With the latest addition to the Nissan GT-R range, the Japanese high-tech supercar is moving even closer to Porsche in terms of competition. But not because the new GT-R Track Edition, making its debut at the New York Auto Show on April 14 will be doing so with a rear-mounted flat-six engine calling the shots, but because the model range is getting almost as difficult to understand as the current Porsche 911 lineup.
The Track Edition will be joining the GT-R Premium, GT-R Black Edition and GT-R Nismo in the North American lineup; plus the GT-R Pure, GT-R Recaro, GT-R Prestige, GT-R Prestige Black, and five specific GT-R Nismo and Engineered by Nismo variants in Europe, when it goes on sale this summer.
The Track Edition, according to Nissan at least, could be the car that cuts through all the clutter and offers keen drivers a vehicle that offers the best elements of all of the existing models without having to go through endless options lists and checking countless boxes.
"The new GT-R Track Edition gives buyers a specialised model, one true to GT-R heritage and available only by special order," said Michael Bunce, vice president, Product Planning, Nissan North America, Inc. "Building on the major upgrade to every GT-R for 2017, the Track Edition is an amazing package inside, outside and under the skin."
In other words, it promises better out-and-out performance than the GT-R Premium model but without the compromises in comfort and everyday enjoyment that could come by going with the full-cream Nismo.
The Track Edition keeps the hand-built 565hp V6 twin-turbo engine found in the GT-R Premium, but augments its capabilities via a titanium exhaust, a stiffer chassis (achieved through adhesive bonding alongside spot welding), lighter Nismo tuned suspension, and enhanced aerodynamics.
However, inside, the cabin is cossetting thanks to leather-trimmed Recaro sports seats and a top specification infotainment system that supports turning your smartphone into a remote control capable of locking and unlocking doors and checking on the vehicle's status and location.
The car also comes with a Bose sound system with active noise cancellation for filtering out unwanted cabin sounds without recourse to huge, heavy performance-sapping wads of soundproofing. But of course, this can be adjusted so that wind noise for instance can't be heard, but the barking of the engine on the down change is amplified.
The Nissan GT-R Track Edition will cost from $127,990, when it goes on sale in the US this summer.
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