How The Nissan GT-R is Built

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Having posted a few R35 GT-R features so far I thought it would be interesting to see how the most affordable supercar on the planet is actually put together. It’s not often that manufacturers let you wander around their production lines, but Nissan has nothing to hide and gave us an in depth tour of how a car of this caliber comes together.

It all begins at the Yokohama plant, where the mighty VR38DETT is put together. The GT-R’s engine couldn’t have been assembled in a better place as this is where the RB26 and S20 engines of the two previous generations of GT-Rs were made. Away from the automated production lines where the MR motors are built, destined for use on smaller Nissan and Renault vehicles, is a separate climate and humidity controlled room. This is where a team of takumi or “specialist” skilled workers create the most powerful production car engine Nissan has ever built. Continue reading at Speedhunters

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