so this is for your transmission suspension
traction control a couple different settings for
1482.52 -> each you can go down to save which is just going
to make it pretty sloppy I'll be honest normal
1490.32 -> and then hold up for race over here just Comfort
down below that's the one I leave it in most the
1499.71 -> time because this car rides pretty rough with
the Bilstein Apted adaptive dampers normal hold
1506.1 -> up race traction control off all the way down
wouldn't do that very often but you can middle up
1516.67 -> for race when you have all three held up at the
same time you have entered launch control mode
1523.75 -> you just hold your foot on the brake while also
giving it gas building up revs to around 4000 rpm
1531.49 -> release the brake and you're off zero to 60 in
like two and a half seconds it's crazy so that
1536.68 -> is those settings there love the blood red of this
start/stop button looks very high-quality visually
1543.28 -> engaging dig that knees most specific shifter
for your 62 automatic dual clutch automatic
1549.94 -> and the pattern is interesting so we're down in
Reverse cars not on let me turn on the car I'm
1558.85 -> also dying gets kind of stuffy in here cars on now
so you can she see the pattern Park reverse comes
1567.46 -> over just naturally and then there's a standard
backup camera but again no it has parking sensors
1573.49 -> but that's as sophisticated as it gets you don't
have the bird's eye view that would have been nice
1577.6 -> down now you're in draft mode click over once and
you've gone from auto to manual doctor auto again
1586.48 -> put it in park you can see the carbon fiber finish
on here it's not the high-gloss cheap you looking
1594.01 -> carbon fiber this is good quality stuff I love the
matte finish looks and feels excellent the knees
1599.56 -> mode badge with a rubio of the knees mou that's
super cool look at that a physical hand brake
1608.8 -> when's the last time you saw a physical hand brake
on a performance car that is so awesome that's so
1616.36 -> awesome yes it's an all-wheel drive car and you're
not going to be like busting it out and flipping
1621.66 -> the rear-end around or anything but that's still
cool super cool cover for you to stash stuff slide
1628.14 -> it back you get a couple cupholders and your key
which looks like any other Nissan or Infiniti key
1635.19 -> but it has GTR up top no remote start no nothing
sophisticated all cheaper plastic this is the
1644.67 -> letdown of this car $200,000 car cheapest key
you can imagine at that price point so that's
1652.53 -> a bit of a letdown leather wrapping for the you
can see my hands are starting to sweat because
1656.28 -> I had a car off no a/c for a while leather
wrapping and red contrast stitching for the
1660.93 -> center console which you can lift up and find
a pair of USB ports and an aux jack and then
1668.13 -> a DC socket where you could put you know if you
wanted a plug to do USB C ports for example say
1675.57 -> your devices or USB see you can do that but it's
pretty shallow in here you can't store a bunch
1680.4 -> of stuff in there and then off on the passenger
side they don't have a ton to look at but that's
1687.72 -> ok it's driver-focused even the orientation of the
center stack is slightly tilted towards the driver
1697.77 -> it's the drivers car I mean come on down
here glove box with not a ton of capacity
1711.99 -> and then visibility we can see with the seat
up in this position here if it was all the way
1721.26 -> back reclined I would not be able to use that
rear window and therefore I would have a much
1724.44 -> bigger blind spot but what to see like this I
can see out pretty darn easily you don't see
1731.58 -> the Alcantara Headroom headliner very nice
and then the Sun visors more Alcantara on
1740.34 -> those good sized mirror but these don't slide
they don't slide and they don't have additional
1747.84 -> pull downs for the front so that's that's
kind of a fail for me and you know I brought
1754.62 -> up storage a second ago which really makes me
wonder whether my large water bottle is going
1759.03 -> to fit in the Nissan GTR needs no and thankfully
I have it right here with me for the large water
1765.72 -> bottle test Nissan gt-r Nismo style let's try
it out you know with a cup holders are slide
1771.6 -> them back and check it out it's close this
isn't a game of horseshoes or hand grenades
1779.25 -> so this isn't gonna work that's just gonna slide
all over the place I suppose you could leave it
1783.99 -> there but it's going to make the infotainment
do things all the time so that's that's just
1790.26 -> not gonna work for me I don't like that door
pockets we got Oh potentially I mean that can
1798.84 -> kind of work but I'm afraid that it's just kind
of floppy bang this out so that that's a mild
1806.22 -> pass on that half-hearted yay from the kids and
then glove box he'd even use it as an option
1815 -> and in fact it isn't working so no glove box
and that's it that's it for the interior storage
1823.25 -> of the GTR so I'm gonna give it a fail I
have to give it a fail this suppose in a
1829.31 -> pinch could work or you know to the your
side but it just doesn't really pass the
1834.71 -> large water bottle test sorry GTR and with
that I think we are done with the interior
1842.84 -> of the 2020 Nissan gt-r Nismo which means
it's time to rev up this bad boy and take
1851.9 -> it for a spin I'm gonna start this review from a
standstill because I need you to hear something
1865.04 -> do your the shuttering as the car comes to life
if that doesn't make you feel like you're driving
1874.55 -> a race car I don't know what does well there
are a couple of things that I think make you
1882.17 -> feel like you're driving a race car in this gt-r
Nismo one as I've already demonstrated from the
1887.66 -> interior walk-around the all guitar all over the
upper part of the dashboard the Alcantara covered
1892.19 -> steering wheel the red centre marker that's
pretty racecar ish and then these toggles down
1898.79 -> here for your drive modes I mean holding them up
to go into race mode that's so cool that is the
1907.97 -> coolest most race car inspired thing I can think
of in a modern sports / supercar yeah I don't know
1916.19 -> that's rat so yes I feel like I'm driving a race
car then that's just to start when you actually
1921.38 -> get going you really feel like the driving a
race car how many vehicles are developed from
1927.86 -> top down and by a company as a racing division
how many production vehicles are developed by
1932.99 -> companies racing business division not many
nice Moe Nissan's a racing team have sorted
1940.07 -> this car through the suspension Bilstein adaptive
dampers have been sorted by them the brakes carbon
1946.88 -> ceramics have been sorted by them the bodywork
the carbon fiber elements lightening this car
1952.91 -> by 68 pounds compared to the standard GTR that's
been sorted by them knees bo has transformed this
1962.06 -> car from and already quick idli fast GTR to this
which is just an absolute thrill the transmission
1972.71 -> a six-speed dual-clutch automatic that just
lacks the refinement of a Bonner and gearbox
1980.57 -> on public roads yes you can feel the shifts
when you're driving around in traffic but here
1987.35 -> in a performance application I'm now in a Canyon
Road living it through in automatic mode it flips
1994.67 -> through the Cure's instantly and then if you go to
manual mode they're there right when you want them
2015.89 -> it's it's amazing what they've done with this
car and then there's the engine a hand-built
2025.22 -> engine 3.8 liter twin-turbo v6 and built in
a hermetically-sealed room I believe in Japan
2033.02 -> this one was built by sher you mean Ichikawa
and he did a bang-up job they gave here you
2043.22 -> mean a couple of turbos from mismos gt3 GTR race
car and what were left with what he's done is
2053.03 -> 600 horsepower and 481 pound-feet before now I
realized when you're getting into the $200,000
2061.37 -> plus territory which this car is 600 horsepower
is good but not astounding but the way this car
2072.17 -> accelerates is still mind-boggling the way it did
in 2008 was mind-boggling it's still mind-boggling
2078.26 -> 0 to 60 in two and a half seconds that's so
quick it's so quick and if you keep your foot
2086.21 -> in it with enough runway you'll see 205 miles an
hour yeah it's it's modern levels so fast ladies
2095.39 -> and gentlemen definitely but the way it goes in a
straight line is not the kicker anymore that was
2102.08 -> the cars party piece back when it was introduced
for the 2008 model year but these days with the
2107.81 -> nice bow model it's the way it goes around a
corner and here's my philosophy as it relates
2113.36 -> to the GTR back when it was introduced people
were really excited about the performance and
2119.69 -> you know the straight-line speed but they had
some misgivings about the fact that it was so
2125.18 -> in a way disconnecting for the driver because
it felt like a computer game you just put your
2131.78 -> foot in it and the all-wheel-drive system would
take care of you the electronically assistant
2136.31 -> rack didn't really have the much engagement
but now and that was at the time relative to
2142.07 -> the cars a lot of rear-wheel drive cars a lot of
hydraulically assisted racks but now in 2020 so
2148.31 -> many of the cars that was once competing against
have gone much more digital their driver aids are
2154.37 -> really driver nannies and this in yzma grade is
a pretty connected set up I feel a lot of what's
2162.92 -> going on with the car through the steering wheel
yes it's not quite as dial that's like a mid 90s
2168.02 -> 911 but it's pretty darn good for 2020 and then
the suspension the tires Dunlop's you wouldn't
2175.52 -> necessarily think done laughs right off the bat
but they have clearly given Nissan their best
2182.3 -> rubber because they grip so so well in corners
and these brakes they they are astonishingly
2190.31 -> good I love that they don't unsettle the car
under her braking you feel confident under
2196.19 -> heartbreaking back to my philosophy so yes the
modern version of the GTR is now the driver's
2205.19 -> car worlds have changed things have been flipped
on their head this is now the driver's car what
2211.94 -> is going on and with these turbos are hum bust
which is really anywhere above 3000 rpm they're
2223.73 -> doing a bang-up job to get this car moving really
the only thing not engaging about this car is the
2232.04 -> exhaust note titanium exhaust you would expect
a better noise coming from that but it's not
2237.59 -> really that great only like above 6000 rpms do you
get you know that really mechanical racing noise
2249.72 -> but not from the exhaust you get a little bit
of pop and bag like you downshift but it's so
2260.91 -> muted but it is a v6 so I'm gonna give it pass
all it's gonna give a pass because everything
2268.11 -> else about it is fun you can't hear the turbos
coming on that's pretty cool so yes the out of
2275.07 -> exhaust noise azar good beyond exhaust noise
is are very good and I mean I just can't get
2282.84 -> over how much fun you can have from behind
the wheel of this car it is a race car for
2288.84 -> the road and that's an overused expression but
that's genuinely what you feel like behind the
2294.66 -> wheel of this you're like on public roads
it just feels wrong it just feels wrong to
2301.02 -> be driving this uploads it doesn't feel like
it should be illegal it makes you just itching
2306.06 -> to get to a good Canyon Road or ideally a
racetrack I wish I had a racetrack at my
2310.56 -> disposal because I would have even better
things to say about this of that I'm sure
2326.47 -> but as is all the things have experiencing from
behind the wheel are crates and I really came
2342.53 -> in skeptical I came in skeptical because the
car is old and I came in skeptical because
2347.42 -> it's $212,000 with a diesel model but she just
is so much penny it's getting real close to you
2355.76 -> know never getting Huracan territory that you
just want to write it off as just another GTR
2363.23 -> which one you can get the base GTR for 2020 for
a one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars an
2370.49 -> extra hundred grand more like you're crazy
but this is not just another GTR this is one
2377.12 -> that's been sorted by the racing team and
you feel it from every aspect every aspect
2386.49 -> man I'm beating on it now and it's
giving it back to me it's rewarding me
2395.73 -> but okay how else could you spend your money
besides two hundred and twelve thousand dollars
2407.04 -> on a GTR which you know I think is aged pretty
well stylistically and clearly if the performance
2416.82 -> elements is holding its own we're actually a
lot of different ways you can spend your money
2420.96 -> so it's kind of a tough one to ask I suppose you
can consider the Porsche 911 Turbo S for $191,000
2429.39 -> and with 641 horsepower 0-60 time right around
the same as the GTR two and a half seconds and
2436.2 -> a top speed the same 205 miles an hour that's one
way of spending it not exactly the racier element
2442.71 -> more of a touring class but certainly quick in a
straight line like the GTR then we have on another
2451.05 -> end of the spectrum the Ford Mustang gt500 the
new one seventy four thousand dollars but with 760
2457.2 -> horsepower zero to sixty three point three seconds
so a little slower than this but I mean it makes
2463.5 -> gobs of power and it's super fun then if you want
to stick with a Mustang give the GT 350 bar and
2469.29 -> that's more race design and perspective and that's
going to make less power it's getting slower to
2475.62 -> 60 but it is going to give you that feedback and
that sense of control on a racetrack that the gt-r
2481.44 -> Nismo is gonna happen perhaps not quite as close
but it's pretty darn good I've driven that one
2486.69 -> on a few racetracks and loved every minute of it
and then you have probably the closest competitor
2493.41 -> in my mind the Mercedes AMG GT R that one at
a hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars and
2500.31 -> with 577 horsepower here 264 than this by about a
second but that one really is that racing-inspired
2507.69 -> fun and that one you know it being a Mercedes
AMG vehicle having a refinement of a German
2516.88 -> German off luxury automaker I don't know I and it
being less expensive 163,000 compared to 212 for
2524.71 -> this I would really be tempted by that car that
one on a racetrack is also a tick in the pants
2542.98 -> so I guess my conclusion on the 2020 Nissan GTR
mismo is this the GTR has never been better but I
2551.89 -> don't want to just frame it in that I want to say
that while it is expensive seriously expensive it
2560.5 -> doesn't feel over priced this feels like a good
decision a good way of spending gobs of cash if
2567.28 -> you're so well-endowed but there are options
and this car is not going to be for everyone
2572.77 -> and for folks who want something more refined
more luxurious I should say or more comfortable
2580.39 -> on a daily basis perhaps more prestigious from a
German luxury manufacturer there are options and
2587.17 -> if you want to save gobs of cash there are other
options that give you you know probably 80% of
2593.02 -> this car but if you want the Japanese approach
to performance if you want to feel like you're
2598.27 -> driving a race car every day and I didn't dive
too deeply into the daily driving comfort but it
2603.91 -> really isn't there even in the comfort settings
it's pretty rough so if you want more of that
2609.28 -> you have options for less money for the same
money but I love this car and I really see a
2618.37 -> place for it being the best of the r35 generation
and being a last hurrah a really good last room
2627.73 -> or the GTR and I'm gonna end this
review with a launch because well
2636.07 -> you got to it's a GTR so pulling up
on the three putting it into race mode
2641.62 -> switching it over to manual foot on the
brake hard punch it let go at 4000 rpm
2661.82 -> okay all right
2668.24 -> right diapers
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbWvecJy44E