GT-R Nismo
2018·Japan
Specifications
- Engine
- 3.8L Twin-Turbo V6
- Engine Name
- VR38DETT
- 0–100 km/h
- 2.8s
- Top Speed
- 315 km/h
- Power
- 600 hp
- Drivetrain
- AWD Front-Mid-Engine
- Transmission
- 6-speed dual-clutch transmission
- Year
- 2018
The Nissan GT-R Nismo
(R35 2018) is a post-facelift R35 GT-R with a NISMO-tuned VR38DETT 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 producing 600 hp and 481 lb-ft of torque.
The 2018 Nissan GT-R Nismo sits at an important midpoint in the long R35 story. It is not the original 2007 shockwave, and it is not the final 2024–2025 farewell specification. It is the post-2017 facelift Nismo: sharper in presentation, more mature inside, still carrying the same 600 hp NISMO heart, and still wearing the old Godzilla idea with a colder, more technical expression. For Engine Sphere, this matters because the R35 changed many times across its life. The 2018 Nismo belongs to the facelifted R35 phase, after Nissan’s major 2017 visual and cabin revision, but before the later 2020 Nismo update with more extensive carbon bodywork, revised turbo response, and carbon-ceramic braking. Nissan’s 2018 press kit lists the Nismo’s VR38DETT at 600 hp and 481 lb-ft.
The GT-R was always a machine of controlled contradiction. It was heavy, but devastatingly quick. Digital, but not numb. Japanese, but global in its ambition. It did not try to charm the old European aristocracy; it arrived with data, grip, launch control, and a name that had already terrified touring-car grids. The 2018 Nismo refines that contradiction. It keeps the R35’s essential formula: front-mid-mounted VR38DETT, independent rear transaxle, ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive, six-speed dual-clutch transmission, hand-built engine, and the cold self-belief of a machine that measures speed as a system rather than a romantic event. The R35 production story has now closed. Nissan officially marked the end of R35 GT-R production in 2025 after approximately 48,000 units over an 18-year run, with the final car being a Premium edition T-Spec in Midnight Purple. That gives the 2018 Nismo a clearer historical place: mature-era Godzilla, before the final commemorative chapter.
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