If you always dreamed of owning an R35 with 600 horsepower, now’s the time to go big or go home. Regular Car Reviews spent some time with this particular example of the breed, which is the subject of a Prime Driven giveaway that includes $10,000 in cash.
The build started off with a bone-stock 2009 Nissan GT-R, the first model year for the R35 in the United States of America. This particular car was rated 480 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque when it was new, translating to 3.5 seconds to 60 mph and a quarter-mile pass of 11.9 seconds. Not bad for a ten-year-old car, isn’t it?
As for the mods brought to the R35, the list starts with 20-inch wheels from the 2015 model, a carbon-fiber rear diffuser, big Brembo brakes with DBA slotted rotors, Muteki SR45 lug nuts, 15-percent window tint, as well as leather-and-Alcantara seats from Recaro. On the suck-squeeze-bang-blow, the GFB blow-off valves complement the SBD 3-inch dual intakes, flex-fuel system from Visconti Tuning, 1,000-cc injectors, upgraded exhaust piping, and the Magnaflow catalytic converter.
The finishing touch of this Godzilla comes in the guise of a set of Dunlop SportMaxx tires, measuring 255/40 at the front and 285/35 at the rear. The specs, therefore, are both impressive and on the reliable side of the VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 engine.
Like the current batch of GT-R variants, a six-speed DCT and all-wheel drive help the R35 accelerate hard and true. It’s best to remember, however, that you have to flick three buttons before launching Godzilla on the blacktop when the lights turn green.
Because Regular Car Reviews took a spin behind the wheel of a 2009 model, it’s also worthy to remember how much the GT-R used to cost back then. $78,000 made the R35 a bit of a bargain in the same way we refer to the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray as great value at $58,900 excluding freight.
By comparison, the latest GT-R in the most affordable specification starts at $112,235 in the U.S. of A. while the NISMO levels up to $212,000. Too much or too little for a Nissan, you decide on that.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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