Nissan showcases GT-R super car at 2008 Sharjah Motor Show

And at this year's Sharjah Motor Show Arabian Automobiles is proud to display the car and to confirm that it is now ready to take orders ahead of the its official on sale date of the first quarter of 2009.

A legend in automotive design and engineering, the GT-R is one of the world's fastest vehicles, and probably the world's easiest and most secure high speed car to drive fast.

The Multi-performance Nissan GT-R set a production car lap record at the famous Nürburgring in Germany, racing around the Nürburgring circuit where the condition of the most feared high speed corner, "Kesselchen" was wet - with a record time of 7m29s.

It can accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 3.6 seconds.

"I believe the GT-R creates a completely new car genre. The key factors are the utilization of the earth's natural forces and the high technology for human-machine interface, developed to control the ultimate performance. Our objective was to create a flagship model to promote our technology but also to develop a new type of supercar. Our new "multi-performance supercar" can be driven fast and skilfully by just about anybody in just about any road condition."

pointed out Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief vehicle engineer and chief product specialist for the Nissan GT-R.

The GT-R is a truly world-class super car, powered by a brand new V6 3.8-litre twin turbo engine, mating great horsepower (480 Hp), a wide torque spread, good fuel economy and low emissions.

The engine powers an independent transaxle 4WD system (a world first) that continuously adjusts torque front-to-rear and vice versa.

A new six-speed paddle shift dual-clutch gearbox featuring the exceedingly quick gearshift plus full automatic function for ease-of driving. The big ventilated Brembo disc brakes offer immense stopping performance.

The lightweight body, which uses a new package (Nissan's 'Premium Midship'), features diecast aluminium, carbon fibre and advanced steel, and has a class-leading aerodynamic Cd of just 0.27, one of the world's slickest cars.

Dampers, gear shift and VDC-R (Vehicle Dynamic Control) are all manually adjustable, by simple switches on the dashboard.

The GT-R includes a multi functional instrument display, designed by the people who did the graphics of the Sony PlayStation Gran Turismo video game.