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The Production Version of The GT

The GT-R debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show and began sales in Japan in December 2007. It set a lap time record at the Nurburgring track, beating the Porsche 911 Turbo. The US launch was in July 2008, with the first car delivered at 12:01 am. The engines are hand built by four specially trained mechanics at Nissan's Yokohama plant. Nissan's designers from Japan, America and Europe collaborated on sculpting the vehicle's design to reflect Japanese culture while not copying European sports cars.

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The Production Version of The GT

The GT-R debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show and began sales in Japan in December 2007. It set a lap time record at the Nurburgring track, beating the Porsche 911 Turbo. The US launch was in July 2008, with the first car delivered at 12:01 am. The engines are hand built by four specially trained mechanics at Nissan's Yokohama plant. Nissan's designers from Japan, America and Europe collaborated on sculpting the vehicle's design to reflect Japanese culture while not copying European sports cars.

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The production version of the GT-R debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show as the 2009

model year, with a lap time of 7:38 minutes at the Nürburgring Nordschleife beating the all
time sports classic Porsche 911 Turbo as Nissan stated before launching the car.[12] The GT-R
launched in the Japanese market on December 6, 2007. The U.S. official launch was seven
months later on July 7, 2008. Universal Nissan in Los Angeles provided a customer with the
delivery of a new GT-R, fresh from the production line at 12:01 am, on July 7, 2008. The
Canadian launch was also in July 2008. Europe became the third consumer market, where it
launched in March 2009. The large disparity in initial marketing between these regional
releases is due to Nissan having to build GT-R performance centers where the car is serviced.

The engines are hand built by only four specially trained mechanics called "Takumi
Craftsmens" on a special line at Nissan's Yokohama plant and their names are badged on
every GT-R engine. The cars are built at their Tochigi plant on a shared production line.[13][14]
[15][16][17]

Design

A rear view of the GT-R, showing the signature taillights first offered in 1972 on the Skyline
C110

Nissan chief creative officer, Shirō Nakamura, has likened the new GT-R to the giant robots
of the Gundam series.[18] Nakamura stated: "The GT-R is unique because it is not simply a
copy of a European-designed Sports car; it had to really reflect Japanese culture."

Nissan's American designers sculpted the rear three quarters of the vehicle, while their
European designers sculpted the roofline.[18]

Polyphony Digital, creators of the Gran Turismo series of motor racing video games, were
themselves involved in the development of the GT-R, having been contracted

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