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Wednesday, Sep 30

Report of Another R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R Seizure in California

Kaizo Skylines are shipped over from Japan as DOT-compliant body shells, but without their drivetrain components -- thus making them legal to import as "automotive components" under U.S. law. Kaizo, which has a presence on both sides of the Pacific, then reinstall those drivetrain bits...

Video: The Making of Sony's Gran Turismo for PSP Commercial

By now, you may have seen the early clip of Sony's Gran Turismo for PSP commercial featuring Rhys Millen driving a Corvette ZR1 at Laguna Seca, while Tanner Foust does the very same thing on PSP from the passenger seat. Review: Gran Turismo for PSP

Friday, Sep 25

2009 Nissan GT-R: Tire Surprise

Yesterday, a low tire pressure light flashed up in our long-term 2009 Nissan GT-R's instrument cluster. I punched up the tire pressure display to determine the offending tire. Okay, left rear. I looked for a nail and found a small one in the middle of the tread. Yay for technology.

Wednesday, Apr 1

Hennessey-Tuned GT-R Hits 193.7mph in the Standing Mile

In this case, the Hennessey-tuned Nissan GT-R had help from upgraded turbos and intercoolers, revised plumbing, a new blowoff valve, waste gate and an electronic boost controller. The result is roughly 700-horsepower and 630 pound-feet of torque. No word on whether they used launch con...

Friday, Mar 27

Exclusive Full Test: Nissan GT-R SpecV

Already on sale in Japan, the Nissan GT-R SpecV is the first of what promises to be a long line of upgraded GT-Rs. This particular version doesn't add any power, but it does shed some weight and upgrade some hardware. Full Test: 2009 Nissan GT-R SpecV

2009 Nissan GT-R: When It All Comes Together

It didn't suck. And niether did the GT-R, which annihilated the meandering highway all the way to Mojave. Here's how it looked.

Thursday, Mar 26

2009 Nissan GT-R: Bargain Supercar Gets Expensive

Last week we took our Nissan GT-R to Nissan of Santa Monica for routine service. We knew going in that this was going to be an expensive one. We'd been warned ahead of time that this service was not only an oil change (already expensive on these cars), but also a routine change of the different...

2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR: Volk RE30 And Bridgestone RE-11

Project Evo X, our 2008 Mitsubishi Evo GSR, has seen its horsepower steadily increased, but that doesn't mean we've been ignoring the rest of the car. On the contrary, we've had other goodies simmering for some time now. To take the first step in addressing this, we gave Project Evo new shoe...

Wednesday, Mar 18

2008 Subaru WRX STI: Thrown To The Wolfs

Take our long-term Subaru WRX STI. It's been tested. More than once. But abused? Not from where we sit. And we're the guys that included it in a six-car week long flog that included our normal testing, a day at a racetrack and a day of racing up a closed mountain road. We called it the Ultimate Perfor...

Tuesday, Mar 17

2009 Nissan GT-R: Smacked in Its Rear

See the two dark circles just above the Nissan GT-R's lower rear fascia? That's what happens when the Pontiac GTO behind you fails to stop in slow-moving freeway traffic. The GT0's young driver admitted to being so taken with the GT-R, he rear-ended the car while trying to get a closer look.

Monday, Mar 16

New Features and New Price for 2010 Nissan GT-R

In addition to a reprogrammed transmission, the 2010 Nissan GT-R will get a handful of additional upgrades and a slightly higher price. Base GT-R's will now go for $81,790 including destination while the Premium model will run you $84,040.

Saturday, Mar 14

2009 Nissan GT-R: Video of the Multifunction Meter

Sorry for the super shaky video but my passenger was breakdancing while she was shooting this for me. If anything you can hear what the car sounds like at 70+ mph and see how "bouncy" the ride is. If the screens are flipping by too fast for you, what we scrolled through, after the jump...

Friday, Mar 13

2009 Nissan GT-R: My Dream Road Trip Car

I was soo lucky to land the 2009 Nissan GT-R as our road trip car to Vegas. I usually HATE driving to Vegas, such a boring trip. But the GT-R's seats are comfortable enough for both the driver and passenger to withstand 283 miles and our car has all the amenities to make that long, boring slog to Si...

Monday, Mar 2

2008 Audi R8: A few pros and cons vs GT-R

I've never driven an R8 with a manual transmission, but it must be really nice, as the R-tronic (and some reliability issues) is the only major shortcoming on this beautiful and great-to-drive car. Well, that and the $120K price tag.

Monday, Feb 9

2009 Nissan GT-R: Transmission Control Module Reprogram

But then there's every other reason we should get the transmission "recalibrated:" It's what most owners (probably) will do. We'll be less likely to blow up our GT-R. You get the idea. Our GT-R took the new tune without an issue and was in the care of Nissan of Santa Monica for about two hours. O...

Monday, Jan 26

2009 Nissan GT-R: Vroom for Four

Hi Tom and Ray. I'm Dan from California. I need your help. My transmission is making a funny noise." It's a 2009 Nissan GT-R. It all started after I used launch control to dust-off this guy in a Porsche..." Dan Edmunds, Director of Vehicle Testing @ 16,198 miles