ROAD & TRACK: NISSAN GTR
The big digital speedo in the thundering Nissan GT-R is clicking up to 240km/h as we hustle into the braking zone at the end of the front straight at Sandown raceway.
It’s a similar story again on the romp up the back, although the climb to the top of the track holds the car back to ‘only’ 232.
The GT-R might be old, and heading into the history books, but it is still fast… Very fast.
Sandown is a great track for the car called Godzilla, even with the big stops at either end, because it plays to the strengths of a car that has always used plenty of turbocharged power and all-paw grip to do its best work.
As a racer, the GT-R rampaged through the dying days of International Group A regulations, effectively triggering the switch to the Holden-versus-Ford regulations that morphed over time into the present-day Supercars.
In the latest issue of Auto Action – Road & Track section, Paul Gover track tests the last of the current model GT-R’s to be released in Australia.
