First Examples of Nissan's Edgier GT-R Track Pack Edition Arrive in Britain

Aimed at drivers who require a faster, lighter and harder GT-R, the new Track Pack Edition of Nissan's sports car has arrived in the UK. The new model carries a £10,000 (US$16,000) premium over the standard GT-R, which brings the on-the-road price to £84,450.

Currently, the GT-R Track Pack Edition is available exclusively in right-hand drive and only in the UK and Japan, but Nissan has confirmed that left-hand drive models will be offered later this year in most markets around the world except Russia, Ukraine and for the time being, North America.

On the outside, the new GT-R model rides on new six-spoke RAYS alloy wheels with gloss black centers that weigh 10kg (22 pounds) less than the standard fittings.

It also gets additional brake cooling ducts built into the new carbon front splitter that are said to reduce the operating temperature by as much 100 degrees in track use, whilst similar ducts hidden behind the rear wheels channel cooling air over the rear discs.

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Spied: Nissan to Enter 24h Nürburgring Race with Production GT-R Track Pack Edition

Before 2008, the “old” Nürburgring, aka Nordschleife, was a very demanding track deemed too dangerous for Formula 1 racing, but car manufacturers used it for testing purposes and on certain days, any mere mortal could drive his or her car for as many laps as they could afford.

Nissan changed all that by making the 7’29’’ lap time recorded by the new GT-R a key point of its launch campaign. It also sparked a war of words with Porsche and perhaps more importantly, made posting a competitive lap time at the ‘Ring a must for every new sports car.

In the four years since its launch, Nissan has been constantly honing the R35 GT-R, upgrading almost every mechanical part, from the chassis to the suspension and the engine.

This is because Kazutoshi Mizuno, program director of the GT-R development team, believes that no matter how good the car is, “the customer always wants more”. It has also resulted in the 2013MY model cutting 9 seconds off the original lap time.

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Melissa Grace, a Tuning Model that Likes to Drift and Ride 1,300hp GT-Rs

Every day, hundreds of beautiful women from all over the world put their faces and bodies on the pages of tuning magazines, but one model wants to stand out from the crowd by actually practicing what she advertises – drifting.

Of course that doesn't mean California born model Melisa Grace has abandoned her day job, hence the second video in which she poses on the left seat of a 1,300-horsepower Nissan GT-R for the eyes of HighTechCorvette's YouTube subscribers.

Ogle your way through the jump to watch the videos.

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