Live photos: 2010 Nissan GT-R SpecV

Nissan earlier this month revealed details for its new limited-production GT-R SpecV model, which goes on sale in Japan early in February and is expected to arrive in the U.S. later this year. The SpecV is targeted specifically at enthusiast drivers who desire race car-level performance in a street-legal vehicle. Today we have live photos [...]

BMW, Renault and Williams launch 2009 F1 cars

Perpetual front-runners Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes have already revealed their contenders for the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship, and as the weeks remaining until the kickoff of the new season in Melbourne tick away, more and more teams follow suit.
This week the new debuts include the BMW, Renault and Williams teams. The cars, bearing the [...]

McLaren reveals MP4-24 2009 F1 race car, Dennis to step down

After one of the closest finishes imaginable to the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, won by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes on the final lap, by a single point, the 2009 season’s challenges have the potential to truly shake things up. Mercedes, on the other hand, is working to keep things the same, and thinks it [...]

Nissan reveals 2010 GT-R SpecV

Nissan today revealed details for its new limited-production GT-R SpecV model, which goes on sale in Japan early next month and is expected to arrive in the U.S. later this year. The SpecV is targeted specifically at enthusiast drivers who desire race car-level performance in a street-legal vehicle.
Based on the new ‘Series II’ GT-R, the [...]

Nissan GTR Spec-V Release video + pictures

Video Courtesy of mindlessoath

Photos Courtesy of Jjashik18
PRESS RELEASE
Nissan Announces New GT-R SpecV Model
TOKYO (Jan. 8, 2009) — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a new limited-production Nissan GT-R SpecV model, which goes on sale at seven specially selected Nissan dealers throughout Japan on February 2, 2009. The GT-R SpecV is targeted specifically at enthusiast drivers [...]

Race car inspired Gallardo GT3 Strada by Reiter Engineering

German racing and engineering firm Reiter Engineering has unveiled a road-going variant of its Lamborghini Gallardo racing car called the GT3 Strada. Reiter Engineering is the factory-backed entry for the Lamborghini team in the FIA GT Championships, and is well known for its development of lightweight racing versions of Lamborghini supercars such as the Diablo, [...]

Spy shots: FIA-GT1 Nissan GT-R race car prototype

Just when you think there’s nothing more to see or read about Nissan’s GT-R supercar, images of a mysterious prototype start to crop up on the internet. The latest shot depicts a car with several features you would normally find on a GT style race car, leading to speculation that Nissan is planning to take [...]

Triple Eight Engineering tunes the Opel Astra VXR

Triple Eight Engineering, the same team responsible for preparing the Opel Vectra VRX race car for 2008 BTCC Drivers’ Champion Fabrizio Giovanardi, has now worked its magic on the smaller Astra VXR, lifting its power output and improving its handling.
Triple Eight provide a raft of different tuning parts for all VXR models, however the [...]

First the GT-R and Now This: The 370Z Debuts

With the LA Auto Show in full swing, it was finally time to officially take the covers off the 2009 Nissan 370Z. We’ve talked about the new Z car plenty here at Import RPM, and we’re excited to see it in person in LA.
Some things we already knew about the 370Z, while other new details [...]

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