- Back in the mid two thousands, the Infiniti G35 was introduced and because of its like
awkward parental history and the fact that
Infiniti like at home and just didn't work with how, you know, American market and what
they called it in Japan, what they called it in America, they call it the Nissan skyline, but some people were happy and some people were a little upset, but it was basically the equivalent of the top of the range skyline
sold in Japan at the time. That's an actual thing. That's why people call a G35 a skyline. But there's another car that
shares a little bit of that similar history with a much better ending than what most G35 look like these days. Those poor, poor headless. I'm Alex, Alex.fi on Instagram. And today we're gonna
be talking about a car that nearly decimated
every single car out there in the same exact market,
including its own transmission. A car that made people
forget about the 370Z update for at least like seven to eight years, because they were just so
happy with Nissan at the time that they could have, bricks
and it would have been gold. The car that immediately
became the go-to platform for making Lamborghini's cry at Texas 2K. Ladies and gentlemen, we're
gonna be talking about you wanting to own an R-35 Nissan GT-R (exciting techno music beat) And if you're just
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wheels. It's pretty awesome. The first GT-R to be
offered in the United States dubbed the R-35 did not carry
the skyline name at all. And when it came out, it bullied quite a few kids
on the playground, all right. You see, the good old GT-R
was a nameplate for Nissan, mostly between 1969 to 1974.
And then again in 1989 to 2002. However, when bringing it
into the United States, the Nissan powers that be
declared that it's not a skyline because it had a different chassis, it had different styling
and different body work say for the good old Morty
eyeballs in the back of the car, which were inherently the tail lights. I mean sure, it had the same methodology of having a success of a skyline. It had the all wheel drive system, it had a twin turbo V-6, a fancy center dash that
had a bunch of gauges in it. But that was about it.
What we do know though, is that it still can and
should be called Godzilla. That's a great movie. The
first one was fantastic, the second one not so much. It got a little weird
in king of the monsters. Where was I? Oh yeah, Playground bullying. GT-R was pretty much
inherently a bully, okay. The GT-R debuted at the
2007 Tokyo Motor Show. - The all new Nissan GT-R. - Carrying the body that was
the Porsche 911 turbo lap time around the Nurburgring. The GT-R would run the ring right about seven and a half minutes, you know, flat. (speeding car engine) Alright, more than nine seconds faster than 911 turbo, which was a big deal. Porsche would come back and
actually say it was fake news. Claiming Nissan used semi slick tires to produce the low time versus the tires that came
on the car from the factory. Now to get this, Porsche was
so upset that they actually brought their own GT-R or
bought it or borrowed it, we're not entirely sure where
the story goes from there, flew it Germany themselves and ran the car and then stated publicly
that there was no way Nissan's car could beat
their turbo track time because not even they could
beat their own track time with the GT-R. Well, I mean, that's kind of funny and
also kind of buttered. Nissan's response though, they release a second video of the lap as proof of the lap
time, photos of the tires which were Dunlops at the time that were used actually in the run were also photographed
and sent out and you know, they also claim that they
were at a disadvantage because of the 50 kilograms
of testing equipment that they probably could have
ran a faster lap without it. Overall, they just showed
Porsche to please be quiet and just sit back down.
One last little stab before going off and
hurting more feelings, especially those in the Ferrari world, Nissan then offered free
driver training to Porsche. If they wanted to attempt a
second lap with their own GT-R. Like those are fighting words. Like GT-R was, was a bully, alright. Even with only 480 horsepower
and 430 foot-pounds of torque out of this first Nissan
GT-R, the Nissan was a danger to pretty much any other performance car when it was released. The VR38DETT motor was built
specifically by individuals called Takumi Craftsmens in a special area of Nissan's Yokohama
plant. I'm not kidding. It was like four people. It was Izumi Shioya, Nobumitsu Gozu, Tsunemi Ooyama and Takumi Kurosawa. Woo, God that was hard to learn. The valve clearance is done by a machine, but nearly everything
else is done by hand. And by using the experience of these four having an addition to the massive history of Nissan sports car success, which was the R-34, R-33 and R-32 of the previous generation GT-Rs, the car was pretty much
an immediate success and it was a pretty good
price when it came out. The car was built by the
dreams of 18 year olds. It was a twin turbo V-6. It was designed by Shiro Nakamura, who took the inspiration and
likening of the GT-R, the R-35 to the giant robots of Gundam, okay. I don't know what else you want? It's a tuner fast car. It's like, (mumbling) I don't,
I don't remember the intro, but it was a really good
show, I remember Gundam. My dad didn't want to let me watch it. The center console was
made by GranTurismo, like who wouldn't want
a car made from Japan that's like fast as (beep)? Whoops (beep) was only $78,000. It looks like a Gundam suit, and has this video game center dash,
and it was easy to drive, and it also had a big (beep) warranty, right when it came off the factory. And the answer to that
question friends and family, is no one. No one. No one would not want
this. The Nissan GT-R will get consistently updated
nearly every single year. Although the cars destroyed,
there were still new cars. So they suffered from
like minor little issues, like transmission issues,
some ECU mapping refinements, and there was a couple of two,
three wiring improvements. And of course fixing their headlights. I don't know what it is with Nissan and just not having good headlights, but it's just something
that will play them to the end of the days. 2010 it would get bumped up
to 485 horsepower from 480. 2012 will see it jump up to 530. 2013 was around 545,
and now it's kicking out to right around 565
horsepower to 2017 and newer. The changes throughout the
year focused on the mapping, the valve timing, the refinements of the structural strength of the car. It was just like little
tweaks, little changes, okay. The car had all the right pieces though. But instead of trying
to introduce the brand to a new generation, Nissan just did the typical Nissan thing and just kept refining it year over year. They just do the same thing with the 370Z, but 370Z is in desperate
need of an update. The car's history itself is hilarious. They had to figure out how to handle what to call launch control
when they actually like, introduced the car to the
consumer public, okay. They could've voided their warranty. They didn't even know
what to do with that. They ended up having to remap it because the launch control was true aggressive. They didn't wanna call it launch control. It crushed an 11 second lap time. And now the new generation
goes zero to 60 in 2.7 seconds. Yes, I get it. You're gonna make a joke, we can read the brochure,
but still that's insane. The car broke records. It was in Super GT and it was in FIA GT, it was in GT3, it was in Tarmac Rally, it was in Targe West, it was in SCCA, the AMS Performance made the
car run a seven second pass with 2000 horsepower. Not even a GT-R anymore. Alpha did their GT-R in six
and a half seconds like, what do you want from this car? The first six years of production, it won 24 different awards. And although Nissan tried its damnedest to lock up the ECU from being tuneable, cheat codes in the magazine alright, up down, up down, BBA start. Alright, that's all you gotta do. People found them and it worked out great. But we're not here to just talk about the history of the GT-R
and the fact that it is, even if you take the
subjectiveness out of it a pretty damn good car. We're here to talk
about you wanting to own one of these bad boys. So
you want a Nissan GT-R. We'll set down your Volks and grab your favorite Liberty Walk Kit, because we're about to
talk about what it's like to actually own one of
these vehiculars alright. If you wanna jump into a Nissan GT-R, there's a couple of two tree things that you need to know before hand. First off, they're extremely quick, but the earlier
generations do have issues. If you're gonna try and
actually pick one up, the best thing to do is
try get one 2012 or newer. Number two, they're gonna
get you in trouble, alright. Well, Nissan purposely
downplayed the power of the car, it's still a lot to send 480 horsepower to all four wheels
through a newer platform. This has resulted in some people not having the most enjoyable of times with their transmissions, with
control solenoids failing, launch control essentially
can snap first gear if you do it often enough. And because Nissan is Nissan too, they never really service
their transmissions, they only replace them. So if something goes wrong
with your transmission, they would just give you a new one, which is a little bit of a
bad taste in people's mouth when the repair is a
little bit above $10,000. Just like other Nissans to
their headlamps have an issue with condensation, and we
talked about that before. That's okay, but they have that and they just never really
gonna figure it out. The interiors can get a little
bit rattly after a while. And if you sit in on, you can kind of see
what I'm talking about. But it's still a Nissan too. So it shared parts with
like the Maximas and Altimas of the same period. But you're not buying the car
inherently for the interior, but you might be a little bit underwhelmed if you pick up one and you've never sat in the interior of a GT-R before. For number two though, that should be pretty self explanatory. The car is trying to just
make sure you get pulled over. The car drives insanely well. There's so much gadgetry
that doesn't prevent you from feeling like you're not
in control, which is good. Sometimes for people like
you and people like me, okay. At 500 horsepower, you'll
beat most of the things that are on the street and
look really good doing so. 2013 GT-Rs have just, they
soften, they softened, they just, they're just like a
warm potato with butter. Modifications for these
cars can exist anywhere. You can do just about anything you want. The community is massive,
the support is huge. And the Texas 2K builds are plentiful. You can make these things fast, like super fast and it's scary, alright? It can be almost a little bit overbearing if you got the GT-R, because you're immediately
gonna be met with, "Hey bro, bro, Hey bro." That does exist, it is a very real thing. People just don't keep GT-R stock and if you do, people don't like you. People run mostly staggered and aggressive setups with these cars, mostly on the higher up wheels too. You're looking at 20 by 10 and
20 by 12s is pretty common. And then you're looking at
designs coming in from either Volk, BBS, Advan or Velgen. Velgen wheels does a lot with GT-Rs. Stock, these cars are pretty incredible, built for the track they do well, as a show, they look good, as a daily, they actually do pretty good. You could put one in the winter time. You just might crack your
bumper. And as a used value, they aren't that bad either
when you're comparing it to other cars in the price bracket. Well, newer ones are
wee bit too expensive. And competition from the
domestic side of the field has gotten much closer,
especially in recent years. The used market for these cars
is spot on, and definitely a car you could jump into
and enjoy for a few years. Is there a lot of fan bullyism
around the R-35? Absolutely. Is it without mistakes or issues? No, but it is a fantastic platform
that you can do a lot with, which is why so many people drive them. But what do you think
about the Nissan GT-R? Let us know. And of course,
if you're looking for aftermarket wheels, tires or suspension, be sure to hit us up over
at fitmentindustries.com. I'm Alex from Fitment Industries. No, I don't own a GT-R and
we will see you later, peace.
