Nissan Announces 2012 GT-R's 0-100km/h Sprint Time, Half a Second Faster than 2011MY
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Nissan Announces 2012 GT-R's 0-100km/h Sprint Time, Half a Second Faster than 2011MY



When we reported on the 2012MY Nissan GT-R, we were wondering how the added power would affect the Japanese sports car's acceleration times. Well, the wait is over as Nissan announced today that the facelifted GT-R with the tweaked 530HP twin-turbocharged V6 completes the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint in just 3.0 seconds, or a whopping 0.5 seconds faster than the 485 hp version.

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