Here’s the new Nissan GT-R caught in closer detail than ever before its official unveiling at the Tokyo motor show in October.Nissan took the unprecedented step of displaying this prototype in the UK when it ran the new GT-R in front of thousands of spectators at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It took six months to convince the GT-R’s engineers and developers that showing the car in the UK and in public was a good idea. Japanese car companies are notoriously publicity shy when it comes to future models, but it’s been suggested that the GT-R was wheeled out to put a dampener on Toyota’s sponsorship of the event. Toyota recently announced that its new LF-A, a rival for the GT-R, will be launched just before the Tokyo motor show to steal some of the GT-R’s thunder.The successor to the Skyline GT-R was captured in full detail by our spy photographer. Unusual details include pop-out door handles in the style of the Aston Martin DB9’s.Inside, the car’s instrument cluster is dominated by a large rev counter. Unusually, the speedometer’s needle starts on the right-hand side of the dial, but still rotates clockwise. The new GT-R gets a six-speed semi-automatic ’box, controlled by fixed paddle shifts behind the wheel. It will be powered by a turbocharged version of Nissan’s new 3.7-litre V6, expected to produce 450bhp.
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