Thursday, December 6, 2007

2008 Nissan GT-R: See It Being Built


Here’s a video showing scenes from the 2008 GT-R assembly at Nissan's Tochigi factory in Japan, which also builds Infiniti models. Nissan designed an entirely new production system for the GT-R that benefits from production procedures that include higher precision tolerance control for all body parts and the use of specially designed precision machine tools. Interestingly, much of the Nissan GT-R's assembly is done by hand. -Continued after the jump

Once the car is built, each GT-R is conducted a break-in drive before shipping in addition to its regular inspections, so the very earliest use of the brakes, transmission and suspension will be smooth for the customer.

Via: Le Blog Auto