Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Nissan GT-R makes its case with 3.8  and 2007–2008: 353 kW. Nissan built from 2007 to 2025 — in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Its designer of record is Engine: Naoki Nakada / Exterior: Hirohisa Ono / Interior: Akira Nishimura / Chief Designer: Hiroshi Hasegawa / Design Director: Shiro Nakamura / Chief Engineer: Kazutoshi Mizuno.
The story
The Nissan GT-R (Gran Turismo–Racing; model code: R35; Japanese: 日産・GT-R; Nissan GT-R) is a sports car, built by Japanese marque Nissan from 2007 to 2025. It has a 2+2 seating layout and is also considered a grand tourer. The engine is front-mid mounted and drives all four wheels. It succeeded the Nissan Skyline GT-R, a high-performance variant of the Nissan Skyline. Although this model was the sixth-generation to bear the GT-R name, it was no longer part of the Skyline line-up. The car was built on the PM platform, derived from the FM platform used in the Skyline and Nissan Z models. Production was conducted in a shared production line at Nissan's Tochigi plant in Japan.
As per Nissan's intention of creating a world beating sports car, the GT-R brand was revived as part of the Nissan Revival Plan. Overall development began in 2000, following seven years of development and testing, including the introduction of two concept models in 2001 and 2005. The production version of the GT-R was unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. The GT-R was a brand-new car built on the PM platform, and featured innovative concepts and technologies, such as advanced aerodynamics, the VR38DETT engine, an active suspension system and the ATTESA E-TS Pro all-wheel-drive system; it is the first ever rear mounted independent transaxle all-wheel-drive vehicle. It was one of the first production cars to feature launch control and a dual-clutch transmission. The overall body was made out of steel, aluminium and carbon-fibre. Unlike its predecessors, the GT-R was offered worldwide. It received various fa
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 3.8 it is rated at 2007–2008: 353 kW. The gearbox is a 6-speed BorgWarner co-designed GR6Z30A dual-clutch transmission. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2780 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Nissan's history is not in doubt: the Nissan Skyline GT-R came before it; it was built at Kaminokawa, Tochigi (Nissan Motor Tochigi Plant), Japan. Nearby in the Nissan catalogue sit the Nissan N6 and the Nissan N7.
The money
On the used market today a Nissan GT-R typically changes hands for $36,800–$134,200, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,650–$7,745 a year. Insurance sits around $1,980–$4,960 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.