The Nissan GT-R and Mégane RS are two bona fide evo heroes, but both have recently left UK showrooms. Time to throw them a retirement do – and ponder what comes next -
‘We arrived with the best car on the market and with such a package that we surprised everyone,’ says Arnaud Charpentier, Nissan’s European product marketing boss, ‘including us! We weren’t really aware what the team in Japan had been up to. It was an amazing gift and it contributed a lot to the brand image and reputation. If we come back with another, we need to surprise again. We can’t really compromise.
The journey here was hardly a spa day either, the Nismo’s uprated suspension thumping loudly over the M6’s expansion joints before skipping petulantly over service station speed bumps. Its cold carbon-ceramics weren’t a bundle of fun when traffic randomly concertinaed past Birmingham, while any attempts at making calls on the move were rudely drowned out by tyre roar. Here’s a car that won’t suffer insouciance from its driver.
Its turbo lag acts as a welcome safety net. These felt like proper licence sponges when they launched, but the pace at which everything else has progressed – rivals whipped into shape by a car that simply hasn’t evolved at the same rate – does give some credence to visiting the aftermarket. Perhaps, as sales wind down and Nissan fails to immediately plug the large gap the 1.7-ton GT‑R leaves behind, tuning acts as an afterlife to keep the car relevant.
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