Nissan Announces Tweaked GT-R

and yet a gallardo is coming onto 9 years? i maintain that Nissan makes no money on the GTR and has never made money on this GTR. Its their Veyron. They do it because they can. They take the profit they make from selling Versas and Sentras and put it into the GTR. Why? Because they have a 50yr tradition in these cars... over 25yrs in the 4wd twin turbo race car battle. I agree I have absolutely no love for 4,000lb 550hp 2.8 sec, 7.21 sec 'ring machines that do 15 mpg... but I admire a company that does this and I love how Nissan is fighting Porsche, GM and Dodge in these ring battles. These 4 cars are in a fight that defies common sense. And in 2012 when 40mpg and Euro V is all the rage... that's great.

Corvette sales aren't selling like hotcakes either. And every auto editor I respect says the GT-R is far from soulless. Have you driven one?

The GT-R's supposed lack of soul, is easily fixed, by pressing the right pedal.

Are you sure about that? The people that can afford to buy GT-Rs probably don't care as much as the internet commenters who talk about it.

@corntrollio You'd think though, that the clientele that considers the GTR with its Gizmophonic transmission would also consider cars like the Audi R8 (available with a traditional manual), Corvette (same), used Ford GT's (same), used lower level lambo's and Ferrari's (same). It's not always someone's desire to have eye-blink quick shift ability... some want a passionate driving experience.

I'm generally a stick man, but if were to buy a GTR, I'd get the auto. The whole purpose of that car is to go as fast as you can. Not to finesse shifts (nor to finesse anything, really. The awd system is another one of those things that trades a bit of subjective feel for pure pace. Even the engine is less than ideal for anything other than just going stonking fast).