Oh no! For those of you obsessed with the Nurburgring and the time it takes a car to whip ’round it, the probable future champ is being back-burnered. That’s right — the Spec-V Godzilla will not be showing up anytime soon. In fact, you’re probably going to have to wait until well into 2009 for the ultimate R35. Which may not be the worst news we’ve ever heard, as Levy claims he’s getting his testicles enlarged after just four days of hoonage in the regular GT-R. Also, no one knows for certain, but there’s an awfully good chance that the GT-R Spec-V might sticker for $150,000 — that’s before the dealers try and extract twice as much from their valued suckers customers. There is a silver lining, however. Nissan will be offering up an Evolution version (aka S-Tune) of the GT-R. New ECU, tighter shocks, body kit, wheels + tires and a new exhaust. Basically, you should think of the Evolution GT-R as the NISMO GT-R. When? We’re hearing August 20. How much? Nothing official or otherwise, but we’ll take a guess: plenty. [Autoblog]




First up not getting them enlarged. Considering trading one in for a GT-R actually though you do need big ones to drive this car at anything close to the edge of its (massive) performance envelope. And anyone who thinks they need a faster or stiffer GT-R–especially stiffer–is an idiot! The only mod I’d make is to actually have a softer comfort setting on the suspension. Full report later…
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