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We Just Lost It: 2010 Nissan GT-R To Lose Launch Control

November 21, 2008 by  
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news and I do not want to beat a dead GT-R horse but here goes…

Inside Line has confirmed with three contacts at Nissan that they plan to ship 2010 Nissan GT-R’s and newer models without the launch control feature. This may not be a surprise to many due to the hyped talk of the angry customers with broken transmissions and voided warranties. Pretty crazy if you ask me! Wonder what this will do to the 0-60 times… wow, maybe my car has a shot at beating the GT-R from a standstill.. HA, wishful thinking right?

The Inside Line quote:

“It’s gone,” he said when asked if launch control would return in 2010. “We just don’t want to deal with the warranty nightmare anymore. It’ll make the 2009 GT-R really special. It’ll be the only R35 with launch control.”

Do you think this is such a good idea??? I know I would have used Launch Control if I owned a new GT-R!!! How about you?

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  • Viagra For Sale Without a Prescription

    That car looks verry agressive! It looks like “buldog face”

  • Taz

    REALLY DISSAPOINTED!!
    After all the reliability problems, I was expecting the Nissan people to SOLVE them, but instead, they choosen to GO ROUND those problems. I would like to lose 2-3 tenths of a second from start to 100 km/h with a MORE RELIABLE transmission and WHITHOUT THE WHEELS HOPING at the start instead of losing one of the main features that makes that car stand apart. Sorry, Nissan, you start to lose the “aura” and the magic that this car seemed to have at the beginning.
    Oh, and try to not break that engine in high speed runs at least at Nardo, (while sustaining that everything is just fine. No, I’m NOT a Porsche fan and YES, I meant it, I’m really dissapointed.)
    It sounded so promising…

  • Taz

    REALLY DISSAPOINTED!!
    After all the reliability problems, I was expecting the Nissan people to SOLVE them, but instead, they choosen to GO ROUND those problems. I would preferred to lose 2-3 tenths of a second from start to 100 km/h with a MORE RELIABLE transmission and WHITHOUT THE WHEELS HOPING at the start instead of losing one of the main features that makes the car stand apart. Sorry, Nissan, you start to lose the “aura” and the magic that this car seemed to have at the beginning.
    Oh, and try to not break that engine in high speed runs at least at Nardo, (instead of sustaining that everything is just fine. No, I’m NOT a Porsche fan and YES, I meant it, I’m really dissapointed.)
    It sounded so promising…

  • lew azzinaro

    this car has been a piece of shit from the get go,…what with their presumptuios trying to take on porsche,…with 60 = years of automotivec excellence,…to the whole’NO,…YOU CAN’T TEST DRIVE THE CAR,…IT’S TO FUCKING PRECIOUS!”,..sales pitch…who the fuck are they kidding/…my wife and i drove in to the dealership in a 2008 911 s coupe manual,…and nissan wouldn’t let us take the car out to see if all the hype was true,…my wife,…never one for a loss of words,..said,..’who the fuck you think you are?,…you’re a fucking nissan dealership for christs sake!…we now have a 2010 911 turbo on ordwer,…which will kick this cars ass,…and comes with better build quality,…and motorsports heritage to boot,…so that about says it all,…when push comes to shove, the supposed challenge to porsche was laughable at best,…and i don’t expect this turd of a car to be produced much longer!

  • lew azzinaro

    oh,…and in case you couldn’t tell…I AM A PORSCHE FAN!

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